Zillis

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view of basin - upper view

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view of church exterior in context - northeast view

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Martin Zillis Innenraum" -- showing the modern font in the centre

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view of church interior - looking west

Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Martin Zillis Innenraum"

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view of font

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view of font in context

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INFORMATION

FontID: 25664ZIL

Church/Chapel: Martinskirche zu Zillis

Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours

Church Location: Am Postplatz, 7432 Zillis, Schweiz

Country Name: Switzerland

Location: Graubünden

Directions to Site: Located off (W) road 13, E of the E43, about 25 km SSW of Chur

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Date: n.d.

Century and Period: 16th century(early?), Late Gothic

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it

Church Notes: late-5thC church that included a baptistery; first documented ca. 850, 940 and 1357; re-built 12thC; reformed and much modified in the 16thC; renovated 19thC

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

The present baptismal font in use is modern, octagonal; located at the east end of the nave, between the pulpit (left) and the organ (right). A disused font consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin and a round pedestal base is also found inside the church; it is totally plain but the design suggests a late-medieval date, perhaps contemporary with the major modifications carried out in the early 16th century when the church became Reformed. Excavations and the study of the earliest church in Erwin Poeschel, Die romanischen Deckengemälde von Zillis. Erlenbach-Zürich 1941; derselbe: Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kantons Graubünden. Bd. V, (Basel 1943, S. 223ff) here show that the original late-15th century church included an area believed to have been destined for immersion baptism that could be heated; no font found in it.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 46.634167, 9.441667

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 46° 38′ 3″ N, 9° 26′ 30″ E

UTM: 32T 533806 5164606

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: hemispheric (mountd)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining