Volkach

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Apostle or saint - Apostles - 4

Scene Description: tentatively identified [cf. FontNotes} L--> R: James the Greater, Jude, James the Less, Philip

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 18 March 2013 by Monandowitsch [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taufstein,_St._Bartholomäus,_Volkach.JPG] [accessed 27 March 2023]

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New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ

Scene Description: seen here in the centre panel

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 15 April 2018 by Vitold Muratov [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St.Bartholomäus_Kirche.Tauf_Bade.jpg] [accessed 27 March 2023]

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Virgin Mary - enthroned in Heaven - to the right of God

Scene Description: seen here in the right panel, with James the Less and Philip in the left panel

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 15 April 2018 by Vitold Muratov [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St.Bartholomäus_Kirche.Tauf_Bade.jpg] [accessed 27 March 2023]

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coat of arms - Cunz Rücker

Scene Description: one of the two church wardens [cf. FontNotes]

coat of arms - Friedrich von Wirsberg, Prince-Bishop of Würzburg (1558-1573)

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 15 April 2018 by Vitold Muratov [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St.Bartholomäus_Kirche.Tauf_Bade.jpg] [accessed 27 March 2023]

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coat of arms - Johann Schwan

Scene Description: one of the two church wardens -- tentative identification based on the "IS" and the swann

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 18 March 2013 by Monandowitsch [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taufstein,_St._Bartholomäus,_Volkach.JPG] [accessed 27 March 2023]

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coat of arms - Volkach

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

design element - architectural - arcade - round arch-heads

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 18 March 2013 by Monandowitsch [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taufstein,_St._Bartholomäus,_Volkach.JPG] [accessed 27 March 2023]

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design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: all around the lower base

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 18 March 2013 by Monandowitsch [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taufstein,_St._Bartholomäus,_Volkach.JPG] [accessed 27 March 2023]

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design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: all around the underbowl

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 15 April 2018 by Vitold Muratov [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St.Bartholomäus_Kirche.Tauf_Bade.jpg] [accessed 27 March 2023]

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design element - motifs - scroll - 8

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 15 April 2018 by Vitold Muratov [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St.Bartholomäus_Kirche.Tauf_Bade.jpg] [accessed 27 March 2023]

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design element - patterns - fluted

Scene Description: all around the stem of the base

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 15 April 2018 by Vitold Muratov [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St.Bartholomäus_Kirche.Tauf_Bade.jpg] [accessed 27 March 2023]

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view of church exterior

Scene Description: Source caption: "Der Bartholomäusmarkt, [folio438v]"

Image Source: digital image 1 October 2013 of an illustration in Niklas Brobst aus Effelt's Volkacher Salbuch [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bartholomäusmarkt.jpg] [accessed 27 March 2023]

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kirche St. Bartholomäus und St. Georg, Kirchgasse 1, Volkach, Saalbau mit polygonalem Chor, Baubeginn des Chores 1413, Langhaus 1472, 1513 Bau des Turmes durch Hans Bock, das Langhaus Mitte 18. Jahrhundert umgestaltet; mit Ausstattung; westlich angebaut profanierte Kapelle St. Nikolaus, 15. Jahrhundert; Ölberg, 16. Jahrhundert; Kruzifix; D-6-75-174-74"

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 27 October 2012 by Monandowitsch [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:D-6-75-174-74_Kirche_St._Bartholomäus_und_St._Georg,_Süden,_Volkach.jpg] [accessed 27 March 2023]

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view of font

Scene Description: the metal lower part of the cover is visible here

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 18 March 2013 by Monandowitsch [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taufstein,_St._Bartholomäus,_Volkach.JPG] [accessed 27 March 2023]

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view of font

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 18 March 2013 by Monandowitsch [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taufstein,_St._Bartholomäus,_Volkach.JPG] [accessed 27 March 2023]

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view of font

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 15 April 2018 by Vitold Muratov [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St.Bartholomäus_Kirche.Tauf_Bade.jpg] [accessed 27 March 2023]

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view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph 15 April 2018 by Vitold Muratov [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St.Bartholomäus_Kirche.Tauf_Bade.jpg] [accessed 27 March 2023]

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view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Taufstein, St. Bartholomäus, Volkach, im Fuß Wappen; am Beckenrand Reliefs; 1559."

Image Source: digital photograph 18 March 2013 by Monandowitsch [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taufstein,_St._Bartholomäus,_Volkach.JPG] [accessed 27 March 2023]

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view of font and cover in context - west side

Scene Description: Source caption: "Volkach, Kirchgasse 1, Pfarrkirche"

Image Source: digital photograph 11 November 2017 by Tilman2007 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirchgasse_1,_Pfarrkirche_Volkach_20171111_006.jpg] [accessed 27 March 2023]

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view of font cover - finial

Scene Description: Source caption: "Figurengruppe, St. Bartholomäus, Volkach, Holz, um 1750."

Image Source: digital photograph 18 March 2013 by Monandowitsch [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Figurengruppe,_St._Bartholomäus,_Volkach.JPG] [accessed 27 March 2023]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 24638VOL

Church/Chapel: Römisch-katholische Pfarrkirche St. Bartholomäus und St. Georg

Church Patron Saints: St. Bartholomew & St. George

Church Location: Kirchgasse 1, 97332 Volkach, Germany

Country Name: Germany

Location: Kitzingen, Bayern

Directions to Site: Located off (E) St2260, on the E bank of the Main river, about 20 km N of Kitzingen

Date: 1559

Century and Period: 16th century(mid), Late Gothic

Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this object to our attention and for his help in documenting it

Church Notes: chapel [not parochial] dedicated to St George documented 12thC; became parochial 14thC; re-building started 1413; completed 1468 with additional dedication to St Bartholomew; modified, renovated and restored since;

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

The entry for this church in Wikipedia [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Bartholomäus_und_St._Georg_(Volkach)] [accessed 27 March 2023] reports a baptismal font bearing in its base the coats of arms of Prince Bishop Friedrich von Wirsberg, those of the town of Volkach and of the church wardens Johann Schwan and Cunz Rücker; also on the font is a scene of the Baptism of Chirst and figures of St Mary, the Resurrection and the Twelve Apostles; the Baroque cover, of 1750, has a Baptism of Christ scene as well: "Der Taufstein von 1559 weist im Sockel die Wappen Fürstbischofs Friedrich von Wirsberg , der Stadt Volkach und der Gotteshauspfleger Johann Schwan und Cunz Rücker auf. Mehrere Reliefs zeigen die Taufe Christi , seine Mutter Maria , den auferstandenen Welterlöser und die die Zwölf Apostel. Eine Figurengruppe aus Holz stellt die Taufe Christi dar. Sie wurde wohl um das Jahr 1750 für die barocke Erneuerung der Kirche geschaffen." [NB: not clear whether the whole cover is from 1750, or just the sculptured finial]. The side panels of the basin have pairs of round arch-heads without the centre supports; one panels is wholly taken over by the Baptism of Christ scene; the next panel to the right has the Coronation of Mary in Heaven; the two panels to the left of the Baptism of Christ have James the Greater in pilgrim garb (left) and Jude holding a staff (right); in the panel right of that one (left of the Baptism of Christ), are James the Less with a book and his saw (left) and Philip holding a halbard or spear (right);

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.865221, 10.226216

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 51′ 54.8″ N, 10° 13′ 34.38″ E

UTM: 32U 588124 5524367

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numbers

Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

Inscription Location: [cf. FontNotes]

Inscription Text: "1559"

Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]

LID INFORMATION

Date: 1750

Material: metal and stone,

Apparatus: no

Notes: metal low-dome base with stone figural finial