Bremen No. 1
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Results: 17 records
B1R01: Christ - Christ in Majesty - Apostles - 12
Scene Description: Each in one of the arches of the upper arcade
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B2R01: Old Testament - prophets - busts of prophets - holding scrolls
Scene Description: Each in one of the arches of the lower arcade
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LBSF01: human figure - male - riding lion
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LBSF01: human figure - male - riding lion - detail
LBSF02: human figure - male - riding lion
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LBSF03: human figure - male - riding lion
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view of font
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view of basin
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human figure - head - 2
Scene Description: one of them seen here in the upper left corner of the image; as often happens in these metal fonts the head is used as an anchoring point for the cover lock mechanism
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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - columns with capitals and bases
Scene Description: the arches are of different widths, depending on the figure inside them; most have a pinnacle in the spandrel; the upper arcade has 26 arches; the lower arcade has 20 arches
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design element - motifs - vine - 3
Scene Description: the top and the bottom ones have palmettes in them
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view of church exterior - north view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ulamm, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 June 2015 by Ulamm [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bremen_Domshof_Dom20h50.jpg] [accessed 3 March 2018]
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view of church exterior - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andreas Dantz, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 March 2013 by Andreas Dantz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Der_Dom_(8587633208).jpg] [accessed 3 March 2018]
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view of church interior - chancel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jürgen Howaldt, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 April 2006 by Jürgen Howaldt [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BremerDom-2.jpg] [accessed 3 March 2018]
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view of church interior - nave - looking northwest
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jürgen Howaldt, 2006
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view of font in context
Scene Description: the font in the crypt of the cathedral -- Source caption: "Westkrypta des Bremer Doma mit dem romanischen Taufbecken und dem Relief von Jesus Christus als Pantokrator (Herrscher) aus der Mitte des 11. Jahrhunderts".
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information
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 00168BRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 1997-06-29
Font Date: ca. 1230?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Löwenreiter-Typus
Cognate Fonts: Salzburg cathedral font (Drake (2002); Münden, Debstedt
Church / Chapel Name: Bremen Dom / St. Petri Dom zu Bremen
Font Location in Church: In the crypt of the Dom
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: first known building was timber church ca. 789; re-built and destroyed several times; oldest part of present building is the 11thC crypt;
Church Address: Sandstraße 10-12, 28195 Bremen, Germany -- Tel.: +49 421 365040
Site Location: Bremen, Bremen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off highway 281; the cathedral is in the Altstadt, near Die Glocke, the concert hall
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Bremen
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the riginal 8thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Lübke (1870) notes a metal font "resting on four men borne by lions" and belonging to the late Romanesque period. Pudelko (1932) gives the date of this font as "Anf. 13. Jahrh." Carlsson (1976) describes the base: "four men, dressed in knee-long coats, who stand dominatingly over lions [...]. One of the men underlines his dominating position by taking hold of the ears of the lion thus bridling it." Described in Drake (2002), who compares it to the one at Salzburg cathedral [NB: a later article by the same author, Drake (2003), mentions the Bremen font as leaden, but this must be an oversight, especially in the light of the fact that his main work has it as made of bronze]. On-site notes: the font appears made of bronze; it has a tub-shaped basin supported by four lions with a man not sitting but standing astride each animal; two arcades encircle the bowl: in the upper arcade figures stand holding scrolls - one is the figure of Christ, the others appear to be the Apostles; in the lower arcade, each holding a scroll, busts of the Prophets. There is no apparent drainage system in the basin. The font is in excellent shape all around.
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 487197 5880662
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.075278, 8.808889
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 4′ 31″ N, 8° 48′ 32″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal, bronze
Font Shape: tub-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: no drainage system
Rim Thickness: 3.5 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 92 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 99-100 cm
Height of Basin Side: 42-43 cm
Basin Total Height: 42-43 cm
Height of Base: 50-51 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 93 cm
Font Height (with Plinth): 112 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site
REFERENCES
- Carlsson, Frans, The Iconology of Tectonics in Romanesque Art, Hässleholm: AM-Tryck, 1976, p. 88, 154 and pl. 87
- Drake, Colin Stuart, "Romanesque Fonts in Kent: the French Connections", CXXIII, 2003, Archaeologia Cantiana, 2003, pp. 333-352; p. 344
- Lübke, Wilhelm, Ecclesiastical in Gemany during the Middle Ages [tranl. by L. A. Wheatley], London: Cassell, Petter, & Galpin, 1870, p. 188
- Muir, Thomas S., Ecclesiological Notes on Some of the Islands of Scotland, Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1885, p. 168 and pl. 365
- Pudelko, Georg, Romanische Taufsteine, Berlin: Wurfel Verlag, 1932, pl. XIII