Cloasterf / Calsterf / Cloașterf / Klosdorf

INFORMATION

Font ID: 09984CLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment?
Font Date: ca. 1521-1524?
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century [old basin reused as base] [composite font], Late Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Biserica evanghelica din Cloasterf / Ansamblul bisericii evanghelice fortificate, sat Cloașterf [Fortified Lutheran Parish Church of St. Nicholas]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Notes: present church is a 16thC re-building of an earlier medieval one destroyed
Church Address: Cloașterf, Mureș , Romania
Site Location: Sibiu, Transylvania, Romania, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the E60, 7 km SW of Saschiz, about 20 km SE of Sighișoara
Additional Comments: recycled font: old basin reused as base for the new font, and re-purposed as a base for the lectern -- disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church here?)
Font Notes:
The font appears to be a composite object made up of two pieces: a reversed old stone font with Gothic symbols, and on top the new wooden font; actually the object is used as the base of a lectern, no longer as a baptismal font, as shown in the Wikipedia entry for this church photograph of 20 April 2019 by Țetcu Mircea Rareș [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RO_MS_Biserica_evanghelica_din_Cloasterf_(15).jpg] [accessed 11 August 2025]

COORDINATES

UTM: 35T 345289 5112425
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.14784, 24.99663
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 8′ 52.22″ N, 24° 59′ 47.87″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone