Volkershausen / Volkershausen nr. Maßbach
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Scene Description: Source caption: " Evang.-Luth. Kirche in Volkershausen Innenraum"
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inscription
Scene Description: the date 1600
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design element - patterns - gadrooned or ribbed
Scene Description: all around
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design element - motifs - varied
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design element - motifs - flat moulding
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view of church exterior - north view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Die evangelische Kirche von Volkershausen"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Langholzinger, 2016
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 14 November 2016 by Langholzinger [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ev._Ki._Volkers.jpg] [accessed 15 October 2022]
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view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: Source caption: " Evang.-Luth. Kirche in Volkershausen Innenraum"
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view of church interior - looking east
![Source caption: " Evang.-Luth. Kirche in Volkershausen Innenraum" -- notice the baptismal font on the left [north] side, beneath the gallery](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1221015002_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: " Evang.-Luth. Kirche in Volkershausen Innenraum" -- notice the baptismal font on the left [north] side, beneath the gallery
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
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symbol - shield - coat of arms - unidentified - 4
Scene Description: set at 90-degree angles on the pedestal base
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design element - motifs - moulding - graded
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design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: below the coats-of-arms
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 24369VOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1600
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(early)
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelische Kirche Volkershausen
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the NE corner of the nave, beneath the gallery
Church Notes: medieval church; enlarged 1717-1720; enlarged 1930; renovated 1974, 1987
Church Address: Schweinfurter Str. 34, 97711 Maßbach, Germany
Site Location: Bad Kissingen, Bayern, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 0ff local road KG2 [aka Schweifurter Str.], in the municipality and about 3 km SE of Maßbach
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin with rounded underbowl raised on a round baluster-shaped pedestal base and a circular lower base; the basin has a flat moulding below the rim, one side of which bears the inscription date 1600; below a moulding is a pattern of gadroons or ribs with varied motifs in the spandrels; the stem of the base, with roll mouldings at top and bottom is decorated with four coats-of-arms set at 90-degree angles, as well as a foliated pattern below. No cover present
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 592866 5557749
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.16467, 10.300261
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 9′ 52.81″ N, 10° 18′ 0.94″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone?
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: on one side of the basin
Inscription Text: "16-0-0-"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. Images area and FontNotes]