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view of church exterior in context - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Théodule de Gsteig (BE)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cheran, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph 22 February 2006 by Cheran [https://www.flickr.com/photos/chrn/103653851/] [accessed 10 April 2022]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Verena Stähli-Lüthi, 1983
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Verena Stähli-Lüthi's Kirche Gsteig: Reformierte Kirchgemeinde Gsteig-Interlaken (1983) [Kirche Gsteig - Verena Stähli-Lüthi.pdf] [accessed 10 April 2023]:
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
design element - patterns - tracery - trefoiled
Scene Description: on the basin sides and underbowl
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Verena Stähli-Lüthi, 1983
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Verena Stähli-Lüthi's Kirche Gsteig: Reformierte Kirchgemeinde Gsteig-Interlaken (1983) [Kirche Gsteig - Verena Stähli-Lüthi.pdf] [accessed 10 April 2023]:
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 24669GST
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Reformierte Pfarrkirche / Église Saint-Théodule de Gsteig
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, E end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Theodulph [aka Theodul, Théodule, Théodulphe, Thiou, Thious]
Church Notes: church here documented 1196; 1228 church originally dedicated to St Michael
Church Address: Pillonstrasse 4, 3785 Gsteig, Switzerland
Site Location: Bern, Switzerland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 12-13 km S of Saanen, about 50 km ESE of Lausanne
Historical Region: Bernese Oberland
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (of the earlier medieval church here)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font described and illustrated in Verena Stähli-Lüthi's Kirche Gsteig: Reformierte Kirchgemeinde Gsteig-Interlaken (1983) [Kirche Gsteig - Verena Stähli-Lüthi.pdf] [accessed 10 April 2023]: baptismal font made of sandstone in the 15th-16th century; octagonal basin decorated with trefoiled tracery; on octagonal-to-square base. Wooden cover, octagonal, flat and plain; modern.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 366762 5138244
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.384644, 7.267245
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 23′ 4.72″ N, 7° 16′ 2.08″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]