Dachstein No. 1

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coat of arms - unidentified

Scene Description: the outline of the former coat-of-arms is seen here in the left panel -- the upper rim of the font appears to be a modern reconstruction

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 30 Sepember 2012 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dachstein_StMartin_108.JPG] [accessed 21 February 2018]

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date - 1612

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 30 Sepember 2012 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dachstein_StMartin_108.JPG] [accessed 21 February 2018]

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design element - architectural - arch or window - trefoiled - 8

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2012

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 30 Sepember 2012 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dachstein_StMartin_108.JPG] [accessed 21 February 2018]

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design element - motifs - moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2012

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 30 Sepember 2012 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dachstein_StMartin_108.JPG] [accessed 21 February 2018]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 Sepember 2012 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dachstein_StMartin_016.JPG] [accessed 21 February 2018]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2015

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 2 June 2015 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dachstein_StMartin_012.JPG] [accessed 21 February 2018]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 July 2010 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dachstein_2.JPG] [accessed 21 February 2018]

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: the top of the baptismal font is visible at the far [west] end, right [north] side -- the large white stone object by the gallery stairs is probably a modern holy-water stoup, although it appears to have an anchoring for a cover on the side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 Sepember 2012 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dachstein_StMartin_86.JPG] [accessed 21 February 2018]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: listed in Palissy [ref.: PM67001218 / IM67017015]: "fonts baptismaux [grès] Sur un pied et un fût gothiques de la seconde moitié du 15e siècle, cuve gravée de la date 1612 et autrefois sculptée d'armoiries, probablement bûchées à la Révolution. La partie supérieure de la cuve, moulurée, a été remplacée, probablement dans le dernier quart du 20e siècle. [...] Pied orné de moulures et court fût octogonal dont chaque face présente une imitation de baie gothique [...] Restaurés."

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 30 Sepember 2012 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dachstein_StMartin_108.JPG] [accessed 21 February 2018]

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view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: the font is listed in Palissy [ref.: PM67001218 / IM67017015]: "fonts baptismaux [grès] Sur un pied et un fût gothiques de la seconde moitié du 15e siècle, cuve gravée de la date 1612 et autrefois sculptée d'armoiries, probablement bûchées à la Révolution. La partie supérieure de la cuve, moulurée, a été remplacée, probablement dans le dernier quart du 20e siècle. [...] Pied orné de moulures et court fût octogonal dont chaque face présente une imitation de baie gothique [...] Restaurés." The mid-17thC cross is listed in Palissy [ref.: PM67001219 / IM67017028]: "Sculpture originale de la croix de chemin B (voir dossier), érigée en 1657 par Georges Schirmeyer, vigneron et Schultheiss à Dachstein, remplacée sur place par une copie en 1970. Par comparaison, on peut l'attribuer au sculpteur Peter Bronner, alors établi au Bildhauerhof, sur le territoire de Rosheim."

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the font at the back is listed in Palissy [ref.: PM67001218 and IM67017015]: "fonts baptismaux [grès] Sur un pied et un fût gothiques de la seconde moitié du 15e siècle, cuve gravée de la date 1612 et autrefois sculptée d'armoiries, probablement bûchées à la Révolution. La partie supérieure de la cuve, moulurée, a été remplacée, probablement dans le dernier quart du 20e siècle. [...] Pied orné de moulures et court fût octogonal dont chaque face présente une imitation de baie gothique [...] Restaurés."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 Sepember 2012 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dachstein_StMartin_109.JPG] [accessed 21 February 2018]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 21617DAC
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: rue Principale, 67120 Dachstein, France
Country Name: France
Location: Bas-Rhin, Grand-Est
Directions to Site: Located off the D30-D727 crossroads, 4 km ENE of Molsheim, WSW of Strasbourg
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Strasbourg
Historical Region: Alsace
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, beneath the W gallery, N side
Date: 1612
Century and Period: 15th - 17th century[composite font], Late Medieval [composite]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church Notes: listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA67011129]: pre-1356 'chapelle castrale'; re-built on new site 15thC
Listed in Palissy [ref.: IM67017015]: "fonts baptismaux [...] grès [...] Sur un pied et un fût gothiques de la seconde moitié du 15e siècle, cuve gravée de la date 1612 et autrefois sculptée d'armoiries, probablement bûchées à la Révolution. La partie supérieure de la cuve, moulurée, a été remplacée, probablement dans le dernier quart du 20e siècle [...] Pied orné de moulures et court fût octogonal dont chaque face présente une imitation de baie gothique". The entry for this church in the tourism site of the Molsheim-Mutzig region [https://www.ot-molsheim-mutzig.com/fiche-sit/f218001146_eglise-saint-martin-dachstein/] [accessed 20 March 2023] mentions two fonts of 1612 in this church: "L'église recèle de nombreuses autres curiosités tels les 2 fonts baptismaux de 1612" [NB: the second font mentioned here as being of the same date appears modern to us [cf. ImagesArea]].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.561514, 7.531423
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 33′ 41.45″ N, 7° 31′ 53.12″ E
UTM: 32U 391646 5379754

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 110 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM67017015]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: basin side
Inscription Text: "1612"
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: round, flat and plain, with metal ting handle; modern