Braach / Rotenburg-Braach / Bracho
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design element - motifs - torus-scotia- torus
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design element - patterns - tracery - varied
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symbol - shield?
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human figure - male - head - bearded
Scene Description: one is visible here
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: Romanische evangelische Kirche in Braach (Rotenburg an der Fulda)
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Oliver Abels, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph 20 Mach 2007 by Oliver Abels [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rotenburg-Braach_Romanische_Kirche.jpg] [accessed 20 March 2023]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated / CC-BY-2.5
design element - patterns - piping - diagonal
Scene Description: in eight clusters
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design element - motifs - star moulding - 8 sides
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design element - motifs - floral
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Image Source: digital photograph [source unknown] received from Pol Herman
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symbol - shield - blank
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human figure - bust
Scene Description: wearing a hat?
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Image Source: digital photograph [source unknown] received from Pol Herman
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symbol - shield - blank
Scene Description: in the left frame
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Image Source: digital photograph [source unknown] supplied by Pol Herman
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Inscription - in a scroll
Scene Description: much eroded but probably with the date 1517
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animal - mammal - quadruped - passant
Scene Description: passant to the right
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human figure - bust
Scene Description: long-haired
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symbol - shield - blank
Scene Description: in one of the frames of the tracery, to the left
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human figure - seated?
Scene Description: in the centre frame
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 24624BRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1517
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(early), Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelische Pfarrkirche Braach
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Notes: earlier church [wooden?] re-built 1134; renovated 1974
Church Address: Zum Fischerhof 15, Braach, 36199 Rotenburg an der Fulda, Germany
Site Location: Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hesse, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the L3208, on the E bank of the Fulda river, W of Bd83, about 35 km SSE of Kassel
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin decorated with varied tracery, with a number of motifs, symbols, human figures, one animal, etc.; on an oddly-shaped base consisting of eight clusters of diagonal piping as stem, and an eight-pointed star moulded lower base. No cover present. [source info: 1200 Jahre Braach, 1965, S. 17–20].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this object to our attention and for his help in documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 548230 5650528
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.0043, 9.6874
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 0′ 15.48″ N, 9° 41′ 14.64″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: no lining
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: on a scroll, on one of the sides of the basin
Inscription Text: "1517"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]