Kirchhorde / Kirchhörde nr. Dortmund

Results: 3 records

B01: inscription

"ANNO 1540 / 15 MAJI"
Scene Description: "ANNO 1540 / 15 MAJI"

BBL01: design element - architectural - arcade - round arches

the arcade is upside-down and the arches end in three-leaf motifs, just like the ones on the arcade above
Scene Description: the arcade is upside-down and the arches end in three-leaf motifs, just like the ones on the arcade above

BBU01: design element - architectural - arcade - round arches

the arches end in three-leaf motifs
Scene Description: the arches end in three-leaf motifs

INFORMATION

FontID: 06418KIR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Evangelische Kirche
Country Name: Germany
Location: Arnsberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Directions to Site: Located in the south of the Stadt, just NW of Syburg, also with a font listed in this Index
Font Location in Church: In the NE side, to the left of the altar
Date: 1540
Century and Period: 16th century(mid), Renaissance
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Bolege-Vieweg (1998: 58-59) as an octagonal mounted baptismal font dated by an inscription to 1540. The basin has a plain protruding upper rim; the upper basin sides are ornamented with a continuous arcade of round arches that rest on three-leaf motifs; this same arcade design is replicated on the lower basin side, but reversed, i.e., upside-down; between the two, and inscription runs on three sides of the basin [cf. Inscription area]. The undebowl is rounded and plain. The stem of the base and the lower base are octagonal and plain. The font has a modern metal (brass?) mid-dome cover topped with an angel figure; it bears and inscription.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 78 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 106 cm
Notes on Measurements: *NB: this is given in the source [Bolege-Vieweg (1998: 58-59)] as "oberer Durchmesser" but it appears to refer to the measurement of the outer octagon, rather than the inner basin rim

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Notes: the inscription runs along three of the basin sides
Inscription Location: on the basin sides
Inscription Text: "ANNO 1540 15 MAJI"
Inscription Source: Bolege-Vieweg (1998: 58-59)

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: metal, brass?
Apparatus: no

REFERENCES

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