Stedesdorf nr. Wittmund
Results: 4 records
B01: design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - 8
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B02: Apostle or saint? - 8
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
BBU01: design element - motifs - vine
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
BBU02: animal - fabulous animal or monster
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
INFORMATION
FontID: 11543STE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: St.-Aegidien-Kirche / St.-Ägidyenkirche / Sendkirche St. Aegidii
Church Patron Saints: St. Giles [aka Aegidus, Egidus, Gilles]
Country Name: Germany
Location: Wittmund, Niedersachsen
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Wittmund, in East Frisia
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century (mid-to-late), Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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Noted in Kroesen & Steensma (2004) as a baptismal font of the mid to late thirteenth century made of Baumberg sandstone: it "has eight stiff (damaged) figures under undecorated arches, possibly apostles", and, like the font at neighbouring Nesse, "both fonts have a frieze of vines and fabulous animals at the top. The original pedestal of both fonts have been lost." Kroesen & Steensma (ibid.) give the font at Nesse [cf. Index entry] as cognate.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone (Baumberg sandstone
Font Shape: cylindrical?
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Kroesen, Justin E.A., The Interior of the medieval village church = Het middeleeuwse Dorpskerkinterieur, Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters, 2004