Haguenau No. 5 / Hagenau

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design element - architectural - arcade

[cf. FontNotes]
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 21400HAG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Museum and Inventory Number: Musée Historique de Haguenau
Church/Chapel: [original church unknown]
Church Location: 9 rue du Maréchal Foch, 67500 Haguenau, France -- Tel.: +33 3 88 90 29 39
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: [in a museum]
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
Baptismal font of the 12th century in the historical museum of Haguenau, listed in Palissy [ref.: IM67002422]: "fonts baptismaux [...] grès (rose, monolithe) [...] Fonts [circulaire] cimentés sur un socle de briques [...] il semble qu'il y ait eu une série de six montants ou pilastres à ergots évasés à la base, ayant porté six arcs dont ne subsistent que les départs au droit d'un des montants [...] Rebord abîmé, coupé en biais ; décor incomplet [...] 12e siècle (?)" [NB: the Palissy entry does not give the provenance of this font].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.813109, 7.791323
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 48′ 47.19″ N, 7° 47′ 28.76″ E
UTM: 32U 411265 5407385

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (pink)
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 98 cm*
Basin Total Height: 64 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM67002422]: "h = 64 ; d = 98 (dimensions totales) ; paroi de la cuve : la = 16"