Osnabruck No. 1 / Osnabrück
INFORMATION
Font ID: 00138OSN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Date Visited: 1997-06-29
Font Date: ca. 785?
Font Century and Period/Style: 8th century, Early Christian / Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Römisch-katholische Dom St. Peter [aka Dom St. Petrus]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: Kleine Domsfreiheit 5, 49074 Osnabrück, Germany
Site Location: Osnabrück, Niedersachsen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located W of Hanover
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Osnabrück (RC)
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the original ca. 785 church here)
Font Notes:
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[NB: we have no information on the font of the original 8th-century church here -- for the later [ca. 1200] bronze font by master Gerardus see Index entry for Osnabrück no.2]
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 435195 5792977
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.283333, 8.05
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 17′ 0″ N, 8° 3′ 0″ E
REFERENCES
- Favreau, Robert, "Inscription des fonts baptismaux d'Hildesheim", 38, 2, Cahiers de civilisation medievale, 1985, pp. 115-140; p. 139 and footnote 209 for the inscription
- Omilanowska, Malgorzata, Germany, New York: Dorling Kindersley, 2001, p. 415