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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Peter in Ketten, Montabaur, Westerwaldkreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland"
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Image Source: digital photograph [edited] 19 June 2021 by Subbass1 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Montabaur,_St._Peter_in_Ketten_(32).jpg] [accessed 21 August 2022]
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view of church interior - looking southwest
Scene Description: Source caption: "Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Peter in Ketten, Montabaur, Westerwaldkreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Subbass1, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 19 June 2021 by Subbass1 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Montabaur,_St._Peter_in_Ketten_(13).jpg] [accessed 21 August 2022]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: " Montabaur Pfarrkirche Inneres [...] 1914"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph by Ferdinand Luthmer in Die Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler der Kreise Unter-Westerwald, St. Goarshausen, Untertaunus und Wiesbaden Stadt und Land. Keller, Frankfurt am Main (1914) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Luthmer_V_-_07_-_Montabaur_Pfarrkirche_Inneres.jpg] [accessed 21 August 2022]
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view of font and cover
inscription
INFORMATION
Font ID: 24235MON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1661
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(mid), Baroque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Peter in Kette in Montabaur
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery, the former vestibule
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter ad vincula
Church Notes: wooden church of 959; re-built early 13thC; re-built 1300-1350; since modified; restored 2006
Church Address: Kirchstraße 43, 56410 Montabaur, Germany -- Tel.: +49 2602 997470
Site Location: Westerwaldkreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off local road L313, S of county road 3, about 20 km NE of Koblenz and the Rhein river
Font Notes:
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The present baptismal font was made in 1661 of Lahn marble; the round basin is moulded all around and bears a running German inscription that inlcldes the date, 1661; on the underbowl is an emblem inscribed in a cartouche or scrolled shield; the vase consists of a central shaft and three outer collonettes on a round lower base. The metal cover is of a later date and has a ball finial.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 417103 5587652
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.435033, 7.832725
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 26′ 6.12″ N, 7° 49′ 57.81″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble (Lahn)
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: German
Inscription Location: around the basin sides
Inscription Text: "[...] SCHLEMMERIN IN MONTHABAVUR A[nn]O. 1661 [...]"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: cf. ImagesArea]
LID INFORMATION
Material: metal, copper?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]