Naumburg nr Merseburg No. 2 / Moritzberg / Nuenburg
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view of stoup in context
Scene Description: showing the stoup installed outside as a garden fountain
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Image Source: digital photograph [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman
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view of stoup in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [s.n.], [s.d.]
Image Source: digital photograph [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of stoup in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Der Saalecker Restaurator Mirko Finzsch erklärt seine Arbeit am gotischen Taufstein sowie am Weihwasserbecken. (Foto: Torsten Biel)"
INFORMATION
Font ID: 24263NAU
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelische Pfarrkirche St. Moritz in Ratsvorstadt am Moritzberg, Naumburg
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Maurice [aka Maur, Mauritius, Moritz, Morris]
Church Notes: early-11thC nunnery; converted into ab Augustinian monastery 1119; re-built 1260 after fire; much modified since
Church Address: Moritzberg 31, 06618 Naumburg (Saale), Germany
Site Location: Saalekreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (S) county road 180, 25-30 km SW of Merseburg, about 40 km WSW of Leipzig
Additional Comments: disused stoup / altered stoup / composite font (when first photographed in the church garden it had been put together with an old font basin as base)
Font Notes:
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The Bildarchiv Foto Marburg [https://www.bildindex.de/document/obj20281429] [accessed 1 September 2022] has a 1991 photograph of a baptismal font of the 16th century in the church yard/garden, the inscription on which can no longer be deciphered: "Im Pfarrgarten ist ein Taufstein in Pokalform aus dem Anfang des 16. Jahrhunderts erhalten, dessen Inschriften jedoch nicht mehr zu entziffern sind." An article by Constanze Matthes in the Naumberger Tageblatt 17 May 2022 edition [https://www.mz.de/lokal/naumburg/unfreiwillig-ein-ganzes-bergung-eines-gotischen-taufstein-sorgt-fur-uberraschung-3379603?reduced=true] [accessed 1 September 2022] shows the two objects that had been earlier put together as a baptismal font: an octagonal baptismal font basin with vertical sides, and a full holy-water stoup also of octagonal shape; interestingly both basins, font and stoup are octagonal inside and out, not a common design in this period.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing these objects to our attention and his help in documenting tem
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 695793 5670569
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.153022, 11.799732
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 9′ 10.88″ N, 11° 47′ 59.03″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal