Rehlingen
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
Image and permission received (e-mail of 9 August 2015)
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view of basin
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 2 June 2015 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 9 August 2015)
view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 June 2015 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 9 August 2015)
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 June 2015 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 9 August 2015)
view of font
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 June 2015 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 9 August 2015)
INFORMATION
FontID: 19980REH
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Katholische Pfarrkirche Sankt Jakobus / Dorfkirche Sankt Jakobus
Church Patron Saints: St. James
Country Name: Germany
Location: Trier-Saarburg, Rheinland-Pfalz
Directions to Site: Located near Trier
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Trier
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of church and modern font
Church Notes: Romanesque tower of the 12thC; rest of the church is Baroque, 18thC
Font Notes:
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The present font is modern; it consists of a round basin decorated with waves, a pilgrim's shell symbol, a fish [dolphin?], etc.; raised on a slender circular pedestal. [NB: we have no information on the baptismal font of the 12th-century church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.61644, 6.50206