Bruiu / Braller / Brulya
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view of church exterior
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ansamblul bisericii evanghelice fortificate"
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Image Source: digital photograph 17 September 2015 by Neighbor's goat / Dragos Pirvulescu [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bruiu_-_Ansamblul_bisericii_evanghelice_fortificate_-_detaliu.jpg] [accessed 24 October 2022]
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ensemble of the fortified church of Bruiu in the Sibiu county"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Neighbor's goat / Dragos Pirvulescu, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph 17 September 2015 by Neighbor's goat / Dragos Pirvulescu [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bruiu_-_Ansamblul_bisericii_evanghelice_fortificate.jpg] [accessed 24 October 2022]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24392BRU
Church/Chapel: Evangelische Kirche
Church Patron Saints: [originally dedicated to St. Nicholas]
Church Location: 557065 Bruiu, Romania
Country Name: Romania
Location: Sibiu, Transylvania
Directions to Site: Located off (N) highway E68, in the Siebenbürgen region, about 40 km E of Sibiu
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, centre aisle, E end
Century and Period: 17th century(late?), Baroque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and his help in documenting it
Church Notes: church ca. 1295; documented 1307; modified 1495 as 'Kirchenburg', a fortified church;
The present font in this church is said to be from the same period as the altar, the second half of the 17th century; it consists of an octagonal basin raised on a splaying octagonal pedestal base; the whole font is painted and guilded with reticular and foliage patterns. No cover present; it uses a metal basin with cover supported on the upper rim by a white frame; the basin was made of copper in the 19th century and bears a German inscription identifying Geeorg Brukner as the donor [NB: the Siebenbürgen region of Romania is predominatly German-speaking]. [NB: we have no information on the of the medieval church here]
COORDINATES
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted) [chalice-shaped]
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
