Perg

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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Blick auf Perg mit Stadtpfarrkirche"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pfeifferfranz, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph 24 May 2009 by Pfeifferfranz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stadtpfarrkirche_Perg.jpg] [accessed 6 March 2023]
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view of church interior - chancel and east end
Scene Description: Source caption: "Perg Katholische Pfarrkirche Apostel Jakobus der Ältere"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ailura, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph 16 August 2012 by Ailura [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Perg_Kirche_5012.JPG] [acccessed 6 March 2023]
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view of font
view of font and cover
Scene Description: Source caption: "Perg Katholische Pfarrkirche Apostel Jakobus der ÄltereTaufstein"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ailura, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph 16 August 2012 by Ailura [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Perg_Kirche_5037.JPG] [acccessed 6 March 2023]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: Source caption: "Taufbecken in der Stadtpfarrkirche Perg, spätgotische Rotmarmor-Taufstein von 1514 mit einem Rokokoaufsatz"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pfeifferfranz, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph 24 May 2009 by Pfeifferfranz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taufbecken_Stadtpfarrkirche_Perg.jpg] [accessed 6 March 2023]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24606PER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Römisch-katholische Stadtpfarrkirche Perg, St. Jakob der Ältere "der Pilger"
Church Patron Saints: St. James the Greater [aka James the Great, James the Elder]
Church Location: Hauptpl. 20, 4320 Perg, Austria -- Tel.: +43 7262 52509
Country Name: Austria
Location: Oberösterreich
Directions to Site: Located off local road L1424, N of road 3, about 25 km E of Linz
Ecclesiastic Region: Diözese Linz
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1514
Century and Period: 16th century(early), Late Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and fro his help in documenting it
Church Notes: wooden chapel replaced by a stone church in 1416; expanded early-16thC; renovated 1972-1987
Font Notes:
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Late-Gothic baptismal made of reddish marble, dated 1514 by an inscription on the octagonal basin side; moulded from the underbowl down the octagonal pedestal base, also octagonal. Wooden cover, painted and gilded, with large statue of the Baptism of Christ scene as finial; Baroque; mid-18th century?
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.250269, 14.633296
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 15′ 0.97″ N, 14° 37′ 59.87″ E
UTM: 33U 472778 5344182
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble (red)
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numerals
Inscription Location: on the basin side
Inscription Text: "1514"
LID INFORMATION
Date: mid-18thC?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]