Hindisheim No. 1 / Hindse

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the copper container on the right is a holy-water reservoir
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 August 2014 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hindisheim_StsPierrePaul_17.JPG?uselang=fr] [accessed 24 February 2018]
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inscription

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
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date - 1616

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view of church exterior - southwest view

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: the top of the font cover is visible in the eastern-most alcove of the right [south] side, between the confessional and the south side altar
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 21628HIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1616
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(early), Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saints-Pierre-et-Paul
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St, Paul
Church Notes: church re-built 1770; destroyed; re-built late-19thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00023298]: "Vocable saint Pierre saint Paul ; fondation au 8e siècle ; reconstruction en 1889 par P.Heinrich ; en remplacement de l'église antérieure datant de 1770, détruite en 1888 ; tour ancienne conservée et surhaussée, matériaux de l'église du moyen âge remployés dans la construction du presbytère ; matériaux et colonnes de l'église de 1770 remployés dans le bâtiment annexe du presbytère"
Church Address: 67150 Hindisheim, France
Site Location: Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the D207, 20 km SE of Strasbourg
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Strasbourg
Historical Region: Alsace
Font Notes:
Baptismal font of sandstone dated 1616; listed in Palissy [ref.: IM67000432]: "Cuve hexagonale [grès] à pans galbés [...] (ornement à forme géométrique); symbole (croix) [...] inscription 1616/I.M.P/B.H.S [...] couvercle en bois".

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.470925, 7.637665
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 28′ 15.33″ N, 7° 38′ 15.59″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: hexagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 80 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 103 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM67000432]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: letters and numbers
Inscription Location: on the basin side
Inscription Text: "1616 / I.M.P / B.H.S"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: hexagonal, moulded with two levels; Latin-cross finial; modern

REFERENCES

  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.