Trier No. 4 / Augusta Treverorum
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
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Results: 9 records
view of font
Scene Description: the massive Baroque font in marble by Johann Wolfgang Fröhlicher (1652–1700)
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 June 2015 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 29 July 2015)
view of church exterior in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 June 2008 by Berthold Werner [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trier_Dom_BW_1.JPG] [accessed 2 August 2015]
Copyright Instructions: Released by its author into the public domain
view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 June 2015 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 29 July 2015)
view of church interior - relics (and reliquaries)
Scene Description: purported to be Christ's seamless robe/ tunic -- Source caption: "Pilgrims and visitors view the “Holy Robe,” a tunic reportedly worn by Jesus, at the Trier Dom Cathedral here April 25. This year marks the 500th anniversary of the first public appearance of the robe, which was last on display at the cathedral in 1996. Hundreds of thousands of people from around the world are expected to visit to see the relic, which is on display until May 13."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 April 2012 -- U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Stephani Schafer [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holy_Robe_in_Trier.JPG] [accessed 2 August 2015]
Copyright Instructions: "This image or file is a work of a U.S. Air Force Airman or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image or file is in the public domain."
view of church interior - relics (and reliquaries)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Head relic of Saint Helena in the crypt of Trier cathedral; while usually closed, the reliquary is opened on her likely day of death, August 18th."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Túrelio, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by Túrelio [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CaputSHelenae_0578a.jpg] [accessed 2 August 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0-de
view of church interior - nave - looking west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kelisi, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 July 2011 by Kelisi [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NaveAtTrierCathedralLookingWest.jpg] [accessed 2 August 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hang Wang, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 May 2008 by Hang Wang [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interior_Trierer_Dom.JPG] [accessed 2 August 2015]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Marc Ryckaert, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 April 2015 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trier_Dom_R01.jpg] [accessed 2 August 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church interior - west end - ceiling
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 June 2015 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 29 July 2015)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19972TRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1700?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th - 18th century, Baroque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Johann Wolfgang Fröhlicher
Church / Chapel Name: Hohe Kath. Domkirche St. Peter zu Trier / Trierer Dom
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: original structure 4thC; destroyed by the Franks; re-built; destroyed by the Normans in 882; re-built under Archbishop Egbert (d. 993); Romanesque west side completed 1196; present building 1235-1270
Church Address: Liebfrauenstraße 12, 54290 Trier, Germany -- Tel.: +49 651 9790790
Site Location: Trier-Saarburg, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 20 km N of Saarburg via the L138] in the western part of the region, near the border with Luxemburg.
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Trier
Font Notes:
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The present font in the cathedral is a massive Baroque one in beige-pink marble by Johann Wolfgang Fröhlicher (1652–1700); it consists of a shell-shaped basin decorated with sculpted foliage, raised on a round-to-octagonal base in reddish marble.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 330240 5514180
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.756111, 6.643056
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 45′ 22″ N, 6° 38′ 35″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round