Krippendorf

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 08427KRI
Object Type: Stoup
Font Date: 1630
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(early)
Church / Chapel Name: Dorfkirche Krippendorf
Font Location in Church: In the chancel
Church Address: Kirchengemeindeverband Vierzehnheiligen, Am Gönnabach 9, 07751 Jena, Germany
Site Location: Gera?, Thüringen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off road L2301 just NE of Vierzehnheiligen, about 12 km NW of Jena
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
Holy-water stoup of the early 17th centuy illustrated in Sciurie (2000: 8, 106): shallow basin with octagonal upper rim followed down by a roll and a flat moulding; the underbowl is rounded and ornamented with foliage motif; pedestal base with torsade motif; the moulded lower base/plinth has the date "1630" inscribed on the upper step.

COORDINATES

UTM: 32U 679059 5650191
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.975443, 11.550634
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 58′ 31.6″ N, 11° 33′ 2.28″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, alabaster
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: on the first step of the lower base
Inscription Text: "1630"
Inscription Source: Sciurie (2000: fig. on p. 106)

REFERENCES

  • Sciurie, Helga, Kirchen um Jena: Eine Einführung in ihre Geschichte und symbolische Bedeutung, Jena: Glaux Verlag, 2000, p. 8, 106