Kirchzarten
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011
Image and permission received (e-mail of 13 November 2011)
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B01: 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)
UB01: 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)
UB02: 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)
view of font and cover
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
FontID: 17756KIR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Pfarrkirche St. Gallus
Church Patron Saints: St. Gall [aka Gallech, Gallus, Gilianus]
Church Location: Kirchzarten, Kirchplatz 6
Country Name: Germany
Location: Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg
Directions to Site: Located ESE of Freiburg, in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photograph of this font
Church Notes: present church dates from the 13th century, with previous buildings 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.
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]