Regensburg No. 4 / Radasbona / Ratisbona / Ratisbonne
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design element - patterns - ribbed
Scene Description: all around
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human figure - bust
Scene Description: several, below the inscribed upper rim, alternating with human heads
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human figure - head
Scene Description: several, below the inscribed upper rim, alternating with human busts
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inscription - partial
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
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inscription - partial
![[cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1230706048_compressed.png)
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symbol - varied
Scene Description: stars, crosses, etc. [cf. FontNotes]
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view of basin
Scene Description: Source caption: "Stiftskirche des ehemaligen Damenstiftes Niedermünster in Regensburg im Regierungsbezirk Oberpfalz (Bayern/Deutschland), Taufbecken aus Bronze, um 1300"
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view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "Stiftskirche des ehemaligen Damenstiftes Niedermünster in Regensburg im Regierungsbezirk Oberpfalz (Bayern/Deutschland), Taufbecken aus Bronze, um 1300"
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24740REG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Niedermünsterkirche / Katholische Dompfarrkirche Maria Immaculata / Reichsstift Niedermünster
Church Patron Saints: The Immaculate Conception of St. Mary
Church Location: Niedermünstergasse 6, 93047 Regensburg, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Regensburg, Bayern
Directions to Site: Located at the confluence of roads 3 and 93, on the S bank of the Danube, 60-70 km SE of Nuremberg, about 90 km NNE of Munich. The abbey is located a little N of Alter Kornmarkt and near the cathedral, in the Innenstadt
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1300?
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
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: collegiate church built for an existing female convent here ca. 800; a second convent church built in the 10thC; as many as four different churches may have existed on this site before the present one; became imperial abbey [Reichsabtei Niedermünster] in the 11thC; re-built 1152 after a fire; modified in the Baroque style 17thC; abbey secularised 1802/1803; abbey church became parochial [Dompfarrkirche] in 1821/1824
Font Notes:
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One of two medieval baptismal fonts in this church, this one consisting of a cauldron-shaped bronze basin raised on a broad cylindrical stone base; the pronounced flat moulding around the upper rim of the basin has an inscription all around, with middle dots, stars and potent Greek crosses as spacers; below this rim is a number of human busts and heads, all around; the bulging sides and underbowl are decorated with a ribbed pattern; there are two metal anchorings on the upper rim for a cover, but there is no cover present; the base has a moulding at the upper end but is otherwise plain. [cf. BSI entry for Regensburg No. 3 for the other medieval font in this church].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.019521, 12.100789
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 1′ 10.28″ N, 12° 6′ 2.84″ E
UTM: 33U 288040 5433676
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal (basin only) -- stone (base only), bronze (basin only)
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: around the sides of the upper rim of the basin
Inscription Source: [cf. ImagesArea]
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]