Saarburg No. 2

Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
Image and permission received (e-mail of 6 July 2015)
Results: 23 records
B01: New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - John the Baptist - Holy Ghost dove above
B02: symbol - heart with crossed arrows
B03: Apostle or saint - St. Lawrence - with book in the right hand - holding a grill in the left hand
B04: coat of arms - unidentified
B05: coat of arms - unidentified
B06: coat of arms - unidentified
B07: cleric - bishop? - holding sword
B08: cleric - bishop - wearing mitre - holding staff in the right hand - holding orb-and-cross in left hand
coat of arms - unidentified
design element - motifs - ball - 24
design element - motifs - rhomboid
inscription
view of church exterior - southeast view
view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: the church in context in 1860
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Oktobersonne, 2014
Image Source: digital image of a painting "Saarburg, St.Laurentius, um 1860, Gemälde von George Clarkson Stanfield (1828-1878), Öl auf Leinwand, Saarland-Museum, Alte Sammlung" [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SaarburgSt.LaurentiusStanfieldL1010341.JPG] [accessed 31 July 2015]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
view of church interior - nave - looking west
view of font
view of font
view of font in context
view of stoup
view of stoup
view of stoup
INFORMATION
FontID: 19963SAA
Church/Chapel: Kath. Kirche St. Laurentius / Laurentiuskirche
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Location: Kunohof 25, 54439 Saarburg, Germany -- Tel.: +49 6581 2260
Country Name: Germany
Location: Trier-Saarburg, Rheinland-Pfalz
Directions to Site: Located just N of the Saar's junction with the Moselle
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Rier
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end of the nave, by the altar
Date: 1575
Century and Period: 16th century(late), Renaissance
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church, font and stoups
Church Notes: this mid-19thC church replaces 13thC Heiligkreuz Chapel
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The present font here is restored and consists of an octagonal basin the sides decorated with scenes, figures and symbols [starting on the west side, left to right]: 1)Baptism of Christ; 2)heart pierced by two arrows; 3) St. Lawrence holding book and grill; 4) heraldic emblem; 5) heraldic emblem; 6) heraldic emblem; 7) Bishop (?) holding sword in hid left hand; 8) Bishop(?) holding ax or sword; on the west side of the stem, below the Baptism of Christ are a banner and a charged shield; the banner bears the date 1575; the other sides of the octagonal stem are decorated with rhomboid motifs, though two of them are damaged or unfinished; the lower base is also octagonal with 34 balls(3 per side) between moulded frames. There is no cover at present, but a baptismal dish of copper (?) moulded around the top of the stone basin. There are two holy-water stoups in this church, both modern: one is cylindrical, with Biblical scenes on the sides at three levels; the second is also circular, in the shape of a shallow basin held up by four atlante-like figures.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
49.607383,
6.551339
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
49° 36′ 26.58″ N,
6° 33′ 4.82″ E
UTM: 32U 323095 5497859
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: on the stem
Inscription Text: "1575"
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]