Schlitz
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view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "Protestant Church (Baptismal font) in Schlitz, Schlitz, Hesse, Germany" -- showing the baptismal-dish holder in place
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Image Source: digital photograph 14 September 2014 by UuMUfQ [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schlitz_Schlitz_Protestant_Church_Baptismal_font_f.png] [accessed 3 November 2022]
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view of basin - drawing
Scene Description: Source caption: " Taufstein im Pfarrgarten in Schlitz, 20. August 1880"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Städel Museum, 2022
Image Source: digital image [edited] of a 20 August 1880 drawing by Carl Theodore Reiffenstein, in the Städel Museum [https://sammlung.staedelmuseum.de/de/werk/taufstein-im-pfarrgarten-in-schlitz] [accessed 4 November 2022]
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inscription
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design element - patterns - reticular
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Image Source: digital photograph 14 September 2014 by UuMUfQ [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schlitz_Schlitz_Protestant_Church_Baptismal_font_f.png] [accessed 3 November 2022]
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design element - motifs - floral and foliage
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Image Source: digital photograph 14 September 2014 by UuMUfQ [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schlitz_Schlitz_Protestant_Church_Baptismal_font_f.png] [accessed 3 November 2022]
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view of church exterior
Scene Description: Source caption: "Schlitz, Ev. Stadtkirche"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tilman2007, 2016
Image Source: edited detail of a 24 April 2016 photograph by Tilman2007 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schlitz,_Ev._Stadtkirche-20160504-001.jpg] [accessed 3 November 2022]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Schlitz, Ev. Stadtkirche" -- the baptismal font is partially visible on the right, below the crucifix
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tilman2007, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph 24 April 2016 by Tilman2007 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schlitz,_Ev._Stadtkirche-20160504-009.jpg] [accessed 3 November 2022]
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design element - patterns
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
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Image Source: digital photograph 14 September 2014 by UuMUfQ [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schlitz_Schlitz_Protestant_Church_Baptismal_font_f.png] [accessed 3 November 2022]
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human figure - head - 8
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © UuMUfQ, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 14 September 2014 by UuMUfQ [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schlitz_Schlitz_Protestant_Church_Baptismal_font_f.png] [accessed 3 November 2022]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 24427SCH
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1467
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (late), Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelische Stadtkirche Schlitz
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SE corner of the nave
Church Notes: church here said to have been consecrated to St Margaret in 812 AD; expanded late-11th and 12thC; expanded again in the 13th and 14thC; modified 16th and 17thC; renovated 1963-1966 and 2000-2009
Church Address: An d. Kirche 1, 36110 Schlitz, Germany -- Tel.: +49 6642 9189481
Site Location: Vogelsberg, Hesse, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) local road L3143 [aka Eisenbahnbrücke], 15-20 km NNW of Fulda
Additional Comments: disused font? (was in a garden in August 1880) -- disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
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A 1880 drawing by Carl Theodore Reiffenstein in the Städel Museum [https://sammlung.staedelmuseum.de/de/werk/taufstein-im-pfarrgarten-in-schlitz] [accessed 3 November 2022] shows the ornate basin of a baptismal font; it is captioned: " Taufstein im Pfarrgarten in Schlitz, 20. August 1880". The same font that was reported and illustrated in the rectory garden consists of an octagonal basin inscribed with the date 1467 carved boldly on the upper rim, the rest of the basin covered in a reticular pattern containing some floral and foliage motifs; the lower base is covered in a busy pattern with some ball or bead motifs in it, the corners with what appear to be heads. No cover present. A removable metal rack is in place to support the baptismal dish.
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 539592 5613672
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.673542, 9.560317
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 40′ 24.75″ N, 9° 33′ 37.14″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: on the upper rim
Inscription Text: "1467"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]