Hochstadt / Höchstädt an der Donau / Höchstädt a.d.Donau

Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011

Image and permission received (e-mail of 18 October 2011)

Results: 5 records

B01: design element - architectural - arch-head - trefoiled

Scene Description: 10? / 12?

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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken October 2011 by Colin Smith

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view of church exterior - east view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Manfi.B., 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 October 2011 by Manfi.B [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6chst%C3%A4dt_a.d.Donau] [accessed 2 December 2011]

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view of church interior - chancel

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken October 2011 by Colin Smith

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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken October 2011 by Colin Smith

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view of font and cover in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken October 2011 by Colin Smith

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INFORMATION

FontID: 17777HOC
Church/Chapel: Stadtpfarrkirche Maria Himmelfahrt
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Germany
Location: Schwaben, Bayern
Directions to Site: Located 18 km NW of Erlangen, and 22 km S of Bamberg
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century, Late Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of the font and church
Baptismal font consisting of a polygonal [decagonal? / dodecagonal?] basin that has a broad plain flat moulding at the upper end, with a set of trefoiled arch-heads below; plain rounded underbowl; on a short cylindrical stem and a square lower base. The wooden cover has a round platform with a fortress-like structure that supports crocketed ribs around a central pivot with a cross finial; modern.

COORDINATES

UTM: 32U 629798 5506831

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: polygonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal