Rumersheim
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date - 1698
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
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design element - patterns - gadrooned or ribbed
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view of church exterior - northeast view
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view of church exterior - southwest end
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
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view of font and cover
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INFORMATION
FontID: 21635RUM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Georges
Church Patron Saints: St. George
Church Location: rue du Village, 67370 Rumersheim, France
Country Name: France
Location: Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located off the D30-D32-D61 crossroads, 15-20 km NNW of Strasbourg
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Strasbourg
Historical Region: Alsace
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a wall niche
Date: 1698
Century and Period: 17th century(late), Renaissance
Church Notes: church originally 13th-14thC; listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA67005700]: "La nef de l'église de Rumersheim est datée de 1740 sur l'arc de la porte d'entrée ouest. La tour-clocher hors-oeuvre en façade porte le millésime 1878. Elle a remplacé l'ancienne tour-choeur au rez-de-chaussée voûté, qui avait été conservée en 1740. Cette partie était le seul vestige de l'église primitive, élevée au 13e ou 14e siècle".
Font Notes:
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Sandstone baptismal font dated 1698 by an inscription on the upper end of the pedestal base; listed in Palissy [ref.: IM67009871]: "fonts baptismaux [grès] Pied de section carrée, à angles abattus. Cuve de section circulaire, à godrons [...] Fonts baptismaux datés 1698. Couvercle récent."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.691527, 7.637418
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 41′ 29.5″ N, 7° 38′ 14.71″ E
UTM: 32U 399725 5394061
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 60 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM67009871] has: "h = 150 ; Hauteur totale. Cuve : d = 60."
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: upper end of the base stem
Inscription Text: "1698"
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: metal, brass?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]