Niederprum / Niederprüm
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2009
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B01: design element - motifs - circle
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 October 2009 by Colin Smith for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
LB01: design element - patterns - fluted
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 October 2009 by Colin Smith for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 October 2009 by Colin Smith for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15724NIE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: [altered font?] [composite font?], [altered?] [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: St. Gordianus und Epimachus Kirche [Benediktinerinnenkloster Niederprüm]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Gordian & St. Epimachus
Church Notes: founded 1190; much modified since; re-built 17thC; secularised 1802; church became parochial
Site Location: Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off road 410,E of hwy 60, just SW of Prüm, 30-35 km N of Bitburg
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Trier
Additional Comments: altered font? / composite font?
Font Notes:
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The font in this parish church, former monastery, appears to be a composite object made of reddish sandstone(?): the octagonal basin, with circular and fluted motifs all around the lower half, appears to have been matched with a modern circular stem and a square lower base with chamfered corners. The wooden cover is octagonal, a low dome with moulded top and a metal orb-and-cross finial.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 315285 5563686
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.196509, 6.411881
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 11′ 47.43″ N, 50° 11′ 47.43″ N
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]