Strasbourg No. 8

Results: 11 records

design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - double arch-heads - columns with capitals

the columns show no bases but there are fragments of a roll moulding cutting horizontally across the lower end of the columns of the arcade

Scene Description: the columns show no bases but there are fragments of a roll moulding cutting horizontally across the lower end of the columns of the arcade

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 10 August 2002 by BSI

design element - motifs - flat moulding

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 10 August 2002 by BSI

design element - motifs - foliage - trefoiled leaves

little trefoiled folige motifs populate some of the spandrels of the arcade; in other spandrels it is parts of the upper vine that fill the spaces

Scene Description: little trefoiled folige motifs populate some of the spandrels of the arcade; in other spandrels it is parts of the upper vine that fill the spaces

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 10 August 2002 by BSI

design element - motifs - vine - acanthus

Scene Description: like the pattern above, beautifully rendered

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 10 August 2002 by BSI

design element - patterns - interlace - palmette - linked circles

Scene Description: beautiful interlace work with inscribed palmettes in multiple linked circles all around

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 10 August 2002 by BSI

view of basin - interior

Scene Description: serving an incongruous but practical use now -- the centre drain hole is covered in debris

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 10 August 2002 by BSI

view of basin - upper view

Scene Description: the obvious fragmentation of the basin and the repairs, including metal staples on at least three spots

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 10 August 2002 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 10 August 2002 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 10 August 2002 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 10 August 2002 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 10 August 2002 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 19903STR

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Museum and Inventory Number: Musée de l'Oeuvre de Notre-Dame, Strasbourg

Church/Chapel: [original church unknown]

Country Name: France

Location: Bas-Rhin, Grand Est

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Strasbourg

Historical Region: Alsace

Font Location in Church: [not in a church]

Century and Period: Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view

Large fragment of an ancient baptismal font now in the gardens of the Musée de l'Oeuvre de Notre-Dame, Strasbourg. On-site notes: we were not able to get information on its origin; the large basin, much damaged, is out in the open, one of several such fonts in this museum.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: tub-shaped

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining