Saare / Sääre / Zerel
Image copyright © J. Nõmmik, 1949
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 12333SAA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: [Parish Church?] [in ruins]
Font Location in Church: Found in the ruins of the old church [cf. FontNotes]
Church Address: W395+8V8 Sääre, Saare County, Estonia
Site Location: Saaremaa, Saaremaa, Estonia, Europe
Directions to Site: The site of the ruins is located off road 103, on the southernmost tip of the Sõrve Peninsula
Additional Comments: damaged font / disused font / abandoned font: only a fragment left [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Tuulse (1949) as a fragment of the basin, and the base of the original font from the old church of Sääre [now [ca. 1949] in ruins].
COORDINATES
UTM: 34V 562779 6420106
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: fragment
Font Shape: round, mounted
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. 160 and Abb. 9