Haguenau No. 1 / Hagenau
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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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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 25 July 2013 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haguenau_StNicolas59a.JPG] [accessed 13 August 2017]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 September 2010 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haguenau_StNicolas57.JPG] [accessed 13 August 2017]
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 September 2010 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haguenau_StNicolas01.JPG] [accessed 13 August 2017]
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view of church interior - choir - stalls
Scene Description: with the baptismal font semi-hidden in the centre of the image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 July 2013 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haguenau_StNicolas76.JPG] [accessed 13 August 2017]
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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
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 September 2010 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haguenau_StNicolas42.JPG] [accessed 13 August 2017]
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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
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 July 2013 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haguenau_StNicolas59a.JPG] [accessed 13 August 2017]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 July 2013 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haguenau_StNicolas64.JPG] [accessed 13 August 2017]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 21396HAG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Nicolas de Haguenau [ancienne église du Couvent des Prémontrés de la Vierge, Saint-Paul, Saint-Nicolas, église paroissiale]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at E end, in the chancel
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00084725]: "1ère moitié 13e siècle ; 15e siècle ; 3e quart 18e siècle"
Church Address: 67500 Haguenau, France
Site Location: Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France, Europe
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
Additional Comments: composite font / altered font (two pieces now attached with mortar and metal)
Font Notes:
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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. Flat brass cover on it appears modern.
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 411322 5408181
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.82028, 7.791935
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 49′ 13.01″ N, 7° 47′ 30.97″ E
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]
REFERENCES
- France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.