Erfurt No. 6
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
Image and permission received 30 September 2013
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scene [unidentified]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 July 2013 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received 30 September 2013
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Scene Description: notice the damaged upper rim area and the rim holes, probably related to an old font cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 July 2013 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received 30 September 2013
INFORMATION
FontID: 18717ERF
Church/Chapel: Dom Sankt Marien / Mariendom / Propsteikirche Beatae Mariae Virginis
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Domstufen 1, 99084 Erfurt, Germany -- Tel.: +49 361 576960
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 cathedral church
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photograph of this font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font of unknown date, perhaps ca. 1200; consisting of and octagonal basin with vertical sides decorated with scenes in deeply-carved panels; raised on an octagonal pedestal base.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
50.9759,
11.0233
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
50° 58′ 33.24″ N,
11° 1′ 23.88″ E
UTM: 32U 642042 5649094
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: no lining