Kaysersberg No. 2
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Results: 6 records
symbol - unidentified
design element - motifs - piping
design element - motifs - geometric
view of stoup in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2014 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kaysersberg_SteCroix98.JPG] [accessed 2 December 2016]
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view of stoup
animal - mammal - lion - couchant - 4
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19878KAY
Object Type: Stoup
Date Visited: 2002-08-12
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale de l'Invention-de-la-Sainte-Croix
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the S transept
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy-Cross
Church Address: rue du Général De Gaulle, 68240 Kaysersberg, France -- Tél.: 03 89 78 22 78 (Tourisme)
Site Location: Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N415, 10 kms NW of Colmar
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Strasbourg
Historical Region: Alsace
Font Notes:
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Holy-water stoup consisting of a tapering polygonal [octagonal?] basin decorated with symbols and geometrical motifs on the sides, piping down the underbowl sides onto the base, which is square at the bottom, with couchant lions at the angles. It is provided with a modern lid and may have been used as baptismal font at some point. Indeed, it appears listed in Palissy [ref.: PM68000159] as a baptismal font: "Fonts baptismaux [...] Composé de deux troncs de cône opposés [...] 13e siècle (?)"
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for his help in documenting this object
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.138915, 7.263489
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 8′ 20.09″ N, 7° 15′ 48.56″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: polygonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 107 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: PM68000159]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: NB: the object may have been used as font at some point