Merseburg No. 1 / Merseberg

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B01: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Paul?

Scene Description: on Jeremiah's shoulder

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

B02: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Peter - holding 2 keys

Scene Description: on Hosea's shoulder -- the carving is very eroded but there are two keys in Peter's right hand

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

B03: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Andrew

Scene Description: seen here in the left arch, on Zacharia's shoulders

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 March 2015 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merseburg_Dom_Taufbecken_144.jpg] [accessed 22 June 2017]

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B05: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Andrew

Scene Description: on Esdras shoulder

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

B05: Apostle or saint - Apostles - unidentified

Scene Description: on Esdras shoulder

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

B06: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. James

Scene Description: on Jonah's shoulder

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

B08: Apostle or saint - Apostles - Judas

Scene Description: on Amos' shoulder

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

B08: Apostle or saint - Apostles - unidentified

Scene Description: on Joel's shoulder; Simon?

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

B09: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Matthew?

Scene Description: on Ezechiel's shoulder

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

B10: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Bartholomew

Scene Description: seen here in the centre arch, on Daniel's shoulders

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 March 2015 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merseburg_Dom_Taufbecken_205.jpg] [accessed 22 June 2017]

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B10: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Bartholomew

Scene Description: on Daniels shoulder

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

B10: Old Testament - the story of the prophet Daniel - Daniel's punishment and liberation: Daniel in the lion's den - with scroll - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

B11: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Philip

Scene Description: on Zephaniah's shoulder

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

B12: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Thomas?

Scene Description: on Habakkuk's shoulder

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

BF01: Old Testament - the book of Jeremiah - Jeremiah - with scroll

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

BF01: human figure - kneeling

Scene Description: kneeling to the right of Jeremiah; perhaps the patron who sponsored the font?

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

BF02: Old Testament - the book of Hosea - Hosea - with scroll

Scene Description: in the centre arch, carrying St. Peter on his shoulder; Jeremiah (and the kneeling figure) on the left; Zacharias in the right arch

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

BF03: Old Testament - the book of Zechariah - Zechariah - with scroll

Scene Description: seen here in the left arch, carrying St. Andrew on his shoulder

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 March 2015 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merseburg_Dom_Taufbecken_144.jpg] [accessed 22 June 2017]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

BF03: Old Testament - the book of Zechariah - Zechariah - with scroll

Scene Description: carrying St. Andrew on his soulder

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

BF03: Old Testament - the book of Zechariah - Zechariah - with scroll

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

BF04: Old Testament - the book of Jonah - Jonah in the fish's belly (Jonah 2:1 - 3:2)?

Scene Description: seen here in the right arch

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 March 2015 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merseburg_Dom_Taufbecken_144.jpg] [accessed 22 June 2017]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

BF04: Old Testament - the book of Malachi - Malachi - with scroll - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

BF05: Old Testament - the books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esdras - Esdras - with scroll

Scene Description: seen here in the right arch

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 19 March 2015 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merseburg_Dom_Taufbecken_141.jpg] [accessed 22 June 2017]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

BF05: Old Testament - the books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esdras - Esdras - with scroll

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

BF05: view of basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

BF05: view of basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

BF06: Old Testament - the book of Jonah - Jonah - with scroll

Scene Description: seen here in the right arch

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2014 by Hoger [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dom_Merseburg_14.JPG] [accessed 22 June 2017]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0-DE

BF06: Old Testament - the book of Jonah - Jonah - with scroll

Scene Description: between Esdras (left) and Joel (right), carrying St. James on his shoulder

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

BF06: Old Testament - the book of Jonah - Jonah - with scroll - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

BF07: Old Testament - the book of Joel - Joel - with scroll

Scene Description: seen here in the right arch

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2014 by Hoger [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dom_Merseburg_14.JPG] [accessed 22 June 2017]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0-DE

BF07: Old Testament - the book of Joel - Joel - with scroll

Scene Description: between Jonah (left) and Amos (right)

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

BF07: Old Testament - the book of Joel - with scroll - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

BF08: Old Testament - the book of Amos - Amos - with scroll

Scene Description: seen here in the right arch; Joel occupies the left arch

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 March 2015 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merseburg_Dom_Taufbecken_142.jpg] [accessed 22 June 2017]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

BF08: Old Testament - the book of Amos - Amos - with scroll

Scene Description: between Joel (left) and Ezechiel (right; carrying Judas on his shoulder

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

BF08: Old Testament - the book of Amos - Amos - with scroll - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

BF09: Old Testament - the book of Ezekiel - Ezekiel - with scroll

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 July 2010 by Wolfgang Guelckerby [http://wgue.smugmug.com/Orte/Sachsen-Anhalt/Merseburg/18198484_ndSX8f/1398458126_p5c5StR#!i=1398458126&k=p5c5StR] [accessed 24 February 2014]

Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing

BF09: Old Testament - the book of Ezekiel - Ezekiel - with scroll

Scene Description: between Amos (left) and Daniel (right); carrying St. Matthew (?) on his shoulder

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

BF09: Old Testament - the book of Ezekiel - Ezekiel - with scroll - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

BF10: Old Testament - the story of the prophet Daniel - Daniel's punishment and liberation: Daniel in the lion's den - with scroll

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing

BF10: Old Testament - the story of the prophet Daniel - Daniel's punishment and liberation: Daniel in the lion's den - with scroll

Scene Description: seen here in the centre arch

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 March 2015 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merseburg_Dom_Taufbecken_205.jpg] [accessed 22 June 2017]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

BF10: Old Testament - the story of the prophet Daniel - Daniel's punishment and liberation: Daniel in the lion's den - with scroll

Scene Description: with Ezechiel in the left arch; carrying St. Bartholomew on his shoulder

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

BF11: Old Testament - the book of Zephaniah - Zephaniah

Scene Description: aka Tsfanya / Ṣəp̄anyā / Sophonias [צְפַנְיָה]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

BF11: Old Testament - the book of Zephaniah - Zephaniah

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

BF12: Old Testament - the book of Habakkuk - Habakkuk - with scroll

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

BF12: Old Testament - the book of Habakkuk - Habakkuk - with scroll - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

BF12: Old Testament - the book of Habakkuk - Habakkuk - with scroll - detail

Scene Description: detail of the rich design and decoration of the prophet's robes and shoes

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

LB01: symbol - the four rivers of paradise (springing from a fountain)

Scene Description: one of the four; this one much damaged

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

LB01: symbol - the the four rivers of paradise (springing from a fountain) (springing from a fountain)

Scene Description: one of the personified symbols of the Four Rivers of Paradise; this one much damaged

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

LB02: animal - mammal - lion - passant

Scene Description: passant to the left

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

LB03: symbol - the four rivers of paradise (springing from a fountain)

Scene Description: one of the four

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

LB03: symbol - the four rivers of paradise (springing from a fountain)

Scene Description: one of the four

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

LB04: animal - mammal - lion - passant

Scene Description: passant to the right

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

LB04: animal - mammal - lion - passant

Scene Description: passant to the right; the figure partially visible on the right is the third symbol of the rivers of Paradise

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

LB05: symbol - the four rivers of paradise (springing from a fountain)

Scene Description: the third personified symbol of the rivers of Paradise, seen here between lion heads

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

LB05: symbol - the four rivers of paradise (springing from a fountain)

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

LB05: symbol - the four rivers of paradise (springing from a fountain)

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

LB06: animal - mammal - lion - passant

passant to the left, although the posture is almost couchant; the head of this thrid lion is not very feline, resembling rather that of a weasel

Scene Description: passant to the left, although the posture is almost couchant; the head of this thrid lion is not very feline, resembling rather that of a weasel

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

LB06: animal - mammal - lion - passant

Scene Description: passant to the left, although the posture is almost couchant

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

LB07: symbol - the four rivers of paradise (springing from a fountain)

Scene Description: the fourth symbol of the rivers of Paradise seen here betwen the rumps of two lions

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

LB07: symbol - the four rivers of paradise (springing from a fountain)

Scene Description: the fourth symbol of the rivers of Paradise

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

LB08: animal - mammal - lion - couchant

Scene Description: the fourth lion of the base

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

LB08: animal - mammal - lion - couchant

Scene Description: the fourth lion of the base looking rather dejected; perhaps not too happy with its quasi-simian head

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

animal - mammal - lion - couchant - 4

Scene Description: sharing the lower base with the symbols of the four rivers of Paradise

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 19 March 2015 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merseburg_Dom_Taufbecken_141.jpg] [accessed 22 June 2017]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - columns with capitals and bases

Scene Description: each containing a prophet and a tiny apostle

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 19 March 2015 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merseburg_Dom_Taufbecken_141.jpg] [accessed 22 June 2017]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

design element - motifs - vine - acanthus

all around; the large damage area to the rim shows that the expansion of the metal probably split the stone, as is common in many such cases

Scene Description: all around; the large damage area to the rim shows that the expansion of the metal probably split the stone, as is common in many such cases

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

design element - motifs - vine - acanthus

Scene Description: all around, between the two rows of beaded-tape pattern

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

design element - patterns - beaded-tape

Scene Description: all around; seen here above the acanthus vine

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 19 March 2015 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merseburg_Dom_Taufbecken_141.jpg] [accessed 22 June 2017]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

design element - patterns - beaded-tape - 2

Scene Description: all around, just below the feet of the prophets, and another row below the acanthus vine

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 19 March 2015 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merseburg_Dom_Taufbecken_141.jpg] [accessed 22 June 2017]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

human figure - head

Scene Description: in the spandrels of the arcade

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 19 March 2015 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merseburg_Dom_Taufbecken_141.jpg] [accessed 22 June 2017]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

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Scene Description: seen as the stone carver would have seen it standing inside the basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

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Scene Description: seen as the stone carver would have seen it standing inside the basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

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Scene Description: seen as the stone carver would have seen it standing inside the basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

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Scene Description: seen as the stone carver would have seen it standing inside the basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

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Scene Description: seen as the stone carver would have seen it standing inside the basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

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Scene Description: seen as the stone carver would have seen it standing inside the basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

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Scene Description: seen as the stone carver would have seen it standing inside the basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

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Scene Description: seen as the stone carver would have seen it standing inside the basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

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Scene Description: seen as the stone carver would have seen it standing inside the basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

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Scene Description: seen as the stone carver would have seen it standing inside the basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

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Scene Description: seen as the stone carver would have seen it standing inside the basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

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Scene Description: seen as the stone carver would have seen it standing inside the basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

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Scene Description: seen as the stone carver would have seen it standing inside the basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

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Scene Description: seen as the stone carver would have seen it standing inside the basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

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Scene Description: seen as the stone carver would have seen it standing inside the basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

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Scene Description: seen as the stone carver would have seen it standing inside the basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

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Scene Description: seen as the stone carver would have seen it standing inside the basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

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Scene Description: seen as the stone carver would have seen it standing inside the basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

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Scene Description: seen as the stone carver would have seen it standing inside the basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

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Scene Description: seen as the stone carver would have seen it standing inside the basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

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Scene Description: seen as the stone carver would have seen it standing inside the basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

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Scene Description: seen as the stone carver would have seen it standing inside the basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

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Scene Description: seen as the stone carver would have seen it standing inside the basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

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Scene Description: seen as the stone carver would have seen it standing inside the basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

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Scene Description: seen as the stone carver would have seen it standing inside the basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

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Scene Description: seen as the stone carver would have seen it standing inside the basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

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Scene Description: seen as the stone carver would have seen it standing inside the basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of basin - interior

Scene Description: there is no drain in it

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of basin - rim

Scene Description: detail of an old cover metal anchorage point and the damage caused to the stone

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of basin - rim

Scene Description: detail of an old cover metal anchorage point and the damage caused to the stone

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of basin - rim - detail

Scene Description: detail of an old cover metal anchorage point and the damage caused to the stone

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior

Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 April 2011 by Z thomas [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merseburgerdom.JPG] [accessed 24 February 2014]

Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-3.0

view of church exterior - southwest end - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - southwest view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - west façade

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2014 by Hoger [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dom_Merseburg_01.jpg] [accessed 22 June 2017]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0-DE

view of church exterior - west façade

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: the cathedral grounds south of the church

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: the cathedral grounds south of the church

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: the cathedral grounds south of the church

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: the cathedral grounds near the church

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: the cathedral grounds near the church

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: the cathedral grounds near the church

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: the cathedral grounds near the church

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: the cathedral grounds near the church

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: the cathedral grounds near the church

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior in context - Die Merseburger Rabensage

a pair of ravens are kept in this structure by the cathedral; the ravens are associated with the legend of 15thC Bishop Philo von Trotha

Scene Description: a pair of ravens are kept in this structure by the cathedral; the ravens are associated with the legend of 15thC Bishop Philo von Trotha

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior in context - south view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Saale in Merseburg mit Neumarktbrücke, Dom und Schloß".

Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 August 2015 by Jwaller [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MerseburgDomschloßsaale.JPG] [accessed 22 June 2017]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel

Scene Description: with the tomb of Rudolf of Rheinfelden (c. 1025 – 15 October 1080), Duke of Swabia and brother-in-law of emperor Henry IV

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel - rood-screen, choir-screen; iconostasis

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel - rood-screen, choir-screen; iconostasis

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel - rood-screen, choir-screen; iconostasis

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - crucifix

Source caption: "Dom St. Johannes und St. Laurentius in Merseburg im Saalekreis in Sachsen-Anhalt/Deutschland, frühgotisches Triumphkreuz, um 1240"

Scene Description: Source caption: "Dom St. Johannes und St. Laurentius in Merseburg im Saalekreis in Sachsen-Anhalt/Deutschland, frühgotisches Triumphkreuz, um 1240"

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 19 March 2015 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merseburg_Dom_Triumphkreuz_198.jpg] [accessed 22 June 2017]

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view of church interior - crucifix

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - crucifix

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - crucifix

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - crucifix - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - crucifix - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - narthex

Scene Description: seen here from the north side of the transept; the old font is located at the opposite end, in the south transept

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2014 by Hoger [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dom_Merseburg_06.jpg] [accessed 22 June 2017]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: Source caption: "Mittelschiff nach Westen. Im Vordergrund die Grabplatte Rudolfs von Schwaben."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2014 by Hoger [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dom_Merseburg_04.jpg] [accessed 22 June 2017]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0-DE

view of church interior - nave - looking west

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - looking west

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - retable

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - retable

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - retable

view of church interior - retable - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - window - detail

Scene Description: remains of the earlier church, a re-building probably of the second quarter of the 13th century

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - window - detail

Scene Description: remains of the earlier church, a re-building probably of the second quarter of the 13th century

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: with four Prophets and four Apostles yet to be identified -- notice te damage to the lower base

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 19 March 2015 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merseburg_Dom_Taufbecken_143.jpg] [accessed 22 June 2017]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 March 2015 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merseburg_Dom_Taufbecken_141.jpg] [accessed 22 June 2017]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of font in context

Scene Description: in the south transept

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2017 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 00339MER

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Merseburger Dom St. Johannes der Täufer und Laurentius

Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist & St. Lawrence

Church Location: Domplatz 7, 06217 Merseburg, Germany -- Tel.: +49 3461 210045

Country Name: Germany

Location: Halle, Sachsen-Anhalt

Directions to Site: Located off (N) road 181 [aka Amtshauser], on the left (W) bank of the Saale river, 14 km S of Halle (Saale), about 30 km W of Leipzig

Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Merseburg [formerly in the Hochstift Merseburg]

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the narthex, S transept off W side

Date: ca. 1180?

Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Late Romanesque

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta for his photographs of this font. We are also grateful to Pol Herman for his help documenting this font.

Church Notes: original church here 919; later cathedral consecrated 1021;

Font Notes: Click to view

Lübke (1870) notes an octagonal font in this church. Described in Favreau (1985): "Fonts baptismaux de la cathédrale de Merseburg, où sont representés apôtres, prophètes et fleuves du paradis" [=baptismal font at Merseburg cathedral, on which are represented apostles, prophets and the rivers of Paradise], plus an inscription. The reference from the Index of Christian Index shows the figures of two of the prophets, Esdras and Malachias, identified by the text on the banners they hold (Hamnn, 1922-1923). Described and illustrated in Carlsson (1976): "The baptismal font of Merseburg, dated around 1180, is now standing in the western entrance of the cathedral but was brought here in 1831 from the church of St. Thomas in the same city [...]. It is hewn from one block of reddish sandstone and is octogonal in shape. It consists of two parts; the upper one with the bowl has sixteen prophets with scrolls in their hands and carrying diminutive apostles on their shoulders. The lower part has four lions carrying the bowl on their backs. They are placed on every second side of the octogon while the other four sides are occupied by the four rivers of paradise in the form of four men with water-flowing urns." [NB: the date of the move was 1730-1731; St. Thomas' was demolished in 1831]. Catalogued and illustrated in Forster (2008) with date ca. 1180 [pre-1177?] and suggests the identification of the kneeling figure as the abbot of the Benedictine abbey of St. Peter. Described and illustrated in Forster (2008). On-site notes: the stone has a strong reddish hue; there is some damage to the upper rim; the present cover is modern, of wood.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.359, 12.001

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 21′ 32.4″ N, 12° 0′ 3.6″ E

UTM: 33U 291210 5694018

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (reddish)

Number of Pieces: one

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Rim Thickness: 16-22 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 90 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 120-134 cm* / 131 cm**

Basin Depth: 42 cm*

Height of Basin Side: 95 cm*

Basin Total Height: 104 cm*

Height of Base: 25 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 127 cm* / **

Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site / ** Forster (2008)

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin

Inscription Notes: Favreau's translation: "May God purify those who have been washed here and may their inside be cleansed as was their outside"

Inscription Location: 1) On the basin side; 2) also each prophet holds a banner inscribed with his name

Inscription Text: 1) "+HOS DEUS EMUNDA QUOS ISTIC ABLUIT UNDA FIAT UT INTERIUS QUOD FIT ET EXTERIUS" 1b) "Hos deus enutnda qllos istic abluit undn, fiat lit interius quod fit et exteriue" 2) "AMOS" / "DANIEL" / "ESDRAS"/ "IOEL" / "IONAS" / "MALACHIA" / "ZACHARIAS" 3) "ANDREAS" / "BARTHOLOM[?]" /

Inscription Source: 1-3) Favreau (1985: 126); 1b) Forster (2008)

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern

Material: wood

Apparatus: no

Notes: round, flat and plain; modern

REFERENCES

Carlsson, Frans, The Iconology of Tectonics in Romanesque Art, Hässleholm: AM-Tryck, 1976

Favreau, Robert, "Inscription des fonts baptismaux d'Hildesheim", 38, 2, Cahiers de civilisation medievale, 1985, pp. 115-140; p. 126 for the inscription, and footnote 103

Forster, Christian, "Taufstein aus St. Thomas am Neumarkt", 2008, pp. 113-115; p. 113-124

Forster, Christian, "Taufstein aus St. Thomas am Neumarkt", Der Merseburger Dom und seine Schatze. Zeugnisse einer tausendjahrigen Geschichte, Petersberg: Michael Imhnf Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, 2008

Hamann, Richard, Deutsche und französische Kunst im Mittelalter, Marburg: Kunstgeschichtliches Seminar, 1922-1923

Lübke, Wilhelm, Ecclesiastical in Gemany during the Middle Ages [tranl. by L. A. Wheatley], London: Cassell, Petter, & Galpin, 1870