Sorg No. 2 / Sörg
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Scene Description: holy-water stoup in the porch, made from Gothic spolia ["In der Vorhalle befindet sich ein steinerner Opfertisch und ein Weihwasserbecken aus gotischen Spolien"] [cf. FontNotes]
INFORMATION
FontID: 25312SOR
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Römisch-katholische Pfarrkirche hl. Martin in Sörg
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: Sörg 12, 9556 Sörg, Austria
Country Name: Austria
Location: Kärnten
Directions to Site: Located off the L93a [aka Sörg], 14-15 km N of Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
Ecclesiastic Region: Diözese Gurk-Klagenfurt
Font Location in Church: In the porch
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: Late-Gothic [composite
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are gratefult to Pol Herman for bringing this stoup to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: 15th-16thC church with a detached tower-chancel ["Chorturm"] from an early-13thC Romanesque building
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in the Austrian Wikipedia [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfarrkirche_Sörg] [accessed 5 February 2024] mentions a holy-water stoup in the porch, made from Gothic spolia ["In der Vorhalle befindet sich ein steinerner Opfertisch und ein Weihwasserbecken aus gotischen Spolien"], as well as a late-Gothic baptismal font inside the church ["Der Taufstein ist spätgotisch"]. The object appears rectangular, with decorated sides; stands directly on the ground.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 46.762986, 14.275947
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 46° 45′ 46.75″ N, 14° 16′ 33.41″ E
UTM: 33T 444711 5179081
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: rectangular (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular