Thalburgel / Thalbürgel
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R01: design element - motifs - roll moulding
INFORMATION
FontID: 08426THA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Klosterkirche
Country Name: Germany
Location: Gera, Thüringen
Directions to Site: Located just SE of Bürgel, about 20 km E of Jena
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of the Romanesque period in the cloister church of Thalbürgel; illustrated in Sciurie (2000: 57): hemispherical basin plain except for a roll moulding at the upper rim; the font consisted of the basin itself and a ring-like thin base which appears to be part of the same block as the basin, but the whole is now mounted on a modern pedestal.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one?
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Sciurie, Helga, Kirchen um Jena: Eine Einführung in ihre Geschichte und symbolische Bedeutung, Jena: Glaux Verlag, 2000