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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kirche St. Abriuculus in Besslich (Rheinland-Pfalz, Kreis Trier-Saarburg)"
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Image Source: digital photograph 25 February 2019 by Helge Klaus Rieder [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Besslich_St.Abrukulus_Innen_H0c.jpg] [accessed 21 August 2022]
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view of font and cover - northwest side
Scene Description: Source caption: "Romanischer Taufstein: Kirche St. Abriuculus in Besslich (Rheinland-Pfalz, Kreis Trier-Saarburg)" -- notice the damage to the upper rim and the suspicious hole made in the centre ring
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Image Source: digital photograph 25 February 2019 by Helge Klaus Rieder [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Besslich_St.Abrukulus_Innen_H3a.jpg] [accessed 21 August 2022]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kirche St. Abriuculus in Besslich (Rheinland-Pfalz, Kreis Trier-Saarburg)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph 25 February 2019 by Helge Klaus Rieder [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Besslich_St.Abrukulus_Innen_H1d.jpg] [accessed 21 August 2022]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24230BES
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Pfarrkirche Saint-Abrunculus
Church Patron Saints: St. Abrunculus [aka Abruculus, Abrunkulus]
Church Location: Beßlich, 54309 Newel, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Trier-Saarburg, Rheinland-Pfalz
Directions to Site: Located off (W) local road L43, in the municipality and 2 km SE of Newel, 6-7 km NNW of Trier city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Trier
Historical Region: Südeifel
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, SE corner of the nave
Century and Period: 14th century (mid?), Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help documenting it
Church Notes: 12thC church; became parish seat 1339; modified 1539, 1688, 1818 and 1976
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font made of sandstone and usually dated to ca. 1339, the date when the church became parochial. Octagonal basin with quadrangular panels on the sides; raised on a framed base with a broad central shaft and eight outer colonnettes. The flat octagonal cover appears to be made of metal and has a through bar that locks into metal stapled in the upper rim of the basin.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.801825, 6.601137
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 48′ 6.57″ N, 6° 36′ 4.09″ E
UTM: 32U 327383 5519358
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: rc
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Material: metal?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]