Palenberg in Übach-Palenberg No. 2
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Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
INFORMATION
Font ID: 24904PAL
Object Type: Stoup?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Katholische Sankt Petruskapelle in Palenberg [aka Karlskapelle]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: Frankenstraße 1, 52531 Übach-Palenberg, Germany
Site Location: Heinsberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located E of Bd57, about 20 km N of Aachen, just E of the border with the Netherlands
Font Notes:
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A ancient holy-water stoup or font of stone and an uknown date ["Tauf- oder (wohl eher) Weihwasserbecken unbekannten Datums, aber erz-archaisch"] is noted and illustrated in Ad Tiliam [http://adtiliam.blogspot.com/2019/07/st-peter-kapelle-ubach-palenberg.html] [accessed 31 August 2023]; the object is a roughly hemispherical basin with an inscribed upper rim [transcription not available], otherwise plain; mounted on a modern metal tripod.
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.92532, 6.09881
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 55′ 31.17″ N, 6° 5′ 55.71″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Location: on the upper rim
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]