Glencairn Museum No. 3
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Results: 4 records
B01: design element - motifs - oval
Scene Description: all around the basin
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CR01: design element - motifs - roll moulding - parallel
Scene Description: the mouldings appear to be braided or of the rope/cable type
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The Glencairn Museum, Academy of the New Church, Brynn Athyn, Pennsylvania, 2004
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LB01: design element - motifs - roll moulding - parallel - 2
Scene Description: the mouldings appear to be braided or of the rope/cable type -
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The Glencairn Museum, Academy of the New Church, Brynn Athyn, Pennsylvania, 2004
Image Source: The Glencairn Museum, Academy of the New Church, Brynn Athyn, Pennsylvania
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The Glencairn Museum, Academy of the New Church, Brynn Athyn, Pennsylvania, 2004
Image Source: The Glencairn Museum, Academy of the New Church, Brynn Athyn, Pennsylvania
Copyright Instructions: Image and Permission received (e-mail of 9/3/2004)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09401GLE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 6th century, Early Christian
Museum: The Glencairn Museum, The Academy of the New Church, Bryn Athyn, PA, 09.SP.316
Church / Chapel Name: [original location unknown]
Font Location in Church: in museum
Church Address: 1001 Cathedral Rd #0757, Bryn Athyn, PA 19009, United States -- Tel.: +1 267-502-2600
Site Location: Pennsylvania, United States, North America
Directions to Site: The Glencairn Museum of the Academy of the New Church, is located in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania
Additional Comments: damaged font: the upper rim is badly broken/damaged
Font Notes:
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Identified in the Glencairn Museum collection with no. 09.SP.316 is a "Sculptured stone, marble -- Syrian -- Font -- VI century" [no provenance given]. The object resembles a goblet-shaped pedestal stoup and consists of a round upper volume, the basin, with a protruding upper rim -now badly damaged- the bottom tapering in slightly, and its sides decorated with long oval motifs all around; the stem of the base has vertical sides and appears octagonal, with double braid or rope mouldings at either end; the lower base is cylindrical and moulded. [NB: there are no other such objects in this Index to compare it with]. Property of the Glencairn Foundation, on loan to the Philadelphia Museum of Art [returned in 1999]. [We are grateful to The Glencairn Museum, Academy of the New Church, Brynn Athyn, Pennsylvania, and to Nathan Cole, for the information on, and images of this object]
COORDINATES
UTM: 18T 494524 4442924
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 40.136633, -75.064286
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 40° 8′ 11.88″ N, 75° 3′ 51.43″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Number of Pieces: one?
Font Shape: round, mounted -- chalice-shaped, goblet-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 30.5 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 64.1 cm
Notes on Measurements: The Glencairn Museum (e-mail to BSI dated 9/3/2004)