Karja / Karris
Image copyright © Kirjastus Kunst, 1975
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B01: design element - motifs - piping
Scene Description: on the sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Armin Tuulse, 1949
Image Source: B&W photograph in Tuulse (1949)
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LB01: design element - motifs - floral - lily
Scene Description: on the sides of the base, in low relief
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Armin Tuulse, 1949
Image Source: B&W photograph in Tuulse (1949)
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R01: design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Armin Tuulse, 1949
Image Source: B&W photograph in Tuulse (1949)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kirjastus Kunst, 1975
Image Source: B&W photograph in Eesti Kunst (1975)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Armin Tuulse, 1949
Image Source: B&W photograph in Tuulse (1949)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kirjastus Kunst, 1975
Image Source: B&W photograph in Eesti Kunst (1975)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05003KAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century [composite font?], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Katariina Kirik
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine, Katharine] & St. Nicholas
Church Notes: This church, said to be the smallest and the most beautiful in the island, dates from the end of the 13th or beginning of the 14th century. It has ornamentation ranging from late Romanesque, through early Gothic, High Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque.
Site Location: Saaremaa, Saaremaa, Estonia, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on the N area of the Island of Saaremaa
Additional Comments: composite font?
Font Notes:
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Listed and illustrated in the Eesti entsüklopeedia (1932) as a medieval baptismal font of a general chalice shape design with rounded corners; the octagonal basin has a protruding lip at the upper rim, and a vertical moulding at each corner; the base is also of general square shape with a large ring or roll moulding around its middle; at least one of the sides of the base is ornamented with a low-relief fleur de lis. Described and illustrated in Tuulse (1949). Illustrated in Eesti kunst (1975).
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Font Shape: polygonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal
Diameter (includes rim): 88 cm
Basin Depth: 27 cm
Notes on Measurements: Tuulse (1949: 157)
REFERENCES
- Eesti Entsüklopeedia, Tallinn: Valgus, 1932, vol. VII, entry under "ristimiskivi"; v. IV, p. 473-474
- Eesti kunsti ajalugu, Tallinn: Kirjastus Kunst, 1970-1977, pl. 29, 35
- Tuulse, Armin, "Mittlealterliche Taufsteine in Estland", Apophoreta tartuensia: acta universitati tartuensi (dorpatensi) ad diem restitutionis kal. dec. MCMXIX nunc tricesimum celebrandum a professoribus discipulisque eorum in exilio dedicata = Pühendusteos: Eesti Vabriigi Tartu Ülikoolile tema avamise [...], Holmiae = Stockholm: Societas Litterarum Estonica in Svecia = Eesti Teaduslik Selts Rootsis, 1949, p. 157-158 and Abb. 7