Erfurt No. 4
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Results: 12 records
Old Testament - prophets - 7?
Scene Description: seated around the base -- Ezekiel labeled in the centre here
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 July 2013 by Colin Smith
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angel - holding object - the instruments of the Passion?
Scene Description: putti-like -- some of the objects appear to Instruments of the Passion
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design element - motifs - lozenge
Scene Description: stylised cartouche and foliage on some of the sides of the basin
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human figure - demi-figure - 7
Scene Description: buttress-like, at the angles
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inscription
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Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes and InscriptionNotes]
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 July 2013 by Colin Smith
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inscription
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 July 2013 by Colin Smith
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andreas Praefcke, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken March 2009 by Andreas Praefcke
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view of church exterior - west portal
Scene Description: the bronze statue in the niche is Volkmar Kühn's "Mildenfurther Kreuzmensch" (2002)
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andreas Praefcke, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken March 2009 by Andreas Praefcke
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view of church exterior - west view
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Image Source: the church before 1800 -- illustration form Erich Wiemann's 'Reglerkirche zu Erfur'
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view of church interior - altar and retable
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 July 2013 by Colin Smith
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 July 2013 by Colin Smith
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 July 2013 by Colin Smith
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INFORMATION
FontID: 18710ERF
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Evangelische Reglerkirche [aka Augustinuskirche]
Church Location: Bahnhofstraße 7, 99084 Erfurt, Germany -- Tel.: +49 361 5629862
Country Name: Germany
Location: Erfurt, Thüringen
Directions to Site: Located 100 km SW of Leipzig, 180 km SE of Hannover
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1602
Century and Period: 17th century(early), Baroque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Hans Friedemann's workshop?
Cognate Fonts: a similar font at Kaufamannskirche, also in Erfurt
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and font, and the additional information on the font
Church Notes: original church of Augustinian canons; construction started in 1130; completed 1238; bombed in WWII; restored 1960 and 1973
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of a heptagonal nasin with curved underbowl; the sides are decorated with lozenges on some sides, one side containg a long inscription in German with the date 1602 [transcription not available]; the underbowl has angels holding objects [one of the angels appears to hold a hammer and nails -- Instruments of the Passion?], and there are buttress-like demi-figures at the angles; there are seven (?) figures seated around the base, the names of seven (?) prophets: Ezekiel, Amos, Joel, etc., painted above them. [cf. Index entry for Erfurdt No. 5 for a similar but not identical font at Kaufmannskirche Erfurt]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.974989, 11.036142
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 58′ 29.96″ N, 11° 2′ 10.11″ E
UTM: 32U 642946 5649017
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone?
Font Shape: heptagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: heptagonal
Drainage Notes: lining insert
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: German
Inscription Notes: two sets of inscriptions: one on a side of the basin ends with tha date 1620; another is painted above the heads of the figures of the base
Inscription Location: [cf. Inscription notes]
Inscription Text: 1. "[...] 1602" [full transcription not available] -- 2. "P. AMOS / P. EZECHIEL / P. JOEL / [...]" [seven (?) names of the prophets -- full transcription not available]