Berlin No. 16 / Potsdam
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view of basin - upper view
![the vitreous baptismal dish and the Latin inscription [Matthew 28:19] on the font: "[Euntes ergo] docete omnes gentes: baptizantes eos in nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti".](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1140406021_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the vitreous baptismal dish and the Latin inscription [Matthew 28:19] on the font: "[Euntes ergo] docete omnes gentes: baptizantes eos in nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti".
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 March 2014 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 7 March 2014)
view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2003 by DrMeier [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirche_St_Peter_und_Paul_Potsdam.jpg] [accessed 6 April 2014]
Copyright Instructions: Released by its author into the public domain
view of church exterior - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Unify, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 April 2007 by Unify [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Potsdam_Peter_und_Paul_Kirche_Turm.jpg] [accessed 6 April 2014]
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: the west end of St.-Peter-und-Paul-Kirche seen at the far end of the Brandenburger Straße in Potsdam
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jessica Gardner, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 October 2006 by Jessica Gardner [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brandenburger_Straße.jpg] [accessed 6 April 2014]
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view of church interior - apse - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 March 2014 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 7 March 2014)
view of church interior - chancel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 March 2014 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 7 March 2014)
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Avda, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 March 2013 by Avda [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Potsdam_-_Peter-und-Paul-Kirche_-_Innenraum_-_2013.jpg] [accessed 6 April 2014]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 March 2014 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 7 March 2014)
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © 44penguins, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2011 by 44penguins [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Potsdam_Peter%2BPaul-Kirche_20110822_AMA_fec_(4).JPG] [accessed 6 April 2014]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 19133BER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Katholische Propsteikirche St. Peter und Paul [aka Peter-und-Paul-Kirche]
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Location: Potsdam, Bassinplatz/Am Bassin 2, 14467, Berlin, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Berlin, Berlin
Directions to Site: Located near the Brandenburg gate
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Berlin (katholisch)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1870?
Century and Period: 19th century (mid?), Modern
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: church built 1867-70
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin raised on an octagonal pedestal base, all made of wood; the sides of both basin and base are decorated with blind arches or windows; the space below the rim has foliage motif; the font is painted; the upper rim surface has a Latin inscription from Matthew 25:19. The baptismal dish is made of blue glass.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.401111, 13.059722
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 24′ 4″ N, 13° 3′ 35″ E
UTM: 33U 367999 5807424
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: wood
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: upper rim surface, around the baptismal dish
Inscription Text: "DOCETE OMNES GENTES: BAPTIZANTES EOS IN NOMINE PATRIS, ET FILII, ET SPIRITUS SANCTI"