Aberdeen No. 6
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014
Image and permission received (e-mail of 2 October 2012)
Results: 4 records
view of church exterior
Scene Description: Photo caption: "St Nicholas is sometimes called the "Mither Kirk" in Aberdeen. It sits on Union Street and dates back to mediaeval times. The nave houses two churches - East and West Churches"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 January 2006 by Colin Smith [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/109000] [accessed 27 April 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: Photo caption: "South & St. Nicholas Kirk spires viewed from Union St"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ragazzi00, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 January 2014 by Ragazzi00 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:18th_Jan_2014-_South_%26_St._Nicholas_Kirk_Spires.JPG] [accessed 27 April 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of font
Scene Description: the other modern font; located in the West Church [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 September 2012 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 2 October 2012)
view of font in context
![one of the modern fonts in the context of the East Church [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1140427013_compressed.png)
Scene Description: one of the modern fonts in the context of the East Church [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 September 2012 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 2 October 2012)
INFORMATION
FontID: 19197ABE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas / Kirk of St. Nicholas Uniting [aka Mither Kirk]
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Country Name: Scotland
Location: Aberdeen City
Ecclesiastic Region: [Church of Scotland and United Reformed Church]
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: original church of the 12thC [Papal document of 1157]; enlarged 15thC; "West Church" added 18thC
Font Notes:
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The present fonts, one located in the East Church, the other in the West Church, are both modern. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original 12th-century church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.147636, -2.099803
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 08′ 51.49″ N, 2° 05′ 59.29″ W
UTM: 30V 554467 6334180