Berchtesgaden No. 2
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LB01: design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 February 2010 by Colin Smith for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 February 2010 by Colin Smith for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 February 2010 by Colin Smith for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 16151BER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th - 18th century
Church / Chapel Name: Stiftskirche St. Peter und Johannes der Täufer, Berchtesgaden
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter and St. John the Baptist
Church Notes: church built early-12thC; much modified since; serves now the Catholic community
Church Address: 83471 Berchtesgaden, Germany -- Tel.: +49 8652 94680
Site Location: Oberbayern, Bayern, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off road 305, 20-25 km S of Salzburg
Ecclesiastic Region: Erzdiözese München und Freising
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font made of coloured marble consisting of an broad octagonal basin with plain vertical sides, with a concave chamfer on the underbowl, and moulded stem and lower base also octagonal. The low-dome bronze (?) cover is modern, with an inscription and a finial with a small cross mounted on crossed omegas.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 33T 350041 5277514
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.633651, 13.003757
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 38′ 1.15″ N, 13° 0′ 13.52″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: metal, bronze?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]