Krippendorf
Results: 4 records
B01: design element - motifs - roll moulding
BU01: design element - motifs - foliage
LB01: design element - patterns - torsade
P01: inscription
Scene Description: "1630"
INFORMATION
FontID: 08427KRI
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Krippendorf Kirche
Country Name: Germany
Location: Gera?, Thüringen
Directions to Site: Located just NE of Vierzehnheiligen, about 12 km NW of Jena
Font Location in Church: In the choir
Date: 1630
Century and Period: 17th century(early)
Font Notes:
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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.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
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