Leipzig No. 1 / Leipsic / Lipsia
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014
Image and permission received (e-mail of 24 February 2014)
Results: 6 records
view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 February 2014 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 24 February 2014)
view of church exterior - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Berthold Werner, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 September 2012 by Berthold Werner [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leipzig_Nikolaikirche_BW_2012-09-10_18-11-46.jpg] [accessed 30 March 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church interior - organ
Scene Description: instrument used in the premiere performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's 'St John Passion', Good Friday in 1724
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Eric Pancer, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 November 2009 by Eric Pancer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vxla-nikolaikirche.jpg] [accessed 30 March 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church interior - north aisle - chapel
Scene Description: Photo caption: "Die Nordkapelle der Nikolaikirche mit der Lutherkanzel (1521) und dem Niedergräfenhainer Altar (um 1510) / The north chapel of St. Nicholas with the Luther pulpit (1521) and the Niedergräfenhainer altar (around 1510)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Morn the Gorn, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 March 2010 by Morn the Gorn [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nikolaikirche_Nordkapelle.jpg] [accessed 30 March 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church interior - chancel
Scene Description: the modern font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 February 2014 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 24 February 2014)
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 August 2005 by Cethegus [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nikolaikirche_Leipzig_Inneres.jpg] [accessed 30 March 2014]
Copyright Instructions: Released by its author into the public domain
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19126LEI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1165?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (mid?), Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Nikolaikirche Leipzig
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Notes: original church ca.1165; enlarged 16th, 18thC
Church Address: Nikolaikirchhof 3, 04109 Leipzig, Germany
Site Location: Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the Mitte, Leipzig city centre, just N of the University
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the mid-12C church here)
Font Notes:
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The present font, located in the presbitery, is modern [NB: we have no information on the font of the original ca. 1165 church here]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this modern font
COORDINATES
UTM: 33U 317421 5690929
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.340278, 12.378611
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 20′ 25″ N, 12° 22′ 43″ E