Wissembourg No. 2 / Sebusium / Weißenburg / Weisseburch / Wiesemberg

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Results: 14 records

design element - motifs - moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 9 August 2002 by BSI

view of basin - upper view

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 9 August 2002 by BSI

view of church exterior - east view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 August 2013 by Ralph Hammann [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wissembourg_StPierre-Paul094a.jpg] [accessed 31 May 2015]

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view of church exterior - north view

Scene Description: Source caption: "La façade Nord et les galeries du cloître"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Poudou99, 2009

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2009 by Poudou99 [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wissembourg_IMG_3652.jpg] [accessed 31 May 2015]

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view of church exterior - west tower

Scene Description: Sorce caption: "Tour-clocher romane (XIe siècle)"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Immanuel Giel, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 May 2012 by Immanuel Giel [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saints-Pierre-et-Paul-Wissembourg-02.JPG] [accessed 31 May 2015]

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view of church interior - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Eglise abbatiale Saints-Pierre-et-Paul, Chapelle romane (XIe)"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 August 2013 by Ralph Hammann [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wissembourg_StPierre-Paul208.jpg] [accessed 31 May 2015]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 August 2013 by Ralph Hammann [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wissembourg_StPierre-Paul168.jpg] [accessed 31 May 2015]

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 August 2013 by Ralph Hammann [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wissembourg_StPierre-Paul111a.jpg] [accessed 31 May 2015]

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view of church interior - painting

Scene Description: Source caption: "Eglise abbatiale Saints-Pierre-et-Paul, Fresque gothique "Apôtres, Vie et Passion du Christ, Œuvres de Miséricorde" (XIVe)"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 August 2013 by Ralph Hammann [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wissembourg_StPierre-Paul130.jpg] [accessed 31 May 2015]

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view of church interior - painting

Scene Description: Source caption: "Eglise abbatiale Saints-Pierre-et-Paul, Fresque gothique "Vie et Passion du Christ, Œuvres de Miséricorde" (XIVe), partie du mur ouest du transept"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 August 2013 by Ralph Hammann [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wissembourg_StPierre-Paul132.jpg] [accessed 31 May 2015]

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view of font

Scene Description: the lower base is a modern reconstruction [cf. FontNotes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rh-67, 2010

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 26 August 2010 by Rh-67 [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wissembourg_StPierre-Paul30.JPG] [accessed 31 May 2015]

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view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: the font topped by the modern metal lid in its location in October 2002

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Région Alsace - Inventaire général, 2002

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 23 Octobre 2002 by Brigitte Parent, in Palissy [www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/1632/ivr42_199867a2302ze_p.jpg

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the baptismal in its context in August 2002 -- 14thC fresco behind the font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 9 August 2002 by BSI

view of font in context

Scene Description: with the St. Christopher fresco partially visible above it

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 9 August 2002 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 19884WIS
Church/Chapel: Eglise abbatiale Saints-Pierre-et-Paul / Klosterkirche St. Peter und Paul
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Location: avenue de la sous-préfecture, 67160 Wissembourg, France -- Tel.: +33 3 88 94 16 31
Country Name: France
Location: Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located on the D-263, about 60 km N of Strabourg, just S of the border with Germany
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Strasbourg
Historical Region: Rhénanie-Palatinat / Rheinland-Pfalz, Alsace
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 17th century, Renaissance
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Catherine Rieber and the church staff for their information on, and access to the font
Church Notes: abbey founded 660; Benedictine since 753; abbey church built late-8thC, consecrated 803; several fires damage the church in the 9th-11thC; re-built church consecrated 1073; re-built in Gothic style in 13thC -- listed in Mérimée [référence PA00085247]
The present baptismal at the former abbey church is listed in Palissy [référence IM67011543]: "Fonts à cuve octogonale, moulurée, sur pied légèrement évasé également octogonal. Couvercle en cuivre, moderne. Le pied, un peu court, est peut-être le résultat d'une restauration [...] Fragment ; traces de polychromie [...] 17e siècle (?)". [NB: at the time of the 1998 Inventaire général entry [cf. Palissy above] the ownership of the font was stated as "propriété d'une association diocésaine (?)", and had a dome-shaped metal cover on it.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.037222, 7.941667
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 2′ 14″ N, 7° 56′ 30″ E
UTM: 32U 422649 5432133

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [référence IM67011543] [NB: includes modern base added in the restoration]

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: metal, copper?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]