Sarre-Union / Bockenheim / Bouquenom / Neu-Saarwerden / Saar-Union / Saarunion / Ville Neuve de Sarrewerden
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design element - motifs - foliage or floral - geometric
Scene Description: flat low-relief patterns described as 'ferronnerie' in the Palissy entry; they are often found on the fonts of this period in the area
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 26 August 2015 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sarre-Union_StGeorges_70-02.JPG] [accessed 1 March 2018]
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design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: several, at both ends of the stem of the base -- notice the repair to the left angle of the lower base
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 26 August 2015 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sarre-Union_StGeorges_70-02.JPG] [accessed 1 March 2018]
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view of church exterior - northwest end
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 September 2015 by Aimelaime~commonswiki [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sarre-Union_l'église_Saint-Georges.JPG] [accessed 1 March 2018]
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view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © trolvag [Tom Rolvag], 2010
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 18 July 2010 by trolvag [Tom Rolvag] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sarre-Union_Church,_Sarre-Union,_Alsace,_France_-_panoramio.jpg] [accessed 1 March 2018]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 August 2012 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sarre-Union_StGeorges_08.JPG] [accessed 1 March 2018]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2015 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sarre-Union_StGeorges_13.JPG] [accessed 1 March 2018]
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2015 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sarre-Union_StGeorges_70-02.JPG] [accessed 1 March 2018]
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view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 August 2012 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sarre-Union_StGeorges_25.JPG] [accessed 1 March 2018]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 21636SAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Georges à Bouquenom
Church Location: Grand'Rue, 67260 Sarre-Union, France
Country Name: France
Location: Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A4 [aka Autoroute de l'Est], NW of Saverne and Strasbourg
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Strasbourg
Historical Region: Alsace Bossue, Alsace
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 17th century(early?), Renaissance
Church Notes: church 15thC (?) listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA67005911]: "Le choeur et le transept pourraient dater du 15e siècle ; la nef fut construite en 1578".
Font Notes:
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Sandstone baptismal font of the early 17th century listed in Palissy [ref.: PM67001433 / IM67009230]: "Fonts baptismaux en grès gris dont la cuve, polygonale, présente un décor répétitif de ferronnerie en méplat sur cinq côtés [...] 1er quart 17e siècle [...] Le couvercle est moderne."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.940297, 7.090076
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 56′ 25.07″ N, 7° 5′ 24.28″ E
UTM: 32U 360140 5422577
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 77 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 108 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: PM67001433 / IM67009230]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: metal
Apparatus: no
Notes: modern metal cover with orb-and-cross finial