Herbstein
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view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "Catholic Church (St. Jakobus/James the Great) (detail) in Herbstein, Herbstein, Hessen, Germany"
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Image Source: digital photograph 3 October 2014 by UuMUfQ [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Herbstein_Herbstein_Catholic_Church_Baptismal_Font_i.png] [accessed 12 November 2023]
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inscription - detail
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Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. James the Great - wearing pilgrim garb
Scene Description: on the left the angel holding Christ garments, part of the scene of the Baptism of Christ in the Jordan
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inscription
Scene Description: "AB" on the left column, for Andreas Huber [cf. FontNotes]
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design element - motifs - foliage
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New Testament - Public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - in the Jordan - angel holding clothes
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Herbstein, Kirchplatz, Kath. Kirche St. Jakobus"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tilman2007, 2016
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 20 October 2016 by Tilman2007 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Herbstein,_Kirchplatz,_Kath._Kirche_St._Jakobus-20161020-003.jpg] [accessed 12 November 2023]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Herbstein, Kirchplatz, Kath. Kirche St. Jakobus, Innenraum"
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design element - motifs - foliage
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Image Source: digital photograph 3 October 2014 by UuMUfQ [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Herbstein_Herbstein_Catholic_Church_Baptismal_Font_i.png] [accessed 12 November 2023]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Der schöne Taufstein der spätgotischen Kirche St. Jakobus stammt aus der späten Renaissance (von 1580). Er wurde als Werk des Kasseler Bildhauers Andreas Huber erschaffen."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hotel-Zentrale.de, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph in Hotel-Zentrale.de [https://www.hotel-zentrale.de/fotos/494-Herbstein/3841-Taufstein-Kirche-St-JakobusJPG] [accessed 12 November 2023]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 25057HER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1580
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(late), Renaissance
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Andreas Huber
Church / Chapel Name: Römisch-katholische Pfarrkirche St. Jakobus und Johannes der Täufer
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James & St. John the Baptist
Church Notes: late-14thC church; modified 1682, 1727 and 1959-1960
Church Address: Kirchpl. 4, 36358 Herbstein, Germany -- Tel.: +49 6643 234
Site Location: Vogelsberg, Hesse, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the Bd275 [aka Hessenstr.], about 25 km W of Fulda
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Mainz
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the late-14thC here)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font noted and illustrated in Hotel-Zentrale.de [https://www.hotel-zentrale.de/fotos/494-Herbstein/3841-Taufstein-Kirche-St-JakobusJPG] [accessed 12 November 2023]: "Der schöne Taufstein der spätgotischen Kirche St. Jakobus stammt aus der späten Renaissance (von 1580). Er wurde als Werk des Kasseler Bildhauers Andreas Huber erschaffen." Beaker-shaped baptismal font of stone consisting of a round basin bearing a Latin inscription all around below the rim; on the sides is a scene of the Baptism of Christ, the Apostle James the Greater in pilgrim garb between two columns, one of which has a cluster of the letters AB, for the artist Andreas Hubert, the Kassel artist who made the font, large foliage motifs, etc.; raised on a round to square base with foliage decoration below a large roll moulding. Low dome metal cover locked to anchorings on the upper rim.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 524548 5601221
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.562395, 9.346588
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 33′ 44.62″ N, 9° 20′ 47.72″ E
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: on the basin, below the upper rim
Inscription Text: 1) "[...] DE COELIS DICENS - HIC EST FILIVS [...]"
2) "AB" [for Andreas Huber]
Inscription Notes: the date 1580 may be part of it [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. ImagesArea]