Karja / Karris

Image copyright © Kirjastus Kunst, 1975
PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
Results: 6 records
B01: design element - motifs - piping
LB01: design element - motifs - floral - lily
R01: design element - motifs - moulding
view of font
view of font
INFORMATION
FontID: 05003KAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Katariina Kirik
Church Patron Saints: St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine, Katharine] & St. Nicholas
Country Name: Estonia
Location: Saaremaa, Saaremaa
Directions to Site: Located on the N area of the Island of Saaremaa
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century [composite font?], Medieval [composite]
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.
Font Notes:
Click to view
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
Eesti kunsti ajalugu, Tallinn: Kirjastus Kunst, 1970-1977
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