Lubeck No. 3 / Lübeck

[NB: is this the font at St Giles?] Petrucci (1905) reports "the recent discovery in the church [St. Giles?] at Lubeck of a very curious baptismal font of Roman [sic] date. The bowl is cut into a thick square stone, the corners of which have been carved by the artist into human faces. The four faces are surrounded and ornamented with leaves, grapes and fantastic animals in the most primitive style. The lower part bears traces of a large cylindrical pedestal and four bases of small columns of wide circumference, with feet in the form of a single leaf. The font lacks its supports -- that is, the central pillar and the small columns which surround it; but since these parts were simple unsculptured cylinders, there will be no difficulty in restoring them. It is to be hoped that this interesting piece of antiquity will be accorded the position it deserves, either in the church or in a museum."