Romrod

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angel - cherub - head

Scene Description: wings folded, seen here on the left

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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design element - patterns

Scene Description: on the broader centre of the baluster-type base

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design element - patterns - ribbed

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design element or symbol - unidentified

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Vogelsberg - Romrod - ev. Kirche"

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view of font

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INFORMATION

FontID: 24711ROM
Church/Chapel: Evangelische Schlosskirche Romrod
Church Location: Schlosskirche, Am Schloss, 36329 Romrod, Germany -- Tel.: +49 6636 918277
Country Name: Germany
Location: Vogelsberg, Hesse
Directions to Site: Located off road 49, E of Bd5, SW of Alsfeld
Century and Period: 17th century(late?), Renaissance
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: castle built 12thC; castle church 17thC
The entry for this church in the Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschurz [https://www.denkmalschutz.de/denkmal/schlosskirche-romrod.html] [accessed 1 April 2023] notes a baptismal font of the same period as the church itself: " Im Ortskern, in unmittelbarer Nähe zum Schloss, wurde zwischen 1676 -1680 die Schlosskirche gebaut [...] der Taufstein stammen aus der Bauzeit". The stone font consists of a polygonal [hexagonal?] basin decorated with round mouldings and a ribbed patterns with cherubs and other motifs on it; raised on a round baluster-type pedestal base with mouldings.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 42' 52.5" N, 9° 13' 22.6" E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: polygonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal