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?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken October 2011 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 18 October 2011)
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken October 2011 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 18 October 2011)
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 font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken October 2011 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 18 October 2011)
view of church interior - chancel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken October 2011 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 18 October 2011)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17777HOC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century, Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Stadtpfarrkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt, Höchstädt an der Donau
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Schwaben, Bayern, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off road 16, 18 km NW of Erlangen, and 22 km S of Bamberg
Font Notes:
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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.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of the font and church
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 629798 5506831
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: polygonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal