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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Berggren, 2002
Image Source: Berggren (2002: pl. 10 on p. 157)
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design element - motifs - scotia

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Berggren, 2002
Image Source: Berggren (2002: pl. 10 on p. 157)
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design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: broad ribs all around the basin and underbowl
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Berggren, 2002
Image Source: Berggren (2002: pl. 10 on p. 157)
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 08838EMM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Paradise font / Paradisenfunten (Visby type - quatrefoil bowl)
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelisch-lutherische Rimbertikirche in Emmelsbüll
Font Location in Church: Inside, In the chancel, N side
Church Address: Kirchwarft 1, 25924 Emmelsbüll-Horsbüll, Germany -- Tel.: +49 4665 274
Site Location: Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the K-94, about 6 km NW of Niebüll, in Nordfriesland, the NE side of Schleswig-Holstein
Additional Comments: traces of paint from 1777
Font Notes:
Described in Drake (2002: 144, 183) as a baptismal font of the Paradise group (Visby type - quatrefoil bowl), made of Gotland limestone. Described and illustrated in Berggren (2002: 156-157 and pl. 10). The font consists of a quatrefoied basin decorated with a broad-ribbed pattern on the sides and underbowl; the upper basin side has a thin scotia just below the rim; the base is in a general conical shape, made of two pieces, but also showing the four lobes; it has a four-lobed centre ring at the upper end of the stem, while the lower part of the base splays outwards still maintaining the four-lober shape. Described and illustrated in the German Wikipedia entry for this church [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rimbertikirche#Taufstein] [accessed 18 June 2025]: "Der Taufstein aus Kalkstein stammt aus Gotland. Die schlichte Muschelkuppa ist typisch für den Anfang des 13. Jahrhunderts. Der Vierpassquerschnitt symbolisiert ein Kreuz.[11] Im Stein sind Reste von Fossilien zu erkennen. Es sind auch noch Farbreste der Bemalung von 1777 zu sehen, als der Stein passend zu den Deckenbalken mit blaugrauer Marmorierung versehen wurde. Der Taufstein ist innen mit Blei verkleidet, um ein Versickern des Wassers im porösen Stein zu verhindern, denn es war üblich, dass das zu Ostern geweihte Taufwasser das ganze Jahr über im Taufbecken blieb. Ein hölzerner Deckel, der das Wasser vor Verschmutzung schützte, ist auf älteren Bildern zu sehen, aber nicht mehr erhalten. Heute trägt der Stein eine Halterung für ein kleines Taufbecken. " Illustrated in a 9 September 2007 digital photograph by Agnete [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emmelsbüll_Rimberti_Taufstein.jpg] [accessed 18 June 2025].

COORDINATES

UTM: 32U 480078 6073922
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54.81206, 8.69001
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 48′ 43.42″ N, 8° 41′ 24.04″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (Gotlandic limestone)
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: chalice-shaped, quatrefoil, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: quatrefoil
Basin Exterior Shape: quatrefoil
Drainage Notes: lead lining

LID INFORMATION

Notes: reported as seen in older pictures but no longer available [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Berggren, Lars, "The Export of Limestone and Limestone Fonts from Gotland during the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries", 2002
  • Drake, Colin Stuart, The Romanesque Fonts of Northern Europe and Scandinavia, Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002, p. 91, 144, 179, 183