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Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2024

Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 1 September 2024)

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view of basin - upper view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2024

Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 August 2024 by Juan Antonio Olañeta

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view of church exterior - cloister - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Brunnenhaus im Kreuzgang des Doms, Riga, Lettland / Well House at the Cloister of the Cathedral, Riga, Latvia"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Zairon, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph 7 May 2014 by Zairon [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Riga_Dom_Kreuzgang_Brunnenhaus.JPG] [accessed 8 September 2024]

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view of church exterior - cloister - detail

Scene Description: is it a former baptismal font? / a cloister fountain? [cf. FontNotes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Zairon, 2014

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 7 May 2014 by Zairon [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Riga_Dom_Kreuzgang_Brunnenhaus.JPG] [accessed 8 September 2024]

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view of church exterior - cloister - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Arches in the courtyard of the Riga Dome Cathedral"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alma Pater, 2009

Image Source: digital photograph 31 May 2009 by Alma Pater [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Courtyard_of_the_Riga_Dome_Cathedral_03.jpg] [accessed 8 September 2024]

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Dom zu Riga"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Barnos, 2022

Image Source: digital photograph 8 November 2022 by Barnos [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dom_zu_Riga.jpg] [accessed 8 September 2024]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "The nave of Riga Cathedral in Riga, Latvia."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Diliff [David Iliff], 2014

Image Source: digital photograph 18 September 2014 by Diliff [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Riga_Cathedral_Nave,_Riga,_Latvia_-_Diliff.jpg] [accessed 8 September 2024]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Riga Dome [sic]. Baptismal basin of St. Meinhard from 12th century (originaly in the church of Iksile, trasferred to Riga 1893)"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]

Image Source: digital photograph1 June 2023 by Qasinka [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2023_Riga_Baptismal_font_in_the_Dome.jpg] [accessed 8 September 2024]

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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2024

Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 August 2024 by Juan Antonio Olañeta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 1 September 2024)

view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2024

Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 August 2024 by Juan Antonio Olañeta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 1 September 2024)

view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2024

Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 August 2024 by Juan Antonio Olañeta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 1 September 2024)

view of font in context - east side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2024

Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 August 2024 by Juan Antonio Olañeta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 1 September 2024)

INFORMATION

FontID: 25686RIG
Church/Chapel: Rīgas Doms / Evanglical Lutheran Cathedral Church of Saint Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Rīgas Doms, Herdera laukums 6, Centra rajons, Rīga, LV-1050, Latvia -- Tel.: +371 28 909 686
Country Name: Latvia
Location: Riga, Riga District / Rīgas rajons
Directions to Site: Located in the centre of Riga, towards the E bank of the Daugava river
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Riga
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, centre aisle
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 12th century [basin only], Romanesque [altered]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta for bringing this font to our attention and for his photograph
Church Notes: church consecrated 1211; much modified since
The present baptismal font in use in the cathedral is a plain granite basin supported on a modern metal frame; it is located in the centre aisle of the nave. No cover present [NB: an uncorroborated source informs that it was originally from the parish church at Iksile, moved into the cathedral in 1893] [cf. ImagesArea for an object in the cloister, perhaps a former font]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.949167, 24.104444
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 56′ 57″ N, 24° 6′ 16″ E
UTM: 35V 323892 6315459

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining