Beckum
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Christ - Christ in Majesty - holding book in left hand - right hand raised in benediction - Evangelists symbols
Apostle or saint - unidentified
Scene Description: in several of the sides
design element - architectural - column - 8
Scene Description: with demifigues atop
human figure - demi-figure - 8
Scene Description: atop the columns[ eroded-famaged
design element - motifs - vine
design element - motifs - moulding - graded
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11547BEC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (mid?), Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Katholische St-Stephanus Kirche Beckum
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptismal chapel
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Address: Clemens-August-Straße 25, 59269 Beckum, Germany
Site Location: Münster, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off Highway 2, near Vellern, about 30 km SE of Münster
Font Notes:
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Octagonal baptismal font of the mid-13th century (?) made of stone and decorated with the Baptism of Christ, twelve (?) Apostles, Christ in Majesty and the symbols of the four Evangelists. Illustrated in a digital photograph 22 March 2012 by JWBE [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BE_Stephanus_DSC00220.JPG] [accessed 22 June 2025]
[to be completed -- photograph of the font in the image file -- description etc in BSI print files -- to be done]
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COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 433815 5734146
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.7543, 8.04115
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 45′ 15.48″ N, 8° 2′ 28.14″
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: metal
Apparatus: no
Notes: low dome with cross finial