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Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
Image and permission received (e-mail of 30 September 2013)
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inscription
Scene Description: a version of Mark 16: 16: "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 24 July 2013 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 30 September 2013)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 18718WEI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th - 18th century
Church / Chapel Name: Jakobskirche Weimer
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Church Notes: original church documented ca.1168; demolished in 1712; re-built in 1713;
Church Address: Pfarrbereich Weimar IV (Luther) und Weimar V (Johannes Falk Am, Rollpl. 4, 99423 Weimar, Germany -- Tel.: +49 3643 8058420
Site Location: Weimar, Thüringen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located N of the Thüringer Wald, E of Erfurt, SW of Halle and Leipzig
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of a monolithic design, practically a round pedestal with mouldings at each end, the upper constiting the basin, the lower serving as the lower base; painted sides with a garland that includes a variant text of Mark 16,16: "Wer da glaubt und getauft wird, wird errettet werden; wer aber nicht glaubt, wird verdammt werden."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 663359 5650556
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.983387, 11.327358
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 59′ 0.19″ N, 11° 19′ 38.49″ E
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: German
Inscription Location: on the side of the 'base'
Inscription Text: "Wer glaubet und getauft wird, der wird seelig"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]