Bratislava No. 1 / Břetislaw / Brezalauspurc / Pozsony / Prešporok / Prešpurk / Pressburg

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Results: 18 records

animal - fish - 4

Scene Description: two pairs, forming the handles of the font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 April 2018 by Colin Smith

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 8 August 2018)

design element - motifs - floral and/or foliage

Scene Description: Most of the surface of the lid is covered in it

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 April 2018 by Colin Smith

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 8 August 2018)

design element - motifs - moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 April 2018 by Colin Smith

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 8 August 2018)

design element - motifs - vine

Scene Description: several, vertically arranged

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 April 2018 by Colin Smith

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 8 August 2018)

design element - motifs and/or symbols - varied

Scene Description: a number of them arranged verttically, all around the basin sides and underbowl

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 April 2018 by Colin Smith

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 8 August 2018)

human figure - male - head

Scene Description: At least one small male human head at the rim; it appears to be part of the locking set-up with the cover

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 April 2018 by Colin Smith

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 8 August 2018)

inscription

Scene Description: showing part of the inscription

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 April 2018 by Colin Smith

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 8 August 2018)

inscription

Scene Description: all around, below the upper rim

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 April 2018 by Colin Smith

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 8 August 2018)

view of church exterior - southwest end

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 April 2018 by Colin Smith

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 8 August 2018)

view of church exterior in context - south view

Scene Description: the south view from the bridge over the Danube

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Андрей Бобровский, 2015

Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 May 2015 by Андрей Бобровский [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bratislava-Old_Town,_Slovakia_-_panoramio_(125).jpg] [accessed 8 August 2018]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-3.0

view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Scene Description: the southeast view of the cathedral in the foreground, right, and the castle in the background, left

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jayphen, 2017

Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 April 2017 by Jayphen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Martin's_Cathedral_%26_Bratislava_Castle_(33791855856).jpg] [accessed 8 August 2018]

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view of church exterior in context - west view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 April 2018 by Colin Smith

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 8 August 2018)

view of church interior - nave - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro J. Pacheco, 2014

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 23 August 2014 by Pedro J. Pacheco [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Katedrála_svätého_Martina_(7).jpg] [accessed 8 August 2018]

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view of font and cover

view of font and cover

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 April 2018 by Colin Smith

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 8 August 2018)

view of font and cover

Scene Description: Source caption: "Bronzová krstiteľnica z roku 1409 je pozostatkom pôvodného gotického zariadenia katedrály. Podľa dedikačného nápisu pod horným okrajom kalichovitej kupy ju dal zhotoviť bratislavský richtár Ulrich Rauchenwarter: anno domini MXXXXIX tertia feria ante diem viti martiris. sanctus martinus. ulreich rauchenbarter pei des zeiten i.n.r.i. Meno kovolejárskeho majstra nie je známe. Kryt tvorí neogotická helmica z roku 1878".

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lure, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 September 2010 by Lurehttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Katedrála_sv._Martina033.jpg] [accessed 8 August 2018]

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view of font cover

Scene Description: showing the two fish handles and the human head connector with the basin upper rim [seen here on the right]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 April 2018 by Colin Smith

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 8 August 2018)

view of font cover

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 April 2018 by Colin Smith

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 8 August 2018)

INFORMATION

FontID: 03208BRA
Church/Chapel: Dóm sv. Martina / Katedrála svätého Martina / Szent Márton-dóm or Koronázó templom [St. Martin's cathedral]
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: Rudnayovo námestie 1, 811 01 Bratislava, Slovakia
Country Name: Slovakia
Location: Bratislavský
Directions to Site: Located just E of the Most SNP, on the N side of the Danube, in the historical city centre of Bratislava
Ecclesiastic Region: Archdiocese of Bratislava
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1409
Century and Period: 15th century (early), Late Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: original Romanesque church dedicated to the Holy Saviour moved to new location 1221; cathedral started on site in 1311, and consecrated 1452; was coronation church of the Kingdom of Hungary between 1563 and 1830
The bronze font at the Dóm sv. Martina (St. Martin's Cathedral) is a beautiful example of bronze workmanship, much less ornamented than the earlier German ones [e.g., Hildesheim's Dom]. The font itself is chalice-shaped with a round basin; the rim displays at least one small human head; just below the rim there is a running inscription; below it some floral and foliage ornamentation, as well as symbols, arranged vertically, leaving much of the surface plain; raised on an octagonal base decorated with a centre ring moulding below which it base splays off; on a moulded lower base and a plain plinth, both octagonal and both made of stone. The font cover is cone-shaped and is covered in fine floral ornamentation with a finial which appears to be a bouquet of flowers; it has two large handles made of fish bodies holding cross bars. The whole is elegant and very well executed.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.141037, 17.103551
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 8′ 27.73″ N, 17° 6′ 12.79″ E
UTM: 33U 656483 5334116

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, bronze
Font Shape: bell-shaped (mounted) -- chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: upper part of the basin sides, just below the rim
Inscription Text: [Ulrich Rauchenwarter: anno domini MXXXXIX tertia feria ante diem viti martiris. sanctus martinus. ulreich rauchenbarter pei des zeiten i.n.r.i.]
Inscription Source: photo caption [cf. Images area]

LID INFORMATION

Date: 1878?
Material: metal, bronze
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana, Enciclopedia dell'arte medievale, Roma: Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana, 1991-1998