Prague No. 1 / Prag / Praga / Praha

Results: 18 records

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Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Peter - holding 1 key

Scene Description: of the five windows visible in this image, the second from the left appears to be Peter with holding a large key at shoulde height

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 3 December 2013 in MonStranz [http://www.monstranz.org/21-krtitelnice-sv.stepan.html] [accessed 24 September 2023]

animal - unidentified - leg - 3

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 3 December 2013 in MonStranz [http://www.monstranz.org/21-krtitelnice-sv.stepan.html] [accessed 24 September 2023]

design element - architectural - arch - trefoiled - pinnacled and crocketed

Scene Description: above the little windows with figures in them

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 3 December 2013 in MonStranz [http://www.monstranz.org/21-krtitelnice-sv.stepan.html] [accessed 24 September 2023]

design element - motifs - handle - 3

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 3 December 2013 in MonStranz [http://www.monstranz.org/21-krtitelnice-sv.stepan.html] [accessed 24 September 2023]

design element - motifs - roll moulding

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 3 December 2013 in MonStranz [http://www.monstranz.org/21-krtitelnice-sv.stepan.html] [accessed 24 September 2023]

design element - motifs - unidentified

Scene Description: a cusped frame on something/someone not identified between the bands of inscription -- the photograph is dated May 2009, so probably before the restoration

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 3 December 2013 in MonStranz [http://www.monstranz.org/21-krtitelnice-sv.stepan.html] [accessed 24 September 2023]

human figure - in a window

Scene Description: some may be apostles or saints, perhaps Christ and Mary, as well

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 3 December 2013 in MonStranz [http://www.monstranz.org/21-krtitelnice-sv.stepan.html] [accessed 24 September 2023]

human figure - male - head - bearded

Scene Description: one of the two original anchorings for the font cover -- the photograph is dated May 2009, so probably before the restoration

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 18 May 2009 in MonStranz [http://www.monstranz.org/21-krtitelnice-sv.stepan.html] [accessed 24 September 2023]

human figure - male - head - bearded - holding animal head - 3

Image Source: digital photograph 3 December 2013 in MonStranz [http://www.monstranz.org/21-krtitelnice-sv.stepan.html] [accessed 24 September 2023]

inscription - partial

Scene Description: on the left side of the lower band the Roman numerals "mccccl" are discernible, probably the date of the font, 1450

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 3 December 2013 in MonStranz [http://www.monstranz.org/21-krtitelnice-sv.stepan.html] [accessed 24 September 2023]

view of base

Scene Description: the reinforcement ties between the three legs was probably part of the restoration-- the photograph is dated December 2013, so probably after the restoration

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 3 December 2013 in MonStranz [http://www.monstranz.org/21-krtitelnice-sv.stepan.html] [accessed 24 September 2023]

view of base - detail

view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kostel svatého Štěpána"

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 26 December 2019 by Роман Курносенко [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kostel_svatého_Štěpána.jpg] [accessed 24 September 2023]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kostel svatého Štěpána"

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 26 December 2019 by Роман Курносенко [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kostel_svatého_Štěpána20.jpg] [accessed 24 September 2023]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of font and cover

Scene Description: the photograph is dated December 2013, so probably soon after the restoration and taken in the restoration workshop

Image Source: digital photograph 3 December 2013 in MonStranz [http://www.monstranz.org/21-krtitelnice-sv.stepan.html] [accessed 24 September 2023]

Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

view of font and cover

Scene Description: the photograph is dated May 2009, so probably before the restoration

Image Source: digital photograph 18 May 2009 in MonStranz [http://www.monstranz.org/21-krtitelnice-sv.stepan.html] [accessed 24 September 2023]

view of font cover

Scene Description: the handles on it may have been replaced in the restoration

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 3 December 2013 in MonStranz [http://www.monstranz.org/21-krtitelnice-sv.stepan.html] [accessed 24 September 2023]

Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

view of font cover - detail

Scene Description: the handles on it may have been replaced in the restoration; the cover has an inscription as well

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 3 December 2013 in MonStranz [http://www.monstranz.org/21-krtitelnice-sv.stepan.html] [accessed 24 September 2023]

INFORMATION

FontID: 24940PRA

Church/Chapel: Kostel svatého Štěpána

Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen

Church Location: Štěpánská / Na Rybníčku 536/6, 120 00 Nové Město, Czech Republic

Country Name: Czech Republic

Location: Prague

Directions to Site: Located off (W) highway 65, on the E bank of the Vltava river -- the church itself is located in Prague's upper Nové Město, between Jenča (N) and Zitna (S)

Historical Region: Bohemia / Austria-Hungary / Czechoslovakia

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Date: 1450?

Century and Period: 15th century (mid?), Late Gothic

Church Notes: late-14thC parish church for the upper New Town; started 1351, completed 1401; modified several time 15th-19thC;

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Bell-shaped baptismal font made of pewter ["Cínová křtitelnice"] illustrated in MonStranz [http://www.monstranz.org/21-krtitelnice-sv.stepan.html] [accessed 24 September 2023]; the basin has two bands of inscription below the upper rim; on the rim itself are two anchoring spots, one of the them a human head, for the font cover; on the sides of the basin is a series of Gothic arch-heads with windows, each with a figure in it; also on the sides are attached hadles to carry the font around; attached to the lower sides of the vasin are three animal legs, the upper end of which has a bearded human head holding an animal head; a modern reinforcement has a been added between the legs for reinforcement. The cover, also of metal, is a low moulded dome with handles; the finial is a figure of Christ holding a processional cross.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.076361, 14.424889

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 4′ 34.9″ N, 14° 25′ 29.6″ E

UTM: 33U 458849 5547279

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin

Inscription Notes: the lower band gives a date in Roman numerals

Inscription Location: in two bands around the basin, below the upper rim

Inscription Text: "[...] mccccl [...]"

Inscription Source: [sf. ImagesArea]

LID INFORMATION

Date: 19th century?

Material: metal,

Apparatus: no

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]