Zulpich / Zülpich

Described and illustrated in Drake (2002) as one of a group of exceptions of the Mosan font more usual pattern: "Octagonal [...] with recessed geometric and ultra-formalised ornament [...] At Zülpich [...] the sides with the salient headsare wider than the others and round-headed arches with shoulders flank the heads; the alternate narrower sides each have single crosses 'paty'." [the other fonts cited in this category in Drake (ibid.) are: Bad Münstereifel (round), Bioul (round), Koslar (round), Linnich (octagonal) and Münstermaifeld (octagonal)]. The basin appears polygonal with the large protruding heads typical of the Mosan style, but the panels between the heads have arches and crosses in very shallow carving; the lower side of the basin tapers in, as if it were a stylised underbowl; the pedestal base has a broad central shaft with four attached semi-columns at 90-degree angles, and it appears to be made of marble. The entry for this church in the German Wikipedia [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Peter_(Zülpich)] [accessed 19 August 2025] describes the dodecagonal basin of the baptismal font was made of limestone in the 12th century and, with its modern base of 1978, is 107 cm tall; it had a late-Gothic cover before the 1944 bombing: "Ein Taufstein aus Blaustein aus dem 12. Jahrhundert, Gesamthöhe 107 cm, der vor 1944 einen spätgotischen Pyramidendeckel hatte, steht heute in der Lobby des Pfarrhauses. Das zwölfseitige Becken hat vier Eckköpfe und ist mit vertieften Kleeblattbögen und Tatzenkreuzen geschmückt. Der Unterbau ist von 1978. Damit hat das Taufbecken eine Gesamthöhe von 107 cm." The font is illustrated in a series of digital photographs in Wikimedia [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Baptismal_font_of_St._Peter_(Zülpich)] [accessed 19 August 2025]