Neumagen-Dhron / Neumagen / Noviomagus Treverorum
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 November 2010 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17152NEU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th - 18th century, Baroque
Church / Chapel Name: Katholische Pfarrkirche Maria Himmelfahrt
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Address: Römerstraße 106, 54347 Neumagen-Dhron, Germany
Site Location: Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off road 53, in the municipality [Ortsgemeinde] of Neumagen-Dhron, 15 km S of Wittlich, 20 km NW of Trier
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Trier
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font made of reddish marble, consisting of a hemispherical basin decorated with a pronounced projecting upper rim, a scotia below and a pattern of ribs all around the lower basin and the underbowl; raised on a polygonal baluster-shaped pedestal base and a square lower base with chamfered angles and graded moulding. The metal cover is medium domed, the shape common in the area, and probably 18th century. The font itself could be of that date, or of later date following a popular design.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 348896 5525130
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.85951, 6.89762
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 51′ 34.24″ N, 6° 53′ 51.43″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: metal, brass
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]