Sproda / Spröda

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design element - patterns - ball-in-socket

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Image Source: digital photograph in Stiftung KIBA [https://www.stiftung-kiba.de/kirchen/dorfkirche-sproeda] [accessed 3 August 2023]

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design element - patterns - crenellated

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inscription

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inscription

Scene Description: the donor?

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inscription - detail

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Church Spröda 2014"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dan Kollmann, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph 9 August 2014 by Dan Kollmann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirche_Spröda_2014.jpg] [accessed 3 August 2023]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: showing partially the baptismal font at the far [east] end, to the left [north] of the altar

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view of font - west side

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view of font and baptismal dish

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andreas Bechert, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph 1 June 2016 by Andreas Bechert, provided by Pol Herman

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INFORMATION

FontID: 24851SPR
Church/Chapel: Ev. Pfarrkirche Spröda
Church Location: Kreuzweg 8, Spröda, 04509 Delitzsch, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Nordsachsen, Sachsen
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the Bd183a, in the municipality and 8 km ENE NE of Delitzsch, 31 km N of Leipzig
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel, N side
Date: 1584
Century and Period: 16th century(late), Baroque
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: present church 1736, probably on the site of an earlier building incorporating some of its old elements
Illustrated in Stiftung KIBA [https://www.stiftung-kiba.de/kirchen/dorfkirche-sproeda] [accessed 3 August 2023]. Noted as a baptismal font made of sandstone in Architektur-Blicklicht [https://www.architektur-blicklicht.de/kirchen/sproeda-kirche-delitzsch-nordsachsen/] [accessed 3 August 2023]. The font consists of a roughly hemispherical basin bearing an inscription all around the sides, with a crenellated pattern below, and a ball-in-socket pattern around the underbowl; The round pedestal is baluster-shaped with geometric decorations; a cartouche at the bottom has an inscription with a pastor's name, presumably the donor; several parts of the font are painted. No cover present

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.542941, 12.425077
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 32′ 34.59″ N, 12° 25′ 30.28″ E
UTM: 33U 321449 5713348

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: German
Inscription Location: 1) basin sides 2) top of the pedestal base 3) bottom of the pedestal base
Inscription Text: 1) "IVNGERN, GEHET HIN IN ALLE [?] / DESVATERS V: DES SONS v: DES HEI[?]" 2) "1584" 3) "MATTAEVS / KEMLINVS / PASTOR."
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