Bad Salzschlirf / Slirefa
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coat of arms - 2
![[cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1221211015_compressed.png)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, 2022
Image Source: digital image of a 31 July 1880 pencil drawing [SMF_12051 Z] by Carl Theodor Reiffenstein, in the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main [https://www.staedelmuseum.de/go/ds/12051z] [accessed 11 December 2022]
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design element - patterns - tracery
Scene Description: on the basin, underbowl and upper base
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 2 November 2014 by UuMUfQ [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bad_Salzschlirf_Catholic_Church_Baptismal_Font_i.png] [accessed 11 December 2022]
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design element - patterns - triangular
Scene Description: all around the upper rim sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © UuMUfQ, 2014
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 2 November 2014 by UuMUfQ [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bad_Salzschlirf_Catholic_Church_Baptismal_Font_i.png] [accessed 11 December 2022]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Bad Salzschlirf, Hessen, Katholische Kirche St. Vitus"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © UuMUfQ, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph 26 February 2012 by UuMUfQ [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bad_salzschlirf_hessen_kirche_kath_-_proj_rectilinear.png] [accessed 11 December 2022]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Catholic church - St. Vitus (Altar) in Bad Salzschlirf / Hesse / Germany"
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Image Source: digital photograph 2 November 2014 by UuMUfQ [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bad_Salzschlirf_Kirche_Altar_f.png] [accessed 11 December 2022]
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view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: Source caption: "Catholic church - St. Vitus (Altar) in Bad Salzschlirf / Hesse / Germany"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © UuMUfQ, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 2 November 2014 by UuMUfQ [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bad_Salzschlirf_Kirche_Orgel_b.png] [accessed 11 December 2022]
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view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "Taufstein von St. Vitus in Salzschlirf, darüber zwei Wappen"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, 2022
Image Source: digital image of a 31 July 1880 pencil drawing [SMF_12051 Z] by Carl Theodor Reiffenstein, in the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main [https://www.staedelmuseum.de/go/ds/12051z] [accessed 11 December 2022]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: Source caption: "Catholic church - St. Vitus (Altar) in Bad Salzschlirf / Hesse / Germany"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © UuMUfQ, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 2 November 2014 by UuMUfQ [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bad_Salzschlirf_Catholic_Church_Baptismal_Font_i.png] [accessed 11 December 2022]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24497SAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Römisch-katholische Pfarrkirche St. Vitus in Bad Salzschlirf
Church Patron Saints: St. Vitus
Church Location: Kirchstraße 11, 36364 Bad Salzschlirf, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Fulda, Hesse
Directions to Site: Located off (E) local road L3141 [aka Fuldaer Str.], about 15 km NW of Fulda
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Fulda
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century(early?), Late Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: church in Slirefa first documented 885; modified 14thC; re-built early-18thC; modified 1964; renovated 1992
Font Notes:
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The font and two of its armourial devices are illustrated in a 31 July 1880 pencil drawing [SMF_12051 Z] by Carl Theodor Reiffenstein, in the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main [https://www.staedelmuseum.de/go/ds/12051z] [accessed 11 December 2022]. Baptismal font of stone from the first half of the 16th century decorated with tracery and two heraldic devices.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.624168, 9.508839
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 37′ 27.01″ N, 9° 30′ 31.82″ E
UTM: 32U 535993 5608156
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: metal
Apparatus: no
Notes: low-dome shape with finial/handle; modern