Klein-Solt

Results: 2 records

LB01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

LBH01: human figure - head - 4

Scene Description: just beloww the roll moulding at the top of the shaft

INFORMATION

FontID: 08832KLE
Church/Chapel: [Parish Church?]
Country Name: Germany
Location: Schleswig-Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
Described in Drake (2002: 91-92) as a limestone baptismal font, although later in the same work (ibid., p. 179), it is listed as a granite font, as in the case of the Satrup font. The basin is hemispherical and appears totally plain; there is a roll-moulding decorating the top of the shaft/stem, with four human heads just below it [NB: only two heads are visible in Drake's illustration (ibid. pl. 313), one of which wears a crown].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, Limestone? Granite?
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Drake, Colin Stuart, The Romanesque Fonts of Northern Europe and Scandinavia, Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002