Kaliningrad / Konigsberg / Königsberg
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Scene Description: " Taufbecken des Doms, Königsberg/Kaliningrad, Ostpreußen/Oblast Kaliningrad, Russland (ehemals Deutschland) / Baptismal Font of the Cathedral, Königsberg/Kaliningrad, East Prussia/Oblast Kaliningrad, Russia (former Germany)"
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Image Source: digital photograph 26 May 2019 by Zairon
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Scene Description: "Königsberg (Pr.), Dom. Taufkapelle. Taufstein"
Copyright Statement: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
Image Source: digital image of a 1920-1939(?) B&W photograph [29754] in the Bildarchiv-ostpreussen.de
Copyright Instructions: Assumed PD
animal - mammal - lion - foliated tail - foliated tongue - passant
Scene Description: one of the characteristic animal renderings of the Frojelgruppen fonts
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Image Source: digital photograph 26 May 2019 by Zairon
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design element - motifs - floral and foliage
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Image Source: digital photograph 26 May 2019 by Zairon
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symbol - cross - in a circle
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Image Source: digital photograph 26 May 2019 by Zairon
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: "Dom von Kaliningrad"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © HKMett, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph 23 June 2010 by HKMett
Copyright Instructions: GFDL
view of church interior - nave
Scene Description: "Langhaus des Doms, Königsberg/Kaliningrad, Ostpreußen/Oblast Kaliningrad, Russland (ehemals Deutschland) / Nave of the Cathedral, Königsberg/Kaliningrad, East Prussia/Oblast Kaliningrad, Russia (former Germany)"
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design element - motifs - floral and foliage
Scene Description: all over the pedestal base
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Image Source: digital photograph 26 May 2019 by Zairon
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 26117WIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century (?), Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Fröjelgruppen? / Gotland font
Cognate Fonts: many such in the same group; perhaps also the disappeared font from Szalmia?
Church / Chapel Name: Кафедральный собор в Калининграде / Kafedralny sobor v Kaliningrade / Königsberger Dom / Königsberg Lutheran Cathedral
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin & St. Adalbert of Prague
Church Notes: church built 1333-1380; mush damaged; re-built 1992 -- this cathedral is usually still called "Königsberg Cathedral" to avoid confusion with the modern Russian Orthodox "Kaliningrad Cathedral"
Church Address: Ulitsa Kanta, 1, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, 236039
Site Location: Kaliningradskaya oblast / Калининградская область, Russia / Russian Federation, Eastern Europe and North Asia
Directions to Site: The cathedral is located in the historical centre of Kaliningrad , towards the S, within the loop -Kneiphof island- of the Pregolya river
Additional Comments: import font from Gotland
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of aa octagonal basin raised on an octagogonal pedestal base; The basin shows the shallow stylised carving characteristic of the group, the Fröjelgruppen, with both animal and vegetal motifs and the occasional symbol; the pedestal base is profusely decorated with equally stylised floral and foliage patterns. It is probably of the 14th century and an import from Gotland. The large, profusely decorated font cover suspended over the font is of a later date.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 34U 468534 6062229
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54.706389, 20.511667
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 42′ 23″ N, 20° 30′ 42″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (Gotland limestone)
Font Shape: octagonal - mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Apparatus: yes; unknown