Valangin / Valengiz
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inscription - partial
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 24 August 2010 by Martouf [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coeur_de_la_collégiale_de_valangin.jpg] [accessed 23 April 2024]
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view of basin in context
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 24 August 2010 by Martouf [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coeur_de_la_collégiale_de_valangin.jpg] [accessed 23 April 2024]
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Valangin, Neuchâtel (Suisse) - Collégiale Saint-Pierre (1505)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pierre Bona, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph 5 November 2007 by Pierre Bona [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Valangin_collégiale_St-Pierre.jpg] [23 April 2024]
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view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: Source caption: "Coeur de la collégiale de Valangin" -- showing the baptismal font in the foreground
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Image Source: digital photograph 24 August 2010 by Martouf [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coeur_de_la_collégiale_de_valangin.jpg] [accessed 23 April 2024]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © illustre.ch, 2024
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph by Muriel et Philippe Thalmann [https://www.illustre.ch/magazine/decouvrez-valangin-ce-bijou-medieval] [accessed 23 April 2024]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Collégiale de Valangin. Muriel et Philippe Thalmann"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Muriel et Philippe Thalmann, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph by Muriel et Philippe Thalmann [https://www.illustre.ch/magazine/decouvrez-valangin-ce-bijou-medieval] [accessed 23 April 2024]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "L’intérieur du temple avec son orgue. Photo : photos-neuch.ch"
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Image Source: digital photograph by photos-neuch.ch [https://torpille.ch/listing/collegiale-de-valangin/] [accessed 23 April 2024]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "L’intérieur du temple. Photo : neuchatelville.ch" -- despite the trompe-l'oeil effect here the font is regularly octagonal
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Image Source: digital photograph by neuchatelville.ch [https://torpille.ch/listing/collegiale-de-valangin/] [accessed 23 April 2024]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 25460VAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Collégiale St-Pierre de Valangin
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Pl. de la Collégiale, 2042 Valangin, Switzerland -- Tel.: +41 32 717 73 84
Country Name: Switzerland
Location: Neuchâtel
Directions to Site: Located off the Route Cantonale, E of raod 20, in the municipality [since 2021] and 3 km N of Neuchâtel city centre
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: [ca. 1500?]
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are gratefult to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: collegial church established 1505; deteriorated stage in the early-1800s; restoration was completed 1841; newly restored 1908-1909; interior restored 2004-2005
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in Eren / Paroisse Val-de-Ruz [https://www.eren.ch/vdr/temples/valangin/] [accessed 23 April 2024] informs that the octagonal baptismal font bears an inscription relating the foundation of this church to 1500 ["Les fonts baptismaux octogonaux portent une inscription qui signale que l’église a été bâtie en 1500"].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.0162, 6.90703
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 0′ 58.32″ N, 6° 54′ 25.31″ E
UTM: 32T 340931 5209090
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Notes: transcription not available [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: around the basin sides, below the upper rim
Inscription Text: [cf. FontNotes]