Dienstadt / Dienstädt
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B01: design element - motifs - tracery
Scene Description: on all the sides of the basin
LB01: design element - motifs - tracery
Scene Description: on all the sides of the base
INFORMATION
FontID: 08425DIE
Church/Chapel: Kirche St. Sebastian
Church Patron Saints: St. Sebastian
Country Name: Germany
Location: Gera?, Thüringen
Directions to Site: Located 11 km WSW of Kahla, about 25 SSW of Jena
Font Location in Church: In the chancel, in the centre of the aisle
Century and Period: 13th - 15th century, Gothic
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font of the Gothci period of simple chalice-shape design; illustrated in Sciurie (2000: 46): octagonal basin with vertical side ornamented with tracery motifs; chamfered underbowl; pyramidal base, again maintaining the octagonal shape and with sides decorated with Gothic tracery motifs.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Sciurie, Helga, Kirchen um Jena: Eine Einführung in ihre Geschichte und symbolische Bedeutung, Jena: Glaux Verlag, 2000