Jena No. 2
Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2022
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Results: 8 records
view of font - upper view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Johannes Baptist in Jena (Thüringen/Deutschland), Taufbecken"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 28 April 2022 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jena_St._Johannes_Baptist_Taufbecken_765.jpg] [accessed 10 September 2024]
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view of basin and cover - west side
Scene Description: Source caption: "Taufstein in St. Johannes Baptist, Jena, Deutschland"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jac. Janssen, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph 24 August 2009 by Jac. Janssen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20090824_Vacantie_0267_Jena.jpg] [accessed 10 September 2024]
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design element - motifs - saw-tooth
Scene Description: three points between the vertical piping dividers
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 28 April 2022 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jena_St._Johannes_Baptist_Taufbecken_763.jpg] [accessed 10 September 2024]
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design element - motifs - piping
Scene Description: at the angles of the eight faces of the octagonal basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 28 April 2022 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jena_St._Johannes_Baptist_Taufbecken_763.jpg] [accessed 10 September 2024]
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view of basin
Scene Description: Source caption: "Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Johannes Baptist in Jena (Thüringen/Deutschland), Taufbecken"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 28 April 2022 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jena_St._Johannes_Baptist_Taufbecken_764.jpg] [accessed 10 September 2024]
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view of church exterior in context - northeast view - detail
Scene Description: Source caption; "Jena-28-Wagnergasse-St Johannies Baptist"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gerd Eichmann, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 20 February 2023 by Gerd Eichmann l] [accessed 10 September 2024]
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view of font and cover in context - southwest side
Scene Description: Source caption: "Taufstein in St. Johannes Baptist, Jena, Deutschland"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jac. Janssen, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph 24 August 2009 by Jac. Janssen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20090824_Vacantie_0268_Jena.jpg] [accessed 10 September 2024]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Johannes Baptist in Jena (Thüringen/Deutschland), Innenraum" -- showing the font and cover in the northeast corner of the nave, just west of the chancel arch north pillar
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 28 April 2022 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jena_St._Johannes_Baptist_Innenraum_779.jpg] [accessed 10 September 2024]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 25689JEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Römisch-katholische Pfarrkirche St. Johannes Baptist in Jena
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, NE corner [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Notes: original Romanesque church; modified 13thC; expanded and modernised 1903; expanded and renovated 1960; the font moved to its present location ca. 2000
Church Address: Wagnergasse 34, 07743 Jena, Germany
Site Location: Gera, Thüringen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Jena is located off the crossroads 7 and 88, 435-40 W of Gera, about the same distance E of Erfurt
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Erfurt
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisring of an octagonal basin decorated with saw-tooth patterns between vertical pipes at the angles; plain underbowl; on an octagonal pedestal and lower base, both plain. The metal font cover in place is domed, and appears to be made of copper; large dove finial.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 681462 5645236
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.930177, 11.582357
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 55′ 48.64″ N, 11° 34′ 56.48″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material: metal, copper?
Apparatus: no
Notes: domed, with ribs; dove finial