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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken November 2011 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 13 November 2011)
design element - patterns - ribbed - concave
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken November 2011 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 13 November 2011)
design element - motifs - floral - rose
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken November 2011 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 13 November 2011)
symbol - shield - coat of arms
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken November 2011 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 13 November 2011)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17756KIR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century (?), Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Römisch-katholische Pfarrkirche St. Gallus, Kirchzarten
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Gall [aka Gallech, Gallus, Gilianus]
Church Notes: present church dates from the 13th century, with previous buildings here
Church Address: Kirchpl. 5, 79199 Kirchzarten, Germany
Site Location: Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the L126, ESE of Freiburg, in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one(s) from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin with tapering sides decorated with a concave rib pattern all around; raised on a short octagonal pedestal base on the sides of which alternate crved rose motifs with painted shields (each with a different type of cross); the lower base is octagonal-to-square, moulded, with knob motif at the four angles. The font cover is octagonal, made of metal, a narrow octagonal dome with wide flat sides below; it is provided with a latch and padlock lock.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 421625 5313129
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material: metal
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]