Strasbourg No. 7

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view of font and cover

notice the damage to the upper rim, right side, where the metal staple of the cover has split the stone
Scene Description: notice the damage to the upper rim, right side, where the metal staple of the cover has split the stone
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 July 2012 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strasbourg_StJean18.JPG] [accessed 18 February 2018]
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symbol - rope - knotted - Franciscan cingulum?

of the three ropes that surround the basin the top and the bottom ones have the knotted areas typical of the representation of a Franciscan cingulum in fonts
Scene Description: of the three ropes that surround the basin the top and the bottom ones have the knotted areas typical of the representation of a Franciscan cingulum in fonts
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2012
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 29 July 2012 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strasbourg_StJean18.JPG] [accessed 18 February 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

design element - motifs - vine

below the knotted rope is a woody leaf-less vine
Scene Description: below the knotted rope is a woody leaf-less vine
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2012
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 29 July 2012 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strasbourg_StJean18.JPG] [accessed 18 February 2018]
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design element - motifs - rope

unlike the other two this one appears to be simple a rope, with a nicely rendered knot seen here on the right
Scene Description: unlike the other two this one appears to be simple a rope, with a nicely rendered knot seen here on the right
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2012
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 29 July 2012 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strasbourg_StJean18.JPG] [accessed 18 February 2018]
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symbol - rope - knotted - Franciscan cingulum?

of the three ropes that surround the basin the top and the bottom ones have the knotted areas typical of the representation of a Franciscan cingulum in fonts
Scene Description: of the three ropes that surround the basin the top and the bottom ones have the knotted areas typical of the representation of a Franciscan cingulum in fonts
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2012
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 29 July 2012 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strasbourg_StJean18.JPG] [accessed 18 February 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 March 2017 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strasbourg_StJean04.JPG] [accessed 18 February 2018]
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view of font and cover in context

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 July 2012 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strasbourg_StJean19.JPG] [accessed 18 February 2018]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 July 2012 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strasbourg_StJean14.JPG] [accessed 18 February 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of church interior - nave - looking east

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 July 2012 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strasbourg_StJean08.JPG] [accessed 18 February 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

INFORMATION

Font ID: 21614STR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Jean Baptiste de Strasbourg
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, beneath the gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Notes: 15thC church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00085027]
Church Address: 13 Quai Saint-Jean, 67000 Strasbourg, France -- Tel.: +33 3 88 32 17 74
Site Location: Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: This church is located just N of the Canal des Faux Remparts, where Quai Saint-Jean becomes Quai Kleber
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Strasbourg
Historical Region: Alsace
Font Notes:
Baptismal font of stone consisting of a roughly of bucket-shaped basin decorated with a number of mouldings of different shapes: at the top and bottom the have the shape of a knotted Franciscan cingulum [a symbol not very common on European fonts but found in Mexican fonts of the 16thC]; the one in the middle is rope-like with a well-rendered wing kbow on one side; the one at the very bottom is also woody, like a leaf-less vine' raised on a plain circular pedestal base. Wooden font cover; round and flat; appears modern.

COORDINATES

UTM: 32U 407069 5382014
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.584314, 7.739896
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 35′ 3.53″ N, 7° 44′ 23.63″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: round and flat, with side moulding; pine-cone finial; modern