Martna / Martens / Ummere
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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: 12334MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Gotland font?
Church / Chapel Name: Martna kirik
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin
Church Notes: “ecclesia beati Martini Ummere” recorded 1312 by Franciscus de Molino, an auditor of the pope, in Kaire Tooming's LATE MEDIEVAL DECOR AT
ST M ARTIN’S CHURCH IN M ARTNA [kadria,+tooming.pdf]
Church Address: Martna, 90601 Lääne County, Estonia
Site Location: Läänemaa, Estonia, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off road 160 / 16109, about 20 km SE of Haapsalu
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. The entry for this church in Medievalheritage.eu [https://medievalheritage.eu/en/main-page/heritage/estonia/martna-st-martins-church/] [accessed 20 August 2025] reports that the oldest preserved object in the church is a baptismal font of stone from ca. 1300". The entry for this church in Visit Haapsalu [https://www.visithaapsalu.com/en/objekt/martna-church/] [accessed 20 August 2025] notes: "The oldest thing inside the church is a Gotland-style baptising stone."
COORDINATES
UTM: 34V 661206 6527424
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 58.856359, 23.794804
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 58° 51′ 22.89″ N, 23° 47′ 41.29″ E
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, p. 161 and Abb. 10