Spiez No. 1

Results: 8 records

B01: Virgin Mary - Madonna and Christ-child

Scene Description: a/p Andrea Volkner's description; the Virgin appears to be holding a book in her right hand

B02: Apostle or saint - St. John the Baptist

Scene Description: a/p Andrea Volkner's description

B03: Apostle or saint - St. Nicholas

Scene Description: a/p Andrea Volkner's description;

B04: Apostle or saint - St. Lawrence

Scene Description: a/p Andrea Volkner's description

B05: Apostle or saint - St. Catherine of Alexandria

Scene Description: a/p Andrea Volkner's description

B06: cleric - bishop

Scene Description: a/p Andrea Volkner's description

BU01: design element - motifs - trefoil

Scene Description: large ones between the panels of the basin

CR01: design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: as part of the pedestal of the base

INFORMATION

FontID: 05551SPI
Museum and Inventory Number: Historisches Museum, Berne
Church/Chapel: Schlosskirche [orig. from the parish church]
Country Name: Switzerland
Location: Bern
Directions to Site: On the south shore of Lake Thun, about 8 km SSE of Thun
Font Location in Church: The font is now [2001] in the Schlosskirche
Date: ca. 1500?
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century, Late Gothic
Described and illustrated in Iconoclasme (2001: 160 - entry by Andrea Volkner) as a chalice-shaped sandstone baptismal font dated ca. 1500. On the sides of the hexagonal basin Volkner identifies the Madonna-and-Child on one of the panels; the others are occupied with figures of John the Baptist, St. Nicholas, St. Lawrence and St. Catherine, as well as an unknown bishop; the areas outside the panels have large trefoil motifs. The hexagonal base is reported as restored. [cf. Index entry for Spiez No. 2 for another, later, font in the castle]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: hexagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
Rim Thickness: 12 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 61 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 85 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 105 cm
Notes on Measurements: Iconoclasme (2001: 160)

REFERENCES

Iconoclasme: vie et mort de l'image médiévale, Paris: Somogy, 2001