Freiburg im Breisgau No. 3

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Results: 9 records

B01: coat of arms - unidentified

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B02: inscription

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

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B03: design element - patterns - fluted

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UB01: design element - patterns - fluted

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view of church exterior - north view

Scene Description: the demolished medieval church

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Image Source: original drawing done before 1866 and completed in watercolours ca. 1870 of the demolished medieval church [Illustration from a book of the UB Freiburg, by A. Isele] [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Georg_%28Freiburg_im_Breisgau%29] [accessed 4 December 2011]

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view of church exterior - west view

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view of church interior - altar and retable

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of font and cover

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INFORMATION

FontID: 17785FRE
Church/Chapel: Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Georg
Church Patron Saints: St. George
Country Name: Germany
Location: Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1600? / 1660?
Century and Period: 17th century[restored and re-tooled], Renaissance [altered]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Stone baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin bearing an inscription and decorated with symbols and motifs, raised on an octagonal pedestal base and an equally-shaped water-holding lower base; on one side of the basin is a shield bearing a cot of arms or emble; the next side to the right side bears an inscription in German and Latin with a date in Arabic numerals; the date seems to be 1600 (or 1660?); the upper rim of the font appears totally modern, and there may have been some re-tooling of the rest of the font. The metal cover, round and almost flat, is modern. [NB: the original medieval church was demolished in 1866; we have no information on the medieval font here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.98119, 7.793684
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 58′ 52.28″ N, 7° 47′ 37.26″ E
UTM: 32T 409982 5314914

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: German and Latin
Inscription Location: on one of the sides of the octagonal basin
Inscription Text: [transcription not available]

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: metal,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]