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view of basin

Scene Description: the medieval baptismal font dug up in the site of the former Franciscan monastery cloister [cf. FontNotes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © L'Alsace, 2017

Image Source: digital photograph by DR in L'Alsace 7 March 2017 [https://www.lalsace.fr/haut-rhin/2017/03/07/decouverte-des-anciens-fonts-baptismaux] [accessed 12 January 2022]

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Barfüsserplatz um 1835" -- the site of the Barfüsserkirche, a 13thC Franciscan monastery

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Image Source: digital image of a ca. 1835 painting by Andreas Geist, in the Historisches Museum Basel [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barfüsserplatz_1835.jpg] [accessed 13 January 2022]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Historisches Museum Basel: Dauerausstellung in der Barfüsserkirche um 1900."

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Image Source: digital image of a ca. 1900 B&W photograph reproduced in the Basler Stadtbuch 1979 (Basel, 1980: 157) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Basel_Barfüsserkirche_Innen_1900.jpg] [accessed 13 January 2022]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Historisches Museum Basel in der Barfüsserkirche. Blick von der Chorempore in Richtung Eingang, links historische Brunnenstöcke, rechts Museumsshop und Kasse sowie Cafeteria."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Basmus, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph 11 May 2008 by Basmus [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Basel_Barfüsserkirche_Inneres_11-05-2008.jpg] [accessed 13 January 2022]

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view of context

Scene Description: the present building of the Stadtcasino Basel; built on the site of the cloister of the Barfüsserkirche, a 13thC Franciscan monastery

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andreas Praefcke, 2009

Image Source: digital photograph May 2009 by Andreas Praefcke [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Basel_Stadtcasino.jpg] [accessed 13 January 2022]

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view of context

Scene Description: the present Historisches Museum Basel, built on the site of the Barfüsserkirche, a 13thC Franciscan monastery

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Stefan-Xp, 2005

Image Source: digital photograph 15 March 2005 by Stefan-Xp [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Historisches_Museum_Basel.jpg] [accessed 13 January 2022]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 23669BAS
Church/Chapel: Barfüsserkirche [originally a Franciscan monastery church]
Church Location: [address of the present Stadtcasino] Steinenberg 14, 4051 Basel, Switzerland
Country Name: Switzerland
Location: Basel Stadt
Directions to Site: Located in Basel-Vorstaedte, between the Banhof SBB (S) and the river (N), about 200 m. SW of the cathedral, in the Grossbasel. The cloister was located in the area of the present-day Stadtcasino.
Font Location in Church: [buried in the former cloister]
Date: ca. 1300?
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Late Romanesque / Gothic?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention
Church Notes: the Barfüsserkirche, a Franciscan monastery, built 1256 in Barfüsserplatz; re-built ca. 1300; torn down after Reformation; Barfüsserkirche became the city's historical museum
The 7 March 2017 edition of L'Alsace [https://www.lalsace.fr/haut-rhin/2017/03/07/decouverte-des-anciens-fonts-baptismaux] [accessed 12 January 2022] reports and illustrates a medieval font dug up on the site of a former Franciscan cloister: "Découverte des anciens fonts baptismaux. À l’occasion de l’agrandissement du Stadtcasino, les archéologues bâlois ont fait des trouvailles très intéressantes au sous-sol de l’ancien cloître des franciscains."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.554444, 7.589444
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 33′ 16″ N, 7° 35′ 22″ E
UTM: 32T 393877 5267745

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: dodecagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: dodecagonal
Drainage Notes: no lining