Gorlitz / Gerlz, Gerltz / Gerltsch / Görlitz / Zgorzelec / Zhorjelc

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coat of arms - 8

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Botaurus-stellaris, 2007

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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches

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design element - architectural - columns - human head capital - 8

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design element - motifs - moulding

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design element - motifs - torus-scotia-torus

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Taufbecken in Peterskirche"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Boh K345ivánek , 2011

Image Source: digital photograph 6 January 2011 by Boh K345ivánek [https://www.fotocommunity.de/photo/taufbecken-in-peterskirche-boh-k345ivanek/23456033] [accessed 20 November 2022]

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view of basin - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Horst Werner, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph 27 August 2020 by Horts Werner [https://horstwerner.com/die-peterskirche-in-goerlitz/] [accessed 20 November 2022]

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view of church exterior - southwest view - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michael Durwen, 2022

Image Source: digital photograph 2 April 2017 by Michael Durwen in Kirchbau.de [https://www.kirchbau.de/bildorig/g/goerlitz_peterpaul_tuerme844x1500_michael_durwen.jpg] [accessed 20 November 2022]

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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

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view of church interior - baptistery

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view of church interior - looking east

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view of church interior - looking west

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view of font and cover in context

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Görlitz, Taufbecken in St.Peter und Paul"

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INFORMATION

FontID: 24465GOR
Church/Chapel: Pfarrkirche St. Peter und Paul, Görlitz / Peterskirche Görlitz
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Location: b. d. Peterskirche 9, 02826 Görlitz, Germany -- Tel.: +49 3581 4287000
Country Name: Germany
Location: Görlitz, Sachsen
Directions to Site: Located on the W bank of the Lausitzer Nesse, E of county road 99, W of the Polish border, 65-70 km WE of Dresden, about 100 km NNE of Prague
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptismal chapel
Date: 1617
Century and Period: 17th century(early), Baroque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font fragment to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: basilica church documented 1230; radically modified 14thC; re-build 15thC; modified 1691 after damaged by fire; modified ca. 1890; restored 1948-1961 and, again, 1980s
Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin decorated with an arcade of round arches containing a coat of arms in each arch; columns separated the arches, each column having a human gead as capital; most spaces on the basin are decorated with jewel like motifs brightly painted, as is the rest fo the font; gilded lion heads decorate the curved underbowl; the base is an octagonal pedestal with domed moulded lower side. Flat and plain octagonal fonts cover. Is the whole font wooden?

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.158388, 14.992366
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 9′ 30.2″ N, 14° 59′ 32.52″ E
UTM: 33U 499466 5667439

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]