Haguenau No. 2 / Hagenau

Results: 3 records

design element - motifs - quatrefoil

Scene Description: two bands of very large and deeply-carved quatrefoils

view of font and cover

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

view of font and cover in context

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

INFORMATION

FontID: 21397HAG
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, in the baptistery
Century and Period: 14th century (late?), Late Gothic
Baptismal font of the late 14th century in pinkish sandstone listed in Palissy [ref.: IM67002149]: "Fonts baptismaux sans pied, à Cuve [grès (rose)] octogonale de la fin du 14e siècle et couvercle en cuivre réalisé au 20e siècle par F. Stlamsen".

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 (unmounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 125 cm*
Basin Total Height: 88 cm*
Height of Base: 20 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 108 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM67002149]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Location: on the 20th-century cover

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern / 20th century
Material: metal, copper
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]