Grafenhausen No. 1 / Gräfenhausen
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design element - motifs - flat moulding
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 22 November 2020 by Moleskine [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michaelskirche_(Gräfenhausen)_romanisches_Taufbecken.jpg.jpg] [accessed 7 October 2022]
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view of basin - interior - detail
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 22 May 2020 by Moleskine [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michaelskirche_(Gräfenhausen)_Tür.jpg] [accessed 7 October 2022]
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view of basin in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Michaelskirche (Gräfenhausen) Tür"
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Image Source: digital photograph 22 May 2020 by Moleskine [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michaelskirche_(Gräfenhausen)_Tür.jpg] [accessed 7 October 2022]
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view of church exterior - west view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Michaelskirche (Gräfenhausen) West"
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Image Source: digital photograph 22 May 2020 by Moleskine [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michaelskirche_(Gräfenhausen)_West.jpg] [accessed 7 October 2022]
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view of church interior - chancel - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Michaelskirche (Gräfenhausen) Altar" -- the two baptismal fonts are visible here: the Gothic font is to the left of the altar; the Romanesque font is partially visible in the foreground, right side, by the bottom of the round pillar
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Image Source: digital photograph 22 November 2020 by Moleskine [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michaelskirche_(Gräfenhausen)_Altar.jpg.jpg] [accessed 7 October 2022]
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view of church interior - lookung southeast - painting - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Michaelskirche (Gräfenhausen) Südost Fresken Wappen"
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Image Source: digital photograph 22 November 2020 by Moleskine [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michaelskirche_(Gräfenhausen)_Südost_Fresken_Wappen.jpg] [accessed 7 October 2022]
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view of church interior - painting - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Michaelskirche (Gräfenhausen) Nische"
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Image Source: digital photograph 22 November 2020 by Moleskine [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michaelskirche_(Gräfenhausen)_Nische.jpg] [accessed 7 October 2022]
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view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "Michaelskirche (Gräfenhausen) romanisches Taufbecken"
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 22 November 2020 by Moleskine [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michaelskirche_(Gräfenhausen)_romanisches_Taufbecken.jpg.jpg] [accessed 7 October 2022]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nach handelt es sich um den mittelalterlichen, romanischen Taufstein der Michaelskirche."
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Image Source: digital photograph reproduced 15 January 2020 in Harald Bott [https://bnn.de/pforzheim/enzkreis/blumenkuebel-entpuppt-sich-als-jahrhundertealter-taufstein] [accessed 7 October 2022]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dieser vermeintliche Blumenkübel entpuppte sich als jahrhundertealter Taufstein."
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Image Source: digital photograph reproduced 15 January 2020 in Harald Bott [https://bnn.de/pforzheim/enzkreis/blumenkuebel-entpuppt-sich-als-jahrhundertealter-taufstein] [accessed 7 October 2022]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24343GRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Michaelskirche Gräfenhausen
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: Kirchstraße 5, Gräfenhausen, 75217 Birkenfeld, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg
Directions to Site: Located off (W) local road K4545 [aka Hindenburgstrasse], in the municipality and 4-5 km W og Birkenfeld, 8 km W of Pforzheim
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: early-12thC(?) church of which only the base of the tower remains;
Font Notes:
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Monolithic baptismal font; octagonal at the upper end, rounded tub below the flat moulding; the squat base, part of the single block, is also octagonal; it may have had a base originally; it is now raised on a modern wooden suppot. No cover present. Used as planter for centuries; restored 21st century and now [2022] in the chancel.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.87106, 8.58156
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 52′ 15.82″ N, 8° 34′ 53.62″ E
UTM: 32U 469315 5413207
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: no lining