Basseterre
Image copyright © St.Kitts National Archives, 2010
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the present font [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © St.Kitts National Archives, 2010
Image Source: photograph in the St.Kitts National Archives web page for St. John, Basseterre [www.historicbasseterre.com/sitefile/1970 (StG)05.jpg] [accessed 28 February 2015]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction – Fair Dealing
view of church exterior
Scene Description: St. John's Church (Anglican); previously St. George's (Anglican); originally Notre Dame (RC)
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gertjan R., 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 July 2014 by Gertjan R. [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_John's_Church.JPG] [accessed 28 February 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19738BAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: ca. 1670?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Notre Dame [destroyed in 1706] [present church is St. John's, Anglican]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: original Jesuit mission church ca.1670; destroyed 1706; re-built in 1710 an dedicated to St. George; destroyed by a hurricane 1843; re-built 1844 but finished and consecrated 1859; destroyed by fire 1867; restored 1869; damaged by hurricanes in the late-20thC
Church Address: Basseterre, St. Kitts, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Site Location: Saint Kitts, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Central America
Directions to Site: Located on the SW coast of Saint Kitts Island
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of North Eastern Caribbean and Aruba
Historical Region: Leeward Islands / West Indies / Caribbean
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the original Jesuit church of ca. 1670; destroyed ca. 1710?)
Font Notes:
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[NB: we have no information on the font of the original late-17th century church here]. The present font consists of an octagonal basin with simple octafoiled panels and a graded underbowl chamfer, raised on a moulded octagonal pedestal base and lower base of the same shape; on a plain octagonal plinth. Octagonal font cover of open-work sides, and a finial that appears to depict St. George and the dragon.
COORDINATES
UTM: 20Q 529856 1912341
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 17.296165, -62.71907
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 17° 17′ 46.19″ N, 62° 43′ 8.65″ W