Wellinghofen nr. Dortmund

INFORMATION

FontID: 06417WEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Alte Kirche
Country Name: Germany
Location: Arnsberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Directions to Site: Located in the SE of the Stadt, SW of Aplerbeck and NE of Kirchörde, both with fonts listed in this Index
Font Location in Church: In the chancel, North side, left of the altar
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Bolege-Vieweg (1998: 42, 43, 45, 46) as a tub-shaped Romanesque baptismal font. It is wider at the upper rim; there are two faintly raised parallel bands around the sides, one at the upper rim side, the other at the bottom. The font now has a modern cast-iron (?) grid-like cover; there is a reinforcement metal ring about 3/4 down the basin side, probably modern as well.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone?
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Notes: The modern metal cover has an inscription in German (not included)

LID INFORMATION

Notes: A modern grid-like cover, apparently of cast-iron, has been affixed to the upper rim sides

REFERENCES

Bolege-Vieweg, Dore, Dortmunder Dorfkirchen: Schätze mittelalterlicher Kunst, Dortmund: Ruhfus, 1998