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coat of arms - unidentified

Image Source: digital photograph in Die evangelische Kirche Sandlofs [https://www.queck-evangelisch.de/kirchenundgebaeude/kirchesandlofs/index.html] [accessed 3 December 2023]

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design element - patterns - loop

Scene Description: multiple linked loops all around

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inscription

Scene Description: the date '1597' split between two of the loopsinside two of the loops

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view of church exterior

Scene Description: Source caption: "Evangelische Kirche in Sandlofs / Schlitz"

Image Source: digital photograph 27 July 2012 by UuMUfQ [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirche_Sandlofs_Schlitz.png] [accessed 3 December 2023]

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view of font

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INFORMATION

FontID: 25119SAN

Church/Chapel: Evangelische Kirche Sandlofs

Church Location: Kirchweg 1, 36110 Schlitz, Germany -- Tel.: +49 6642 275

Country Name: Germany

Location: Vogelsberg, Hesse

Directions to Site: Located off (W) the L3169 [aka Hutzdorfer Str.], on the E bank of the Fulda river, in the municipality and 4-5 km NE of Schlitz, about 20 km NNW of Fulda

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave

Date: 1597

Century and Period: 16th century(late),

Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for his help in documenting this font

Church Notes: 13thC tower; much modified since

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

The baptismal font in this church is noted and Illustrated in Die evangelische Kirche Sandlofs [https://www.queck-evangelisch.de/kirchenundgebaeude/kirchesandlofs/index.html] [accessed 3 December 2023]; it consists of a basin that is polygonal [octagonal?] at the top, with a rounded underbowl decorated with loop motifs all around; one of the loops contains a heraldic device; the other two, to the left and right of that one, contain the date 1597 between the two [i.e., 15 / 97]; the short stem has niches all around; the lower base is octagonal, with grading mouldings on splaying steps, and may be of a later date than the basin.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.695888, 9.596126

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 41′ 45.2″ N, 9° 35′ 46.06″ E

UTM: 32U 542103 5616177

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone?

Font Shape: polygonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numerals

Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

Inscription Location: painted on the side of the basin

Inscription Text: "15 / 97"

Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]