Wartburg No. 1 / Burg zu Wartburg
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Photograph and permission received (letter of 22 February 2003)
Results: 9 records
B01: design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - 4
Scene Description: each with a motif in it
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B02: design element - motifs - interlace
Scene Description: may represent a Tree-of-life motif, like the others
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B03: symbol - tree - Tree of life? (plant?)
Scene Description: the branches end in rounded spoon-like tips
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B04: symbol - tree - Tree of life
Scene Description: the more common type
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BBU01: design element - motifs - roll moulding
![parallel to the rope moulding above [notice the damaged rim at opposite sides, probably where the staples of the old cover were forcibly removed]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1050403016_compressed.png)
Scene Description: parallel to the rope moulding above [notice the damaged rim at opposite sides, probably where the staples of the old cover were forcibly removed]
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Image Source: Anne & Tom Heck (Santa Barbara, USA)
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R01: design element - motifs - rope
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view of basin
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Copyright Instructions: Photograph and permission received (letter of 22 February 2003)
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Anne & Tom Heck, 2003
Image Source: Anne & Tom Heck (Santa Barbara, USA)
Copyright Instructions: Photograph and permission received (letter of 22 February 2003)
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Anne & Tom Heck, 2003
Image Source: Anne & Tom Heck (Santa Barbara, USA)
Copyright Instructions: Photograph and permission received (letter of 22 February 2003)
INFORMATION
FontID: 10787WAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Museum and Inventory Number: Das Museum der Wartburg
Church/Chapel: [original church unknon]
Country Name: Germany
Location: Eisenach, Thüringen
Directions to Site: In Eisenach, in the Burg/castle
Font Location in Church: In one of the rooms of the Museum [cf. Museum info]
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century [basin only], Medieval / composite
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Anne & Tom Heck, of Santa Barbara, USA, for the information on, and photographs of this font.
Font Notes:
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Romanesque baptismal font believed to be originally from a church in the area; the original basin is bucket-shaped and decorated with a shallow-carved arcade of round arches containing foliage and/or Tree-of-life motifs; the upper rim is decorated with a double moulding: rope at the top and roll below, both thin. There is evidence of damage to the upper rim consistent with the type caused by the forceful removal of old cover staples. [cf. Index entry for Wartburg No. 2 for a baptismal font of the same period in the chapel]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 103 cm*
Basin Total Height: 50 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Anne & Tom Heck [on site]]