Kaufungen
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view of font - southwest side
Scene Description: Source caption: "Stiftskirche Kaufungen"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cherubino, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 23 October 2014 by Cherubino [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stiftskirche_Kaufungen_Taufbecken_01.JPG] [accessed 19 December 2022]
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view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "Stiftskirche Kaufungen" -- the wear on the font suggests it was stood exposed to the elements for a long time; further, the hole on the side may indicate that it was used as a trough, a garden planter or similar
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cherubino, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 23 October 2014 by Cherubino [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stiftskirche_Kaufungen_Taufbecken_02.JPG] [accessed 19 December 2022]
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design element - architectural - arcade - 8 arches - triamgular arches
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cherubino, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 23 October 2014 by Cherubino [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stiftskirche_Kaufungen_Taufbecken_01.JPG] [accessed 19 December 2022]
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design element - architectural - window - trefoiled - 8
Scene Description: inside the triangualr arches
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cherubino, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 23 October 2014 by Cherubino [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stiftskirche_Kaufungen_Taufbecken_01.JPG] [accessed 19 December 2022]
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view of church exterior
Scene Description: Source caption: "Stiftskirche Kaufungen (Oberkaufungen)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © ErwinMeier, 2022
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 30 June 2022 by ErwinMeier [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kaufungen_Stift_02.jpg] [accessed 19 December 2022]
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view of church interior - nave - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Stiftskirche Kaufungen"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cherubino, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 23 October 2014 by Cherubino [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stiftskirche_Kaufungen_Seitenschiff_02.JPG] [accessed 19 December 2022]
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design element - motifs - moulding - parallel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cherubino, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 23 October 2014 by Cherubino [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stiftskirche_Kaufungen_Taufbecken_01.JPG] [accessed 19 December 2022]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 24530KAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Stiftskirche Kaufungen [formerly Kirche des Heiligen Kreuzes]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Cross
Church Notes: church consecrated 1025, part of the Kloster Kaufungen; modified 1175, 13th, 15th, 16th, 19thC
Church Address: Zur Schönen Aussicht, 34260 Kaufungen, Germany -- Tel.: +49 5605 2202
Site Location: Kassel, Hesse, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off county road 7, 5-6 km ESE of Kassel city centre
Font Notes:
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Listed and illustrated in Schulin (2021). Noted in Kultur Kirchen [http://kulturkirchen.org/kirchen/ecffea9467e14fbd9f5d42df4ce5e07b/Stiftskirche] [accessed 19 December 2022] as a baptismal font of the 14th century.
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 544233 5681154
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.28, 9.6342
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 16′ 48″ N, 9° 38′ 3.12″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Schulin, Bertram, Taufbecken in Deutschland: Form und Ikonographie, 2021, p. 76, Abb. 95