Bischoffsheim

Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2011
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Results: 7 records
design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - columns with capitals and bases - 6
design element - architectural - column - clustered columns - with capitals and bases - 6
Scene Description: one at each angle of the hexagonal basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 5 August 2011 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bischoffsheim_SteAurélie12.jpg] [accessed 22 February 2018]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
view of church interior - nave - looking east
view of church interior - nave - looking west
view of font and cover
view of font and cover in context
INFORMATION
FontID: 21621BIS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Sainte-Aurélie de Bischoffsheim
Church Patron Saints: St. Aurelia of Strasbourg [4thC]
Church Location: 10 Cour Féodale, 67870 Bischoffsheim, France
Country Name: France
Location: Bas-Rhin, Grand-Est
Directions to Site: Located off the D216, SE of Rosheim, N of Obernai
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Strasbourg
Historical Region: Alsace
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 17th century[basin only] [composite font], Baroque [composite]
Church Notes: Listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00075427]: "L'ancienne église avait été construite au 12e siècle, plusieurs fois remaniée, elle est victime d'un incendie en 1751 ; l'église actuelle, construite sur le même emplacement, est l'oeuvre du maître maçon Joseph Elmenreich qui signe le devis en 1762 ; dans la première moitié du 19e siècle, construction de la tour en 1823, travaux dans la nef et remplacement de l'ancien choeur polygonal par une abside demi circulaire en 1835, datation par travaux historiques".
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of the 17th century listed in Palissy [ref.: IM67000908]: "Cuve hexagonale [grès] composée de 2 éléments semblables accolés, colonnettes d'angle adossées supportant une corniche [...] Arcatures aveugles en plein cintre à clef en agrafe, impostes moulurées. [...] Fût et base disparus [...] 17e siècle (?)". Modern font cover of copper and double-dome shape.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.486933, 7.487706
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 29′ 12.96″ N, 7° 29′ 15.74″ E
UTM: 32U 388257 5371527
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: hexagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: metal, copper
Apparatus: no
Notes: double-domed copper cover with Latin cross finial; modern