Laane-Nigula / Lääne-Nigula / Pönal
Image copyright © J. Nõmmik, 1949
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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J. Nõmmik, 1949
Image Source: B&W photograph by J. Nõmmik in Tuulse (1949)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J. Nõmmik, 1949
Image Source: B&W photograph by J. Nõmmik in Tuulse (1949)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12330LAA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century (mid-to-late?), Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Paradise font / Paradisenfunten / Baegerbladsfonte / Muschelcuppen / Musselcuppor / Musselcuppstyp [SHM]
Cognate Fonts: many other such fonts in the Baltic area
Church / Chapel Name: Püha Nikolause Kirik, Lääne-Nigula
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Address: Nigula tee 1, Nigula, 90807 Lääne maakond, Estonia -- Tel.: +372 5649 8724
Site Location: Läänemaa, Estonia, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off road 11230, near the W coast of continental Estonia, about 15 km ENE of Haapsalu
Additional Comments: damaged font / disused font: only a broken basin remains
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Tuulse (1949): basin fragment of a "gotländische Müschelcuppa" font of the third quarter of the 14th century, a large group of pedestal fonts whose hemispherical basins have a stylised broad ribbed pattern on the sides reminiscent of the shell [Ger.: Müschel] to which their name makes reference.
COORDINATES
UTM: 34V 659819 6539317
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 58.963559, 23.779343
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 58° 57′ 48.81″ N, 23° 46′ 45.64″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Tuulse, Armin, "Mittlealterliche Taufsteine in Estland", Apophoreta tartuensia: acta universitati tartuensi (dorpatensi) ad diem restitutionis kal. dec. MCMXIX nunc tricesimum celebrandum a professoribus discipulisque eorum in exilio dedicata = Pühendusteos: Eesti Vabriigi Tartu Ülikoolile tema avamise [...], Holmiae = Stockholm: Societas Litterarum Estonica in Svecia = Eesti Teaduslik Selts Rootsis, 1949, p. 156 and Abb. 3