Mayschoss / Mayschoß
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coat of arms - Counts of Virneburg
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design element - motifs - leaf - scroll - 4
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design element - motifs - moulding - parallel
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design element - motifs - torus-scotia-torus
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human figure - head - 4
Scene Description: two of them visible here; the one on the left appears to have Negroid features
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view
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view of church interior - looking east
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view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: " Kirche St. Nikolaus und St. Rochus in Mayschoß, Taufbecken"
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24234MAY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Nikolaus und St. Rochus in Mayschoß
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra & St. Roch
Church Location: 53508 Mayschoß, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Ahrweiler, Rheinland-Pfalz
Directions to Site: Located off (N) county road 267, about 20 km SSW of Bonn
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Trier [formerly in the Diocese of Aachen]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century, Late Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help documenting it
Church Notes: most parts of the earlier [14thC?] church demolished 1721-1727; present church 1908-1912
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font made of trachyte in the 16th century; it consists of an octagonal basin decorated with mouldings on the side, four tiny human heads set at 90-degree angles below and a large shield bearing the coat of arms of the Counts of Virneburg; raised on a round-to-square pedestal base decorated with mouldings and scrolled leaves below.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.524579, 7.022454
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 31′ 28.48″ N, 7° 1′ 20.83″ E
UTM: 32U 359828 5598826
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, trachyte
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal