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design element - motifs - rope moulding

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sacrament - baptism - baptism of Frederick Barbarossa by bishop

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view of baptismal dish

Scene Description: Source caption: "Bowl figuring the christening of Barbarossa [...] Mitte 12. Jahrhundert (Schale), nach 1170 (Gravierung) [...] Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin [1933,25]"

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view of baptismal dish

Scene Description: "Taufschale um 1160"

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Image Source: digital photograph 23 January 2018 by Andreas Lechtape, in the Bildarchiv Foto Marburg [https://www.bildindex.de/document/obj20516803?medium=fmd10019828] [accessed 5 February 2024]

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view of baptismal dish

Scene Description: "Taufschale um 1160"

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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph by Albert Himmer, in the Bildarchiv Foto Marburg [https://www.bildindex.de/document/obj20516803?medium=fm1850372] [accessed 5 February 2024]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 25313AAC
Museum and Inventory Number: Berlin, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Country Name: Germany
Location: Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Date: ca. 1160?
Century and Period: 12th century (mid?), Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are gratefult to Pol Herman for bringing this object to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Listed and illustrated in the BILDINDEX [https://www.bildindex.de/document/obj20516803] [accessed 5 February 2024] as a baptismal bowl/dish ["Taufschale"] said to have been used in the baptism of Friedrich Barbarossa [Holy Roman emperor Frederick Barbarossa (1122–1190)] in the presence of Otto Graf von Cappenberg, his baptism godfather; the bowl is round, made of silver, partially gilded in gold, inscribed: "QVEM LAVAT UNDA FORIS HOMINIS MEMOR INTERIORIS VT SIS Q(u)OD N(on) ES ABLVE T(er)GE Q(u)OD ES [...] CESAR´ET AVGVSTVS HEC OTTONI FRIDERICVS MVNERA PATRINO CONTVLIT ILLE DEO". The silver bowl is round, its rim decorated with a rope pattern; on the inside bottom shows the baptism of the emperor by a bishop in the presence of four other persons. The bowl is in the Berlin, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, silver
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 24.4 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BILDINDEX [cf. FontNotes]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: inside the bowl
Inscription Text: "QVEM LAVAT UNDA FORIS HOMINIS MEMOR INTERIORIS VT SIS Q(u)OD N(on) ES ABLVE T(er)GE Q(u)OD ES [...] CESAR´ET AVGVSTVS HEC OTTONI FRIDERICVS MVNERA PATRINO CONTVLIT ILLE DEO"
Inscription Source: BILDINDEX [https://www.bildindex.de/document/obj20516803] [accessed 5 February 2024]