Hoxter / Höxter
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angel - cherub - head - 6
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coat of arms
Scene Description: the arms of the donor of the font seen here on the right
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design element - motifs - foliage
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human figure - putto - head - 6
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inscription - detail
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inscription - detail
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view of church exterior
Scene Description: Source caption: "中文（简体）：赫克斯特圣基利安教"
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view of church interior - chancel
Scene Description: Source caption: "Altarraum der Kilianikirche Höxter" -- showing the baptismal font in the bottom-left corner of the image
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view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Kiliani-Kirche - Taufbecken - Höxter [...] Der Taufstein im Chorraum ist von 1631. Er besteht aus Sandstein mit einer reichgegliederten sechseckigen Kelchform."
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view of font in context
Scene Description: with the doorway into the sacristy in the background
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24525HOX
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Evangelische Kilianikirche
Church Patron Saints: St. Kilian [aka Chilian]
Church Location: An d. Kilianikirche 1, 37671 Höxter, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Höxter, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Directions to Site: Located off the 64-230 crossroads, on the W bank of the Weser river, 6 km SW of Holzminden, 45-50 km E of Pderborn
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel, N side
Date: 1631
Century and Period: 17th century(early), Baroque
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: original church may have existed ca. 780-800; new church here consecrated 1075; also documented as used regularly for court proceedings in 1272, 1268, 1271; expanded ca. 1400, 1500, 1562, 1600; restored 1880s; renovated 1961/62, 1966/67, 1984/85 and 2005–2007
Font Notes:
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The earlier fonThe fonts of the earlier churches here were probably destroyed. The present font is a donation from 1631, the date and coat of arms of the donor inscribed on it; decorated with putti's and angels' heads on both the basin and the stem of the base; the splaying lower base is decorated with large acanthus leaves. No cover present.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.774237, 9.383247
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 46′ 27.25″ N, 9° 22′ 59.69″ E
UTM: 32U 526442 5735998
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: hexagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: German
Inscription Location: on the basin sides, below the upper rim
Inscription Text: "[?] ANNO / 1631 / BERENT / KRAFT [?] "
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