Altruppin No. 1 / Ruppin / Olden Rupyn
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
Image and permission received (e-mail of 20 September 2013)
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view of church exterior - northwest end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2013 by Colin Smith
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 July 2012 by Chris06 [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pfarrkirche_St._Nikolai_(Alt_Ruppin)1.JPG] [accessed 22 September 2013]
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: the church in the centre of the town
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Image Source: 17thC print by Matthäus Merian, the Elder, in [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Altruppin-1650-Merian.jpg] [accessed 22 September 2013]
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view of font
Scene Description: the later font is onscribed on the top surface of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2013 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 20 September 2013)
view of font in context
Scene Description: the later font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2013 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 20 September 2013)
INFORMATION
FontID: 18706RUP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Pfarrkirche St. Nikolai
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Country Name: Germany
Location: Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Brandenburg
Directions to Site: Locaterd 4 km NW of Neuruppin, on the N shore of lake Ruppin
Historical Region: Prussia
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of church and font
Church Notes: originally a Romanesque church of the 12thC; the east part was built in the early 15thC; nave and tower of ca. 1600; church re-built in 1846
Font Notes:
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The present font is chalice-shaped; it consists of an octagonal basin with carved sides and a rounded underbowl tapering to a carved ring moulding and splaying pedestal base, also octagonal; the upper surface of the basin has an inscription on it. The font is now mounted on casters so it can be rolled about conveniently inside the church. [NB: it has the appearance of stone, but may be painted wood -- we have no information on the font of the medieval church here].
COORDINATES
UTM: 33U 355069 5868856