Martna / Martens

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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed
INFORMATION
FontID: 12334MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Mihkli Kirik
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: Estonia
Location: Läänemaa
Directions to Site: Located on the western mainland, E of Haapsalu
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: Medieval
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Tuulse (1949). The font (?) consists of a small bucket-shaped basin, the sides decorated with a rough ribbed pattern or arcade, raised on a two-piece circular pedestal base.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (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