Haguenau No. 1 / Hagenau

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view of church exterior - northwest view

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view of church exterior - southwest view

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view of church interior - baptistery

Scene Description: the late-14thC font, with the 20thC cover by F. Stlamsen, inside the baptistery

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view of church interior - choir - stalls

Scene Description: with the baptismal font semi-hidden in the centre of the image

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: west view of the interior, with one of the fonts in the foreground

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the font listed in Palissy [ref.: IM67002148] as a composite: "La vasque actuelle remplacerait l'ancienne cuve [...] limite 12e siècle 13e siècle"

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INFORMATION

FontID: 21396HAG
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Nicolas de Haguenau [ancienne église du Couvent des Prémontrés de la Vierge, Saint-Paul, Saint-Nicolas, église paroissiale]
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: 67500 Haguenau, France
Country Name: France
Location: Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located at the D27-D29-D48-D85-N63 confluence, 30 km N of Strasbourg
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Strasbourg
Historical Region: Alsace
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at E end, in the chancel
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00084725]: "1ère moitié 13e siècle ; 15e siècle ; 3e quart 18e siècle"
Baptismal font probably of a composite nature dated to the 12th-13th century period, listed in Palissy [ref.: IM67002148]: "fonts baptismaux [octogonal] [...] grès (rose, en plusieurs éléments) [...] En deux pièces ; assemblage par des barres de fer (?) et du mortier [...] La vasque actuelle remplacerait l'ancienne cuve [...] limite 12e siècle 13e siècle". The present basin is octagonal with curved sides tapering in at the underbowl; on a plain round pedestal base. Falt brass cover on it appears modern.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.82028, 7.791935
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 49′ 13.01″ N, 7° 47′ 30.97″ E
UTM: 32U 411322 5408181

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM67002148]

LID INFORMATION

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