Holohlavy No. 1

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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kostel sv. Jana Křtitele v Holohlavech"
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Image Source: digital photograph 29 April 2014 by Addvisor [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Church_of_Saint_John_the_Baptist_(Holohlavy)_01.JPG] [accessed 26 September 2023]
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view of church exterior - west porch
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kostel sv. Jana Křtitele v Holohlavech" -- showing the old font by the porch door
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Image Source: digital photograph 29 April 2014 by Addvisor [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Church_of_Saint_John_the_Baptist_(Holohlavy)_04.JPG] [accessed 26 September 2023]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: showing the metal font and its cover at the far [east] end of the nave, left [north] side
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Image Source: digital photograph in the Oficiální stránky obce Holohlavy [https://www.holohlavy.cz/obec/holohlavske-budovy/kostel-sv-jana-krtitele/] [accessed 26 September 2023]
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view of font and cover - upper view
Scene Description: medieval font with late-19thC stone cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Josef Matějka, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph in Josef Matějka's Kamenné křtitelnice v okrese Jaroměřském [http://www.smirice.eu/okoli/krtitel/krtitel.htm] [accessed 26 September 2023]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: medieval font with late-19thC stone cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Josef Matějka, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph in Josef Matějka's Kamenné křtitelnice v okrese Jaroměřském [http://www.smirice.eu/okoli/krtitel/krtitel.htm] [accessed 26 September 2023]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: medieval font with late-19thC stone cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Josef Matějka, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph in Josef Matějka's Kamenné křtitelnice v okrese Jaroměřském [http://www.smirice.eu/okoli/krtitel/krtitel.htm] [accessed 26 September 2023]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24944HOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Kostel sv. Jana Křtitele v Holohlavech [Church of St. John the Baptist]
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: Dlouhá 5/5, 503 03 Holohlavy-Smiřice, Czech Republic
Country Name: Czech Republic
Location: Královéhradecký, Hradec Králové
Directions to Site: Located off (E) road 33, E of highway E67, 1 km N of Smiřice, on the W bank of the Elbe river, about 12 km NNE of Hradec Králové
Ecclesiastic Region: Hradec Králové diecéze
Font Location in Church: Outside the church, by the W porch
Century and Period: 14th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
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: church documented 1357; re-built 1584; modified 18thC; re-built mid-20thC
Font Notes:
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Josef Matějka's Kamenné křtitelnice v okrese Jaroměřském [http://www.smirice.eu/okoli/krtitel/krtitel.htm] [accessed 26 September 2023] reports on an 1880 report by Alois Nývlt, dean and episcopal vicar secretary, in which he describes a large stone font standing outside the west entranceway to the church; he writes that the font must have existed before the metal one was installed inside the church in 1552, perhaps, he muses, since the beginning of Christianity in the area; dean Nývlt further states that he had a stone cover made for the font in 1880. The measurements of the font are included in Matějka's article ["Paměti děkana Nývlta: „Kdo vchází hlavními dveřmi do chrámu, spatří tu na levé straně u venkovní zdi velkou 9 křtitelnici z hrubého kamene, v podobě kalicha, o které se dá souditi, že před rokem 1552, kdy nynější cínová křtitelnice do kostela přišla, stála v chrámu Páně snad od prvopočátku křesťanství ve zdejší krajině. Po staletí byla bez víka, dešti, sněhu a všem nepohodám povětrnosti vystavena, až jsem ji v roce 1880 kamenným víkem přikrýti dal. Alois Nývlt, děkan a biskupský vikářský tajemník“ Celková výška s víkem je 95 cm, původní křtitelnice má jen 62 cm, kalich začíná ve výšce 28 cm, obvod nohy je 170 cm, kalich má obvod 254 cm."] [NB: despited the dean's claims to the possible age of the font, the church itself is documented in 1357, there fore it is quite likely that the font belonged to that church -- the stone lid installed on the font in 1880 is very large and heavy, its purpose obviously to protect the basin, not to be lifted on and off].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.308, 15.8642
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 18′ 28.8″ N, 15° 51′ 51.12″ E
UTM: 33U 561538 5573234
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 80.85 cm* [calculated]
Basin Total Height: 34 cm*
Height of Base: 28 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 62 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [cf. FontNotes] -- 95 cm* tall w/modern lid included
LID INFORMATION
Date: 1880
Material: stone
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]