Reinstadt / Reinstädt

Results: 7 records

B01: design element - architectural - window - Gothic - trefoiled - 8

Scene Description: one on each side of the octagonal basin

B02: design element - motifs - floral - fleur-de-lis - 8

Scene Description: one in each of the trefoil windows on the sides of the basin

CR01: design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: graded mouldings

LB01: design element - architectural - window - trefoiled

Scene Description: one on each side of the stem, above the centre ring

LB02: design element - motifs - tracery

Scene Description: one on each side of the stem, below the centre ring

LB03: design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: graded mouldings

design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: flat moulding

INFORMATION

FontID: 08423REI
Church/Chapel: Kirche St. Michaelis
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: Germany
Location: Gera, Thüringen
Directions to Site: Located 4-5 km W of Gumperda, about 12 km W of Kahla, 25-30 km and S of the A4 and Jena
Font Location in Church: In the presbitery, to the right of the altar
Century and Period: 13th - 15th century, Gothic
Baptismal font of the Gothic period illustrated in Sciurie (2000: 67): octagonal chalice-shaped font; the basin is octagonal with a hemispherical overall shape; a flat mouilding at the upper rim; each side of the basin and undebowl is ornamented with a Gothic trefoil window that contains a large fleur-de-lis motif in it; the base consists of an octagonal pedestal with a centre-ring protrusion, also octagonal, and a splayed lower base in the same shape; above the centre ring each side of the pedestal is ornamented with a round window containing a trefoil motif; below the ring each side has also a Gothic motif on it; the ring itself is decorated with a number of graded mouldings, as is the lower base. A flat wooden lid, apparently modern, covers the basin.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no

REFERENCES

Sciurie, Helga, Kirchen um Jena: Eine Einführung in ihre Geschichte und symbolische Bedeutung, Jena: Glaux Verlag, 2000