Warsaw / Warszawa

Results: 8 records

view of church exterior in context

the modern cathedral in the context of Castle Square
Scene Description: the modern cathedral in the context of Castle Square
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Darwinek, 2012
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 7 June 2012 by Darwinek [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Warszawa_0752.jpg] [accessed 8 November 2015]
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view of church exterior - northwest end

Source caption: "St. John Cathedral Warsaw about 1900"
Scene Description: Source caption: "St. John Cathedral Warsaw about 1900"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital scan of a B&W photograph (ca.1940) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Katedra.jpg] [accessed 8 November 2015]
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view of church exterior - tower - elevation

Source caption: "John III Sobieski Tower of St. John's Cathedral in Warsaw, over 70 m tall, built 1688-1692."
Scene Description: Source caption: "John III Sobieski Tower of St. John's Cathedral in Warsaw, over 70 m tall, built 1688-1692."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital scan of an illustration in Maria Irena Kwiatkowska, Katedra św. Jana (Warsaw, 1978: 94) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wieża_Sobieskiego.jpg] [accessed 8 November 2015]
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Source caption: "An engraving from Civitates orbis terrarum. The 14th-century church of St. John (centre) is shown with the tower that collapsed is 1602." [between 1586 and 1617]
Scene Description: Source caption: "An engraving from Civitates orbis terrarum. The 14th-century church of St. John (centre) is shown with the tower that collapsed is 1602." [between 1586 and 1617]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital scan by pub.muzeumpragi.pl of an original engraving in Civitates orbis terrarum, by Frans Hogenberg, in the Historical Museum of Warsaw [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hogenberg_View_of_Warsaw_(detail).jpg] [accessed 8 November 2015]
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view of church interior - apse - detail

Source caption: "Ruins of the St. John Cathedral, Warsaw, 1945"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ruins of the St. John Cathedral, Warsaw, 1945"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital scan of a B&W photograph taken 1945, in scanned from "Stare Miasto w Warszawie", Budownictwo i Architektura, Warsaw, Poland, 1956 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ruins_of_St_John_Cathedral_Warsaw_1945.jpg] [accessed 8 November 2015]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west

view form the altar ca. 1939 (?); the cathedral was destroyed by the German Army in 1944
Scene Description: view form the altar ca. 1939 (?); the cathedral was destroyed by the German Army in 1944
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: pre-1939 B&W photograph by Henryk Poddębski, in Warszawa stolica Polski, Społeczny Fundusz Odbudowy Stolicy, wyd. II (Warszawa, 1949: 20) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Katedra_św._Jana_Warszawa_przed_1939.jpg] [accessed 8 November 2015]
Copyright Instructions: PD Polish

view of church interior - nave - looking east

a ca 1800 Romantic rendering by Marcin Zaleski (1796-1877)
Scene Description: a ca 1800 Romantic rendering by Marcin Zaleski (1796-1877)
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital scan of Marcin Zaleski's Wnętrze katedry św. Jana w Warszawie. 1836-1840. Olej na płótnie. 100 x 75 cm. Galeria Obrazów, Lwów [www.pinakoteka.zascianek.pl/Zaleski/Index.htm] [accessed 8 November 2015]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 06379WAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1631
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(early)
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Master Petrus Noire Gallus
Church / Chapel Name: Bazylika archikatedralna św. Jana Chrzciciela w Warszawie [form. Collegiate Church of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist]
Font Location in Church: In the baptismal chapel, on the north side, to the east side of the chapel of St. John
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Notes: originally built 14thC; expanded 16th and 17thC; re-built 19thC; demolished by the German Army in 1944; entirely re-built after the War
Church Address: Kanonia 6, 00-278 Warszawa, Poland -- Tel.: +48 22 831 02 89
Site Location: Mazowieckie, Poland, Europe
Directions to Site: The Cathedral is located in the Old Town
Ecclesiastic Region: Archdiocese of Warsaw
Additional Comments: damaged font: the font was damaged in the Warsaw uprising and reconstructed from the fragments recovered
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Bronarski (1998: [11]): "The monumental baptismal font made of marble from Debnica comes from the 17th century. It was destroyed during the Warsaw uprising. It was reconstructed after the war from pieces which were found in ruins. The creator of the baptismal font (1631 year) was Warsaw citizen Petrus Noire Gallus". The font consists of a hermispherical basin with a protruding moulding at the upper rim; this is followed down by a scotia, as is common in this design, and another moulding; below it, the rest of the sides and underbowl are covered in a high-relief ribbed pattern. The base is a baluster-type round pedestal with a protruding middle; the lower base is a small square. The font appears mounted on two steps. The cover is a golden dome (appears to be metal) topped with an orb-and-cross finial. The font is located in the baptismal chapel, on the north side, next to St. John the Baptis's chapel.

COORDINATES

UTM: 34U 500929 5788721
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.248889, 21.013611
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 14′ 56″ N, 21° 0′ 49″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (black marble from Debnica)
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: unknown
Material: metal?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. Font notes]

REFERENCES

  • Bronarski, Maciej, Bazylika Archikatedralna na starym miescie w Warszawie / Warsaw Cathedral in the Old Town, Warszawa / Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Archidiecezji Warszawskiej, 1998, p. [10]