Duderstadt No. 1
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Franzfoto, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 23 September 2011 by Franzfoto [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Duderstadt_-_Taufbecken_der_Kirche_St._Cyriakus.JPG] [accessed 3 March 2019
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view of church exterior - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tilman2007, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 November 2017 by Tilman2007 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Duderstadt,_Bei_der_Oberkirche,_Oberkirche_20171110_-003.jpg] [accessed 3 March 2019]
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view of church exterior in context - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Wolkenkratzer, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 July 2013 by Wolkenkratzer [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Duderstadt_-_St._Cyriakus.jpg] [accessed 3 March 2019]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Duderstadt -Taufbecken der Kirche St.Cyriakus"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Franzfptp, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 23 September 2011 by Franzfoto [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Duderstadt_-_Taufbecken_der_Kirche_St._Cyriakus.JPG] [accessed 29 January 2024]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: showing the font and context before the 2016 rearrangement of the interior space
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Franzfoto, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 September 2011 by Franzfoto [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Duderstadt_-_Taufbecken_der_Kirche_St._Cyriakus.JPG] [accessed 3 March 2019
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Blick auf den Hauptaltar im Hochchor nach den Renovierungsarbeiten (2016) mit folgenden Apostelfiguren: Linke Seite (von hinten in Richtung Altar)
Jakobus der Jüngere
Jakobus der Ältere
Paulus
Jesus als guter Hirte
Simon
Matthäus
Matthias
Rechte Seite (von hinten in Richtung Altar)
Bartholomäus
Johannes
Andreas
Petrus
Maria
Philippus
Thomas
Judas Thaddäus"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Stefan Burchard, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 November 2016 by Stefan Burchard [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirchenraum_mit_Blick_auf_Hochaltar.jpg] [accessed 3 March 2019]
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view of font cover
Scene Description: Baptism of Christ finial
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Franzfoto, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 23 September 2011 by Franzfoto [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Duderstadt_-_Taufbecken_der_Kirche_St._Cyriakus.JPG] [accessed 3 March 2019
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view of font cover - pulley and counterweight - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Figurengruppe des barocken Taufsteins (nach der Renovierung 2016)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Stefan Burchard, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 November 2016 by Stefan Buchard [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barocker_Taufstein.jpg] [accessed 3 March 2019]
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New Testament - Virgin Mary
Scene Description: in a medallion
Image Source: digital photograph [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman
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Christ
Scene Description: in a medallion
Image Source: digital photograph [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman
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New Testament - Virgin Mary
Scene Description: in a medallion: praying
Image Source: digital photograph [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman
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human figure - demi-figure
Image Source: digital photograph [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman
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Christ
Scene Description: in a medallion: wearing the crown of thorns
Image Source: digital photograph [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman
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design element - motifs and patterns - varied
Image Source: digital photograph [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman
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view of church interior - railing - detail
Image Source: digital photograph [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman
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view of church interior - railing - detail
Image Source: digital photograph [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of church interior - railing - detail
Image Source: digital photograph [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman
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view of font and cover in context
Image Source: digital photograph [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman
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human figure - putti - 6
Scene Description: on the sides of the pedestal base
Image Source: digital photograph [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman
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design element - motifs - vine
Scene Description: a very thick one
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Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 22004DUD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1694
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late), Baroque
Church / Chapel Name: Römisch-katholische Basilika [Propsteikirche] St. Cyriakus [aka Eichsfelder Dom]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Cyricus [aka Cyriacus, Quiriac, Quiricus, Cyr]
Church Notes: original Romanesque church of which nothing remains; present church started 1240; many later modifications, re-buildings, etc.
Church Address: Bei der Oberkirche 2, 37115 Duderstadt, Germany -- Tel.: +49 5527 84740
Site Location: Göttingen, Niedersachsen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) road 247, in the old town centre, 30 km E of Göttingen, near the county border with Thuringia
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font made of marble in 1694; it consists of a hexagonal basin with rounded underbowl raised on a hexagonal pedestal base; the sides of the basin are decorated with a combination of mouldings; the sides of the underbowl have large medallions inscrbing busts of Christ, Mary, etc., in the centre, and demi-figures at the angles [one of these lacking]; the upper base has six putti in a very thick vine; the lower base is moulded. Hexagonal wooden font cover with standing putti and scroll ribs on the lower section, a Baptism of Christ scene in the finial position. The whole is surrounded by a wooden raiiling that has human demi-figures at the corners.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for his help in documenting this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 587699 5707589
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.512612, 10.263816
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 30′ 45.4″ N, 10° 15′ 49.74″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: hexagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: yes; pulley
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]