Kessenich in Bonn

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inscription

"Anno 1573" [cf. FontNotes]
Scene Description: "Anno 1573" [cf. FontNotes]

view of church exterior - southwest view

Source caption: "Kirche Alt-St. Nikolaus in Kessenich, Bonn"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kirche Alt-St. Nikolaus in Kessenich, Bonn"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hagman, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 9 September 2011 by Hagman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alt_St._Nikolaus_2.jpg?uselang=de] [accessed 29 August 2022]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church interior - looking east

Copyright Statement: image copyright © Pfarrverband-Bonn-Sued, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph Pfarrverband-Bonn-Sued [https://www.kirchenbonnsued.de/pfarrverband/st.-nikolaus/index.html] [accessed 29 August 2022]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing

view of font and cover in context

seen here in the south apse, to the right of the altar
Scene Description: seen here in the south apse, to the right of the altar
Copyright Statement: image copyright © Pfarrverband-Bonn-Sued, 2022
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph Pfarrverband-Bonn-Sued [https://www.kirchenbonnsued.de/pfarrverband/st.-nikolaus/index.html] [accessed 29 August 2022]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing

INFORMATION

FontID: 24257KES
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Alt-St. Nikolaus Kriche
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: Pützstr. 21 / Nikolausstraße, 53129 Bonn, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Köln, Nordhein-Westfalen
Directions to Site: Located on the W banks of the Rhein, about 3 km S of Bonn city centre
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, E end, S side
Date: 1573
Century and Period: 16th century(late), Late Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and his help in documenting it
Font Notes:
The inscription on this font is catalogued in the Deutsche Inschriften Online, Nordrhein-Westfalen / Bonn [DI 50: Bonn (2000) Nr. 77(†) [https://www.inschriften.net/bonn/inschrift/nr/di050-0077.html] [accessed 29 August 2022]: "Taufbecken mit Datierung. Trachyt mit großen, z. T. ausgebrochenen Sanidin-Einschlüssen, stark verwittert. Hochrechteckiger Sockel auf quadratischer Basis, darauf ein rundes Becken. An den Sockelseiten in eingetieften Feldern Tartschen mit weitgehend abgewitterten, unkenntlichen Wappen. An einer Seite befand sich über dem Feld die heute nicht mehr erkennbare Inschrift."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.7137, 7.10526
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 42′ 49.32″ N, 7° 6′ 18.94″ E
UTM: 32U 366235 5619700

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, trachyte
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 79 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 107 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Deutsche Inschriften Online [cf. FontNotes]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Text: "[...] Anno 1573 [....]"

LID INFORMATION

Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal pyramid [cf. ImagesArea]