Gangelt
Image copyright © Käthe u. Bernd Limburg, 2014
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kirche in Gangelt"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Käthe u. Bernd Limburg, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 29 March 2014 by Käthe u. Bernd Limburg [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gangelt_Kirche_Taufstein.jpg] [accessed 4 February 2022]
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human figure - head - 4
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Käthe u. Bernd Limburg, 2014
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 29 March 2014 by Käthe u. Bernd Limburg [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gangelt_Kirche_Taufstein.jpg] [accessed 4 February 2022]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0-DE
view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Pfarrkirche St. Nikolaus in Gangelt (Nr. 1 der Denkmalliste der Gemeinde Gangelt), Ansicht von Südosten"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Apupus, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph 22 November 2012 by Alupus [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gangelt_Kirche_1.jpg] [accessed 4 February 2022]
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view of font - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [s.n.], 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 9 June 2017 [source not available] provided by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of font - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [s.n.], 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 9 June 2017 [source not available] provided by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of font
Scene Description: the head on this side appears to be wearing a crown, but it could be a jagged edge of the upper end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [s.n.], 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 9 June 2017 [source not available] provided by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 23721GAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Late Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Mosan type
Church / Chapel Name: Römisch-katholische Pfarrkirche St. Nikolaus
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Notes: original church 12th-13thC, mentioned as a parisch in 1261; rights given to Heinsberg Premonstratensian Kloster; 14thC tower; modified/restored 1518, 1860, 1951;
Church Address: Kirchstraße 3, 52538 Gangelt, Germany -- Tel.: +49 2454 969600
Site Location: Köln, Nordhein-Westfalen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the L47 [aka Sittarderstrasse / Frankenstrasse], just E of the border with the Netherlands, about 30 km N of Aachen
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Aachen
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of stone, Mosan style; octagonal basin with four human heads at 90-degree angle; raised on an uncharacteristic plain octagonal-to-square base. Plain metal font cover, almost flat.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 710298 5653232
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.992194, 5.996778
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 59′ 31.9″ N, 5° 59′ 48.4″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material: metal, brass?
Apparatus: no
Notes: round and plain