Prague No. 3 / Prag, Praga / Praha
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Apostle or saint - in a niche
Scene Description: a row of, all around; we have no information on them but they may be apostles, saints, etc., as on other fonts of this type
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jana, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph by Jana [[https://www.ourbeautifulprague.com/formerly-it-was-a-backyard-for-chickens-and-pigs-today-the-second-most-important-church-in-czechia/] [accessed 24 September 2023]
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animal - unidentified - leg - 3
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Image Source: digital photograph by Jana [[https://www.ourbeautifulprague.com/formerly-it-was-a-backyard-for-chickens-and-pigs-today-the-second-most-important-church-in-czechia/] [accessed 24 September 2023]
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design element - architectural - arcade - cinquefoiled arches
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Image Source: digital photograph by Jana [[https://www.ourbeautifulprague.com/formerly-it-was-a-backyard-for-chickens-and-pigs-today-the-second-most-important-church-in-czechia/] [accessed 24 September 2023]
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human figure - demi-figure - male - bearded - 3
Scene Description: on the upper end of the legs of the base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jana, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph by Jana [[https://www.ourbeautifulprague.com/formerly-it-was-a-backyard-for-chickens-and-pigs-today-the-second-most-important-church-in-czechia/] [accessed 24 September 2023]
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inscription - partial
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Image Source: digital photograph by Jana [[https://www.ourbeautifulprague.com/formerly-it-was-a-backyard-for-chickens-and-pigs-today-the-second-most-important-church-in-czechia/] [accessed 24 September 2023]
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view of church exterior - north portal
Scene Description: Source caption: "Nordportal der Teynkirche zu Prag."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Petrus Silesius, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph March 2008 by Petrus Silesius [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prag_Teynkirche_Nordportal.jpg] [accessed 24 September 2023]
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view of church exterior - north portal - tympanum
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Øyvind Holmstad, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 3 May 2014 by Øyvind Holmstad [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prague_Praha_2014_Holmstad_sideinngang_til_Tyn-kirken_Side_entrance_Tyn_Church_2.JPG] [accessed 24 September 2023]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "The Church of Our Lady before Týn (in Czech Kostel Matky Boží před Týnem, also Týnský chrám (Týn Church) or just Týn) is a dominant feature of the Old Town of Prague, Czech Republic, and has been the main church of this part of the city since the 14th century. The church's towers are 80 m high and topped by four small spires."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jorge Láscar, 2009
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 8 March 2009 by Jorge Láscar [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lascar_Tympanum_and_archivolts_adorn_one_of_the_entrances_-_Týn_Church_(4504569824).jpg
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view of church exterior in context - west view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Altstaedter Ring-Teynkirche" -- the entrance to the church is through the portal of the building before it.
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gerd Eichmann, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph 27 May 2008 by Gerd Eichmann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prag-4480-Altstaedter_Ring-Teynkirche-2008-gje.jpg] [accessed 24 September 2023]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Innenraum der Teynkirche (tschechisch Kostel Matky Boží před Týnem oder Týnský chrám) in der Altstadt von Prag, Tschechien"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Uoaei1, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 29 April 2017 by Uoaei1 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Praha_Týn_Church_Interior_02.jpg] [accessed 24 September 2023]
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view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jana, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph by Jana [[https://www.ourbeautifulprague.com/formerly-it-was-a-backyard-for-chickens-and-pigs-today-the-second-most-important-church-in-czechia/] [accessed 24 September 2023]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24943PRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Kostel Matky Boží před Týnem [aka Týnský chrám] / Teynkirche
Church Location: Old Town, 110 00 Prague 1, 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 near Prague's old town square, on the S bank of the Vltava river, across from Letna
Ecclesiastic Region: Arcidiecéze pražská
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the Stabat Mater chapel
Date: 1414
Century and Period: 15th century (early), Gothic
Church Notes: first church, documented ca. 1135, may have been a wooden chapel in the foreign merchants' court; a later re-building was in the present location, towards Štupartská Street; re-built in the 13th-14thC;
Font Notes:
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The present font here is noted and illustrated in Jana's Formerly, It Was a Backyard for Chickens and Pigs; Today, the Second Most Important Church in Czechia, 2022 [https://www.ourbeautifulprague.com/formerly-it-was-a-backyard-for-chickens-and-pigs-today-the-second-most-important-church-in-czechia/] [accessed 24 September 2023]: a metal font made of tin in 1414, the neo-Gothic cover in 1846. The basin, as indicated above, very much resembling an inverted bell, the sides decorated with cinquefoil arches below which are windows with figures in them, probably apostles, saints, etc.; it bears a running inscription below the upper rim; the base consisting on three animal legs with an upper end a bust of a bearded man; the legs are now reinforced with ties, and the whole stands on a marble plinth. The font cover is round, of low-dome shape, with a tall finial of Christ holding a processional cross; it too has an inscription on it. The font is of a design not uncommon in the area, and there are other such fonts in Poland as well [e.g.: Gdansk Katarzyny].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.08771, 14.4227
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 5′ 15.76″ N, 14° 25′ 21.72″ E
UTM: 33U 458702 5548542
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal, tin
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Location: on the side of the basin; also on the 19thC font cover
LID INFORMATION
Date: 1846
Material: metal
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]