Heilbald Heiligenstedten No. 1

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design element - motifs - floral - fleur-de-lis - inverted

Scene Description: a row of all around, just below the upper rim

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design element - motifs - moulding - parallel - 9

Scene Description: in groups of three, framing the lines of the inscription

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inscription

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of church exterior in context - north view

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of font

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the top of the basin is visible right behind the altar, in the centre of the chancel

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INFORMATION

FontID: 21657HEI
Church/Chapel: Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Marien [aka Altstädter Kirche]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Hauptstraße 1, 25524 Heiligenstedten, Germany -- Tel.: +49 4821 75120
Country Name: Germany
Location: Eichsfeld, Thüringen
Directions to Site: Located off the L-3080, S highway 38, between Kassel (W) and Leipzig (E)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel
Date: 1492
Century and Period: 15th century (late), Late Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Hans Tegetmeiger
Church Notes: 12thC church re-built 13th-14thC; much modified through later times
Bronze font made by Hans Tegetmeiger in 1492, consisting of an inverted-bell-shaped basin with a band of inverted fleur-de-lys floral motifs right below the upper rim; framed by three sets of thin parallel moulding is and inscription in Gothic lettering over two lines; the inverted fleur-de-lys motif is also used as separator within the text of the inscription; on the underbowl are three emblems or cots-of-arms at 120-degree angles; the basin is raised on the shoulders/backs of three standing figures; they appear male and young, wearing tight buttoned-up coats and short skirts; their hands rest on their knees. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.37871, 10.13664
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 22′ 43.36″ N, 10° 8′ 11.9″ E
UTM: 32U 579105 5692553

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, bronze
Font Shape: round (mounted) -- bell-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: German
Inscription Location: around the basin sides
Inscription Text: "[...] hans tegetmeiger unde arnt eddelendes [...]"
Inscription Source: [Wikipedia entry refrence: Künstlerlexikon Thieme-Becker, Band 32, Seite 501] [not corroborated]