Sprotta

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design element - motifs - moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ev. Pfarrbereicht Sprotta / EKM, 2023

Image Source: digital photograph in the Ev. Pfarrbereicht Sprotta / EKM [https://www.pfarrbereich-sprotta.de/kirchen/pristäblich.html] [accessed 3 December 2023]

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design element - patterns - ribbed - concave - diagonal ribs

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ev. Pfarrbereicht Sprotta / EKM, 2023

Image Source: digital photograph in the Ev. Pfarrbereicht Sprotta / EKM [https://www.pfarrbereich-sprotta.de/kirchen/pristäblich.html] [accessed 3 December 2023]

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design element - patterns - tracery

Scene Description: all around the basin sides and underbowl

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ev. Pfarrbereicht Sprotta / EKM, 2023

Image Source: digital photograph in the Ev. Pfarrbereicht Sprotta / EKM [https://www.pfarrbereich-sprotta.de/kirchen/pristäblich.html] [accessed 3 December 2023]

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kirche, Battauner Weg 19 in Doberschütz OT Sprotta "

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Radler59, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph 18 April 2018 by Radler59 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sprotta_Kirche.jpg] [accessed 3 December 2023]

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view of church interior - baptismal dish

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ev. Pfarrbereicht Sprotta / EKM, 2023

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: showing te baptismal font on the left, close to the entranceway

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ev. Pfarrbereicht Sprotta / EKM, 2023

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view of font and baptismal dish

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ev. Pfarrbereicht Sprotta / EKM, 2023

Image Source: digital photograph in the Ev. Pfarrbereicht Sprotta / EKM [https://www.pfarrbereich-sprotta.de/kirchen/pristäblich.html] [accessed 3 December 2023]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 25120SPR
Church/Chapel: Evangelische Pfarrkirche Sprotta
Church Location: Battauner Weg 19, 04838 Doberschütz, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Nordsachsen, Sachsen
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the K7421, in the municipality and 4-5 km WSW of Doberschütz, 30-35 km NE of Leipzig
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, NE corner of the nave
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for his help in documenting this font
Church Notes: modified 1688-1692;
Noted and illustrated in the Ev. Pfarrbereicht Sprotta / EKM [https://www.pfarrbereich-sprotta.de/kirchen/pristäblich.html] [accessed 3 December 2023]: a late-Gothic baptismal font located now near the altar; it is made of sandstone and consists of a a roughly-hemispherical basin deorated with a tracery pattern; raised on a pedestal base with a diagonal concave ribbing pattern; the lower base is round and plain. No cover present but uses a metal(?) baptismal dish ["Der spätgotische Taufstein aus Sandstein steht seitlich vor dem Altar. Sein Schaft ist mit großen flachen gewundenen Caneluren versehen. Die Kuppa ist halbkugelig, sich nach oben verengend und von einem sternförmigen Blendenmaßwerk umsponnen"]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.48881, 12.69883
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 29′ 19.72″ N, 12° 41′ 55.79″ E
UTM: 33U 340240 5706696

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round