Kaarma / Karmel
Image copyright © Kirjastus Kunst, 1975
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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)
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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
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kirjastus Kunst, 1975
Image Source: B&W photograph in Eesti Kunst (1975)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
FontID: 12332KAA
Church/Chapel: PeeterPauli Kirik
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul
Country Name: Estonia
Location: Saaremaa, Saaremaa
Directions to Site: Located on Saarema Island, NE of Kuressaare
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Paradise font / Paradisenfunten / müschelcuppa variant
Cognate Fonts: another such basin [but with twelve sides] at Parnu, in the mainland
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described and illustrated in Tuulse (1949): limestone baptismal font with a basin of a variant type he describes as 'polygonalen Müschelcuppen'; the polygonal top of the basin has sixteen sides, the sides decorated with an equal number of broad ribs thar continue on the rounded underbowl; there is a scotia under the upper rim of the basin; the basin is raised on a plain cylindrical stem and a quadrangular lower base with the upper angles chamfered. [NB: the Saaremaa web site [www.saaremaa.ee] states "the stone baptismal font dates to the latter half of the 13th century"]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone
Font Shape: polygonal (sixteen sides) (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal (sixteen sides)
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