Altmunster / Altmünster / Altmünster am Traunsee

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animal - bird - dove

Scene Description: Source caption: "Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Benedikt in Altmünster im Bundesland Oberösterreich (Österreich), romanisches Taufbecken" -- the dove in the centre, with the goat on the left

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2018

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animal - bird - eagle?

Scene Description: Source caption: "Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Benedikt in Altmünster im Bundesland Oberösterreich (Österreich), romanisches Taufbecken"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph 18 May 2018 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Altmünster_St._Benedikt_Taufbecken_713.jpg] [accessed 13 March 2024]

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animal - fish

Scene Description: Source caption: "Altmünster ( Oberösterreich ). Kath. Pfarrkirche hl. Benedikt: Romanischer Taufstein ( 12.Jhdt. ) - Relief eines Fischs."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Wolfgang Sauber, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph 11 October 2008 by Wolfgang Sauber [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Altmünster_St.Benedikt_-_Romanischer_Taufstein_3.jpg] [accessed 13 March 2024]

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animal - mammal - goat

Scene Description: Source caption: "Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Benedikt in Altmünster im Bundesland Oberösterreich (Österreich), romanisches Taufbecken"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph 18 May 2018 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Altmünster_St._Benedikt_Taufbecken_718.jpg] [accessed 13 March 2024]

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animal - mammal - quadruped - bovine?

Scene Description: Source caption: "Altmünster ( Oberösterreich ). Kath. Pfarrkirche hl. Benedikt: Romanischer Taufstein ( 12.Jhdt. ) - Relief eines Stiers."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Wolfgang Sauber, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph 11 October 2008 by Wolfgang Sauber [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Altmünster_St.Benedikt_-_Romanischer_Taufstein_2.jpg] [accessed 13 March 2024]

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animal - mammal - quadruped - bovine?

Scene Description: Source caption: "Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Benedikt in Altmünster im Bundesland Oberösterreich (Österreich), romanisches Taufbecken"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph 18 May 2018 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Altmünster_St._Benedikt_Taufbecken_712.jpg] [accessed 13 March 2024]

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human figure - male - demi-figure - right arm raised

Scene Description: Source caption: "Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Benedikt in Altmünster im Bundesland Oberösterreich (Österreich), romanisches Taufbecken"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph 18 May 2018 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Altmünster_St._Benedikt_Taufbecken_719.jpg] [accessed 13 March 2024]

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human figure - male - demi-figure - right arm raised

Scene Description: Source caption: "Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Benedikt in Altmünster im Bundesland Oberösterreich (Österreich), romanisches Taufbecken"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph 18 May 2018 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Altmünster_St._Benedikt_Taufbecken_711.jpg] [accessed 13 March 2024]

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information

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view of basin

Scene Description: Source caption: "Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Benedikt in Altmünster im Bundesland Oberösterreich (Österreich), romanisches Taufbecken" -- showing [L-->R]: human-fish-goat

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph 18 May 2018 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Altmünster_St._Benedikt_Taufbecken_716.jpg] [accessed 13 March 2024]

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view of basin and cover

Scene Description: Source caption: "Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Benedikt in Altmünster im Bundesland Oberösterreich (Österreich), romanisches Taufbecken" -- showing [L-->R]: fish-goat-dove

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph 18 May 2018 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Altmünster_St._Benedikt_Taufbecken_715.jpg] [accessed 13 March 2024]

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Altmünster Pfarrkirche hl. Benedikt 1413"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bella47, 2014

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 20 September 2014 by Bella47 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Altmünster_Pfarrkirche_hl._Benedikt_1413.JPG] [accessed 13 March 2024]

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Südansicht der röm.-kath. Pfarrkirche hl. Benedikt in der oberösterreichischen Marktgemeinde Altmünster. Der massive Westturm wurde um 1300 errichtet, das dreischiffige Langhaus um 1470/80 und der Chor von 1625 bis 1629. Südseitig an die Kirche ist eine Vorhalle mit Sternrippengewölbe angebaut. An diese schließt westlich die Beichtkapelle und östlich die Allerheiligenkapelle an."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © C.Stadler/Bwag, 2017

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Pfarrkirche Altmünster"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thomas Dahlstrøm Nielsen, 2012

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 10 July 2012 by Thomas Dahlstrøm Nielsen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pfarrkirche_Altmünster,_2012.jpg] [accessed 13 March 2024]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Altmünster ( Oberösterreich ). Kath. Pfarrkirche hl. Benedikt: Blick in den Altarraum ( 1625-1629 )"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Wolfgang Sauber, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph 11 October 2008 by Wolfgang Sauber [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Altmünster_St.Benedikt_-_Innenraum_1.jpg] [accessed 13 March 2024]

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view of church interior - looking west

Scene Description: Source caption: "Altmünster ( Oberösterreich ). Kath. Pfarrkirche hl. Benedikt: Blick ins Langhaus ( 1473 )"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Wolfgang Sauber, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph 11 October 2008 by Wolfgang Sauber [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Altmünster_St.Benedikt_-_Innenraum_2.jpg] [accessed 13 March 2024]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Benedikt in Altmünster im Bundesland Oberösterreich (Österreich), romanisches Taufbecken"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph 18 May 2018 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Altmünster_St._Benedikt_Taufbecken_717.jpg] [accessed 13 March 2024]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Benedikt in Altmünster im Bundesland Oberösterreich (Österreich), romanisches Taufbecken"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph 18 May 2018 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Altmünster_St._Benedikt_Taufbecken_710.jpg] [accessed 13 March 2024]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: Source caption: "Altmünster ( Oberösterreich ). Kath. Pfarrkirche hl. Benedikt: Romanischer Taufstein ( 12.Jhdt. )"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Wolfgang Sauber, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph 11 October 2008 by Wolfgang Sauber [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Altmünster_St.Benedikt_-_Romanischer_Taufstein_1.jpg] [accessed 13 March 2024]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 25381ALT
Church/Chapel: Römisch-katholische Pfarrkirche hl. Benedikt in Altmünster
Church Patron Saints: St. Benedict [aka Benet]
Church Location: Münsterstraße 1, 4813 Altmünster am Traunsee, Austria
Country Name: Austria
Location: Oberösterreich
Directions to Site: Located off road 145, on the NW shores of the Traunsee, about 30 km SW of Wels, 55 km SW of Linz
Ecclesiastic Region: [Roman Catholic Diocese of Linz]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help documenting it
Church Notes: tower ca. 1300; nave 1470-1480; chancel 1625-1629
The entry for this church in the German Wikipedia [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfarrkirche_Altmünster#Taufbecken] [accessed 13 March 2024] notes and illustrates a Romanesque baptismal font of the 12th century, the sides of the octagonal basin decorated with a human demi-figure and several animals ["Das romanische Taufbecken vom Ende des 12. Jahrhunderts ist achteckig. Reliefs auf den Außenflächen zeigen das Brustbild eines Menschen und drei symbolische Tiere. Die Taube steht für die Unschuld, der Bock für die Sünde und der Fisch für das Wasser der Taufe"]. Noted and illustrated in BeyondArt [https://beyondarts.at/app/artmuenster-altmuenster/wegartmuenster/die-pfarrkirche-altmuenster/romanischer-taufstein/] [accessed 13 March 2024] as a Romanesque baptismal font the basin of which was made of Hierlatz limestone in the 12th century, decorated with a human demi figure with one arm raised, and a series of animals: dove, another avian, perhaps an eagle, a goat, another quadruped mammal and a fish; the chamfered underbowl appears plain except for one side [leaf? / tendril?]; raised on an octagonal pedestal base with mouldings. [NB: the 12th-century dating assigned in the above sources is questionable, and the base is certainly of a later date].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.901237, 13.764893
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 54′ 4.45″ N, 13° 45′ 53.62″ E
UTM: 33T 407692 5306062

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (Hierlatz) [basin only]
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Apparatus: no
Notes: flat, plain and round; modern?