Marktsteft

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view of church exterior - southwest end

Font image
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Image Source: digital phtograph 19 April 2014 by Tilman2007 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marktsteft,_Kirchenburg,_St._Stephanl,_001.jpg] [accessed 10 November 2022]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 24439MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1626
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(early), Renaissance
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Erhard Schilling
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelisch-Lutherische Pfarrkirche Marktsteft / Stephanuskirche
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Notes: earlier church became parochial 1337; re-built 1625; renovated several times in the 18th, 19th and 20thC
Church Address: Hauptstraße 27, 97342 Marktsteft, Germany
Site Location: Unterfranken, Bayern, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the St2420-St2271 local road crossroads, on the E bank of the Main river, E of county road 7, about 20 km E of Würzburg
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Würzburg
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
The entry for this church in Wikipedia [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Stephan_(Marktsteft)] [accessed 10 November 2022] with information footnoted to Hans Bauer's Landkreis Kitzingen. Ein Kunst- und Kulturführer (Marktbreit 1993): 94, reports: The church received the baptismal font through a foundation. On March 22, 1626, the pastor Georg Merk brought the baptismal font here. In 1738 the artist Nikolaus Lender from Marktbreite was commissioned to coat the baptismal font with pewter [NB: inside the basin?]. The Renaissance baptismal font, which stood in front of the altar until 1868, has a bulbous base decorated with acanthus. After that it was placed sideways. The baptismal font is flanked by four angels' heads. A header contains inscriptions and the donor's coat of arms. The stonemason's mark of master Erhard Schilling can also be seen.
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 581885 5505514
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.696572, 10.135452
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 41′ 47.66″ N, 10° 8′ 7.63″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Location: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]