Erfurt No. 5

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Old Testament - prophets - 7?

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

angel - holding object - the instruments of the Passion?

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

design element - architectural - buttress - 7

design element - motifs - floral and foliage

Scene Description: in the lower corners, next to the feet of the prophets: fleurs-de-lis, scrolls, etc.

design element - motifs - lozenge - 7

human figure - head - 7

inscription

Scene Description: above the figures

view of church exterior - northeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 March 2009 by Michael Sander [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kaufmannskirche_Erfurt2.JPG] [accessed 29 September 2013]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: illustration in Wilhelm Freiherr von Tettau: Beschreibende Darstellung der älteren Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler der Stadt Erfurt und des Erfurter Landkreises. Otto Hendel Verlag, Halle an der Saale, 1890 [http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Kaufmannskirche_Erfurt_1890.jpg&filetimestamp=20070521095710&] [accessed 29 September 2013]

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: north view of the north tower, with a studious Luther in the foreground

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 July 2013 by Colin Smith

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 27 September 2013)

view of church exterior in context - north view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 July 2013 by Colin Smith

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 27 September 2013)

view of font

Scene Description: restored in 2009

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 July 2013 by Colin Smith

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 27 September 2013)

view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Erfurt ( Thüringen ). Kaufmannskirche - Renaissancetaufstein ( 1602 ) von Hans Fridemann d.Ä."

Image Source: digital photograph 13 August 2016 by Wolfgang Sauber [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erfurt_Kaufmannskirche_-_Taufstein.jpg] [accessed 8 November 2022]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kaufmannskirche"

Image Source: digital photograph 12 May 2012 by Mattana [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erfurt,_Kaufmannskirche_016.JPG] [accessed 8 November 2022]

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view of font and baptismal dish in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kaufmannskirche in Erfurt. Taufstein im Chor. Sandstein, um 1608."

Image Source: digital photograph 15 August 2022 by Bärwinkel,Klaus [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2022_Kaufmannskirche_Innen_5.jpg] [accessed 8 November 2022]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 18711KAU

Church/Chapel: Kaufmannskirche St. Gregorius

Church Patron Saints: St. Gregory the Great

Church Location: Anger 80, 99084 Erfurt -- Tel.: +49 (0) 361 - 2 62 69 62

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, N side of the choir

Date: ca. 1608?

Century and Period: 17th century(early), Baroque

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Hans Friedemann's workshop?

Cognate Fonts: a similar font at Reglerkirche, also in Erfurt

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of church and font. We are also grateful to Pol Herman for his help documenting this font

Church Notes: original church here started ca. 1170; destroyed by fire in 1291; re-built; partly destroyed by town fire in 1660; re-built; re-built in the 18thC

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Baptismal font noted in Historie und Kunstgeschichte - ein kurzer Überblick [www.evangelischereglergemeinde.de/kunstgeschichte.html] [accessed 29 September 2013]: "Taufstein mit Prophetengestalten am Sockel, 1602 von dem Bürger Hans Steinmetz gestiftet, Werkstatt Hans Fridemann d.J." [= baptismal font with prophets on the base; donated by the people of Hans Steinmetz in 1602; workshop of Hans Friedemann]. The font consists of a heptagonal basin with rounded underbowl; at the angles of the upper rim are human heads; the basin sides have lozenge motifs in a stylised foliage frame; on the underbowl sides are putti-like angels holding objects which appear to be Instruments of the Passion; at the angles are buttresses [NB: unlike the ones on the Reglerkirche font these do not have human heads, unless one considers the heads at the upper rim]; seated around the heptagonal base are seven prophets identified by the inscription painted above their heads. The font was restored in 2009. [cf. Index entry for Erfurt No. 4 for a similar, but not identical font at Reglerkirche Erfurt]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.977778, 11.035

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 58′ 40″ N, 11° 2′ 6″ E

UTM: 32U 642857 5649325

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone

Font Shape: heptagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: heptagonal

Drainage Notes: lining insert

Diameter (includes rim): 122 cm* [at the widest angle]

Font Height (less Plinth): 107 cm*

Notes on Measurements: *[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaufmannskirche_(Erfurt)] [accessed 29 September 2013]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Notes: names of the prophets; appear carved, not just painted

Inscription Location: above the figures

Inscription Text: "[...] / P. AMOS / [..]" [full transcription not available]