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Apostle or saint - Evangelists - symbol - 4 - in Ogee spandrels
Scene Description: two of them seen here, one on each side of the inscription spandrel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kirchgemeinde Sigriswil, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph Kirchgemeinde Sigriswil [https://www.kirchgemeindesigriswil.ch/index.php/der-taufstein/] [accessed 21 October 2023]
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coat of arms
Scene Description: one such in the centre of the image [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kirchgemeinde Sigriswil, 2021
Image Source: screen capture of 2 May 2021 video in the Kirchgemeinde Sigriswil [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeoLpO8gdz0] [accessed 21 October 2023]
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design element - architectural - arch-head - trefoiled - 8
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kirchgemeinde Sigriswil, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph Kirchgemeinde Sigriswil [https://www.kirchgemeindesigriswil.ch/index.php/der-taufstein/] [accessed 21 October 2023]
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design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: at the lower tips on the arch-heads, all around
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kirchgemeinde Sigriswil, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph Kirchgemeinde Sigriswil [https://www.kirchgemeindesigriswil.ch/index.php/der-taufstein/] [accessed 21 October 2023]
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design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kirchgemeinde Sigriswil, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph Kirchgemeinde Sigriswil [https://www.kirchgemeindesigriswil.ch/index.php/der-taufstein/] [accessed 21 October 2023]
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inscription
Scene Description: seen here in the centre of the image, on the scroll behind the shield with the quadruped [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kirchgemeinde Sigriswil, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph Kirchgemeinde Sigriswil [https://www.kirchgemeindesigriswil.ch/index.php/der-taufstein/] [accessed 21 October 2023]
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kirche Sigriswil nach Aussenrenovation 2018"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kirchgemeinderat, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph 30 May 2019 by Kirchgemeinderat [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirche_Sigriswil.jpg] [accessed 21 October 2023]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Das Innere der Kirche geht auf den Neubau von 1679 und auf die Renovation von 1957 zurück. " -- a very Reformed setting of the east end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kirchgemeinde Sigriswil, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph Kirchgemeinde Sigriswil [https://www.kirchgemeindesigriswil.ch/index.php/das-innere-der-kirche/] [accessed 21 October 2023]
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view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "Der Taufstein ist 1506 (MCCCCCVI) datiert und damit das zweitälteste Stück der Innenausstattung der Kirche. Auf den Aussenseiten seiner spätgotischen Kelchform mit dem Blendmasswerk trägt er die Symbole der Evangelisten (Offenbarung 4, 6-8): Matthäus (Mensch), Markus (Löwe), Lukas (Stier) und Johannes (Adler). Dazwischen die Wappen und einer der Namen der vermutlichen Stifter: «Yörg kilchher» (ein Yörg Vest war 1498-1509 Pfarrer in Sigriswil) und Christian Stelli (Klostergeistlicher in Interlaken)."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kirchgemeinde Sigriswil, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph Kirchgemeinde Sigriswil [https://www.kirchgemeindesigriswil.ch/index.php/der-taufstein/] [accessed 21 October 2023]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: between the altar and the east wall
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kirchgemeinde Sigriswil, 2023
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph Kirchgemeinde Sigriswil [https://www.kirchgemeindesigriswil.ch/index.php/das-innere-der-kirche/] [accessed 21 October 2023]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 25000SIG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Reformierte Pfarrkirche St. Gallus
Church Patron Saints: St. Gall [aka Gallech, Gallus, Gilianus]
Church Location: Vikar-Kuhn-Weg 10, 3655 Sigriswil, Switzerland
Country Name: Switzerland
Location: Thun, Bern
Directions to Site: Located on the N shore of the Thunersee across from Spiez, 8-10 km SE of Thun
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel
Date: 1506
Century and Period: 16th century(early), Late 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: original church ca. 1000(?); re-build mid-1thC; re-built 1678-1679; renovated 18th, 19th, 20th and 21stC
Font Notes:
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The parish web site [https://www.kirchgemeindesigriswil.ch/index.php/der-taufstein/] [accessed 21 October 2023] describes and illustrates the baptismal located in the chancel; basin decorated with tracery all around; the upper spandrels contain the symbols of the Four Evangelists alternating with the emblems and/or coats of arms of the presumed donors of the font; raised on an octagonal-to-square pedestal base ["Der Taufstein ist 1506 (MCCCCCVI) datiert und damit das zweitälteste Stück der Innenausstattung der Kirche. Auf den Aussenseiten seiner spätgotischen Kelchform mit dem Blendmasswerk trägt er die Symbole der Evangelisten (Offenbarung 4, 6-8): Matthäus (Mensch), Markus (Löwe), Lukas (Stier) und Johannes (Adler). Dazwischen die Wappen und einer der Namen der vermutlichen Stifter: «Yörg kilchher» (ein Yörg Vest war 1498-1509 Pfarrer in Sigriswil) und Christian Stelli (Klostergeistlicher in Interlaken).] Wooden cover, octagonal and flat, with patterned top [NB: there is frame atop the basin interior to support the usual baptismal dish used in Reformed churches].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 46.716944, 7.711111
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 46° 43′ 1″ N, 7° 42′ 40″ E
UTM: 32T 401496 5174517
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Notes: the date 1506 in Roman numerals and the names of the presumed donors [cf. FontNotes]]
Inscription Location: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Text: "M - CCCCC - UI" [and the names of the presumed donors [cf. FontNotes]]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]