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INFORMATION
FontID: 21639STO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Nicolas
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: 34 Haut-Village, 67140 Stotzheim, France
Country Name: France
Location: Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located off (NE) the A35-D5 crossroads, S of Obernai, N of Sélestat, SSW of Strasbourg
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Strasbourg
Historical Region: Alsace
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1666
Century and Period: 17th century(mid), Renaissance
Church Notes: present church was a re-building enlargement of an earlier [1626?] church here, although an original chapel was known in the 12thC, and it is documented as parish church in the early 15thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00115472]: "Une chapelle est attestée en 1115, l'église paroissiale est attestée en 1403 ; l'église actuelle a été reconstruite en 1765".
Font Notes:
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A baptismal font of pink sandstone dated 1666 by an inscription is listed in Palissy [ref.: IM67006041]: "fonts baptismaux [grès (rose)] Cuve polygonale sur pied en demi balustre et socle carré [...] date (gravée) 1666".
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.375083, 7.484178
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 22′ 30.3″ N, 7° 29′ 3.04″ E
UTM: 32U 387750 5359101
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: polygonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 110 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM67006041]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Text: "1666"
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: metal, brass?
Apparatus: no
Notes: polygonal dome with orb-and-cross finial; modern