Vienna No. 1 / Wien / Vindobona
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Der Taufstein in der Katharinen- bzw. Taufkapelle des Stephansdoms in der österreichischen Bundeshauptstadt Wien. Das 14-seitige Taufbecken aus rot-braunem Salzburger Marmor mit einem achteckigen Sockel wurde von 1476 bis 1481 vermutlich von dem Steinmetzen Ulrich Auer gefertigt. An dem darüber befindlichen reichgeschnitzten siebeneckigen Holzdeckel werden die sieben Sakramente dargestellt."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bwag, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 February 2018 by Bwag [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wien_-_Stephansdom,_Taufbecken.JPG] [accessed 19 August 2018]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bwag, 2014
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bwag, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 October 2017 by Bwag [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wien_-_Stephansdom,_Hauptschiff_Richtung_Hochalter_(1).JPG] [accessed 19 August 2018]
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view of font cover - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Taufkrone im Wiener Stephansdom mit der Darstellung der Sakramente - zu sehen sind Priesterweihe und Taufe".
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Uoaei1, 2013
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken by Uoaei1 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stephansdom_Taufkrone.JPG] [accessed 20 August 2018]
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view of font cover - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Uoaei1, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Uoaei1 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stephansdom_Taufkrone.JPG] [accessed 20 August 2018]
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bwag, 2018
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 10 February 2018 by Bwag [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wien_-_Stephansdom,_Taufbecken.JPG] [accessed 19 August 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03212VIE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1471-1481?
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (late?), Late Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Ulrich Auer
Church / Chapel Name: Stephansdom [cathedral and parish church]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptismal chapel beneath the tower
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Notes: original 1137 church believed built on a 4thC cemetery, with many changes and re-buildings through the centuries
Church Address: Stephansplatz 3, 1010 Wien, Austria
Site Location: Wien / Vienna, Austria, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the city centre, S of the 227 and W of the canal
Ecclesiastic Region: Archdiocese of Vienna
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the original 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Illustrated in Lallov (1934: 92) as a baptismal font of the 15th century, the Late Gothic period;on the dodecagonal basin, each rectangular panel of the sides contains a niche with the standing figure of one of the twelve Apostles, as well as those of Christ and of St. Stephen, the patron of the church; the octagonal base has the figures of the Four Evangelists. The heptagonal wooden font cover is said to have been originally the sounding board of the pulpit, later re-cycled as cover; the lower main body has scenes of the Seven Sacraments, and the finial is a scene of the Baptism of Christ.
COORDINATES
UTM: 33U 602005 5340386
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.2085, 16.373
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 12′ 30.6″ N, 16° 22′ 22.8″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble (red Salzburg marble)
Font Shape: tetradecagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: tetradecagonal
Drainage Notes: metal lining or insert
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Location: around the upper rim
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: yes
Notes: former pulpit sounding board re-cycled as cover of the font
REFERENCES
- Lallov, William J., "The Font and the Baptistry", 3, Liturgical Arts, 1934, pp. 80-96; ill. on p. 92