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Image copyright © Frank Vincentz, 2010
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: Source caption: "Pfarrkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt, Hauptstraße in Engen, Taufstein von 1618"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Frank Vincentz, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph 16 September 2010 by Frank Vincentz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Engen_-_Hauptstraße_-_Mariä_Himmelfahrt_in_09_ies.jpg] [accessed 4 December 2023]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 9 June 2023 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 3 December 2023)
design element - patterns - fluted
Scene Description: all around
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 9 June 2023 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 3 December 2023)
view of church exterior - west portal - south side - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Katholische Pfarrkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt in Engen im Landkreis Konstanz (Baden-Württemberg/Deutschland), romanisches Hauptportal"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph 30 July 2015 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Engen_Mariä_Himmelfahrt_Portal_129.jpg] [accessed 4 December 2023]
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view of church exterior - west portal - north side - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Katholische Pfarrkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt in Engen im Landkreis Konstanz (Baden-Württemberg/Deutschland), romanisches Hauptportal"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph 30 July 2015 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Engen_Mariä_Himmelfahrt_Portal_128.jpg] [accessed 4 December 2023]
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view of church exterior - west portal - tympanum
Scene Description: Source caption: "Katholische Pfarrkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt in Engen im Landkreis Konstanz (Baden-Württemberg/Deutschland), romanisches Hauptportal, Tympanum mit Kreuzigungsgruppe"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph 30 July 2015 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Engen_Mariä_Himmelfahrt_Portal_130.jpg] [accessed 4 December 2023]
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view of church exterior - west portal
Scene Description: Source caption: "Exterior of Mariä Himmelfahrt (Engen) Portale"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Moleskine, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 15 May 2022 by Moleskine [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Exterior_of_Mariä_Himmelfahrt_(Engen)_Portale.jpg] [accessed 4 December 2023]
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view of church exterior in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 9 June 2023 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 3 December 2023)
view of church exterior in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 9 June 2023 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 3 December 2023)
view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Pfarrkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt, Hauptstraße in Engen"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Frank Vincentz, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph 16 September 2010 by Frank Vincentz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Engen_-_Hauptstraße_-_Mariä_Himmelfahrt_in_01_ies.jpg] [accessed 4 December 2023]
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view of church interior - chancel and east end
Scene Description: showing the baptismal font in the bottom-right corner of the image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 9 June 2023 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 3 December 2023)
view of font cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Frank Vincentz, 2010
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 16 September 2010 by Frank Vincentz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Engen_-_Hauptstraße_-_Mariä_Himmelfahrt_in_09_ies.jpg] [accessed 4 December 2023]
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symbol - shield - coat of arms - 2 - unidentified
Scene Description: tiles applied to the base of the font, at the front
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Frank Vincentz, 2010
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 16 September 2010 by Frank Vincentz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Engen_-_Hauptstraße_-_Mariä_Himmelfahrt_in_09_ies.jpg] [accessed 4 December 2023]
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design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 9 June 2023 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 3 December 2023)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 25122ENG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1618
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(early), Renaissance? / Classical?
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Römisch-katholische Stadtpfarrkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Notes: early-13thC church; west portal has 1240 tympanum; church re-built 1442-1496; modified 17th, 18th and 19thC; renovated 2011-2012
Church Address: Hauptstraße 1, 78234 Engen, Germany
Site Location: Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located SW of the Bd491, 35-40 km NW of Konstanz
Ecclesiastic Region: Diözese Freiburg
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in the Erzdiözese Freiburg, Seelsorgeeinheit Oberer Hegau [https://www.kath-oberer-hegau.de/unsere-seelsorgeeinheit/engen/baufoerderverein-stadtkirche-engen/zur-geschichte-unserer-kirche/] [accessed 4 December 2023] reports a baptismal font of 1618 in it ["das Taufbecken von 1618"]. The font is chalice-shaped, consisting of an octagonal basin with a tapering rounded underbowl with a fluted pattern all around; octagonal base with a large square section at the centre-ring position with applied tiles bearing shields with coats of arms; splaying octagonal lower base. Octagonal dome of painted metal cover with ball finial/handle.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 482909 5299955
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.852713, 8.771536
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 51′ 9.77″ N, 8° 46′ 17.53″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material: metal
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]