Steinfeld

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Results: 6 records
BU01: design element - patterns - scalloped
CR01: human figure - head - wearing headdress or crown - 4
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INFORMATION
FontID: 13807STE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Steinfelder Basililka -- Salvatorianerkloster Steinfeld
Country Name: Germany
Location: Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Paradise font / Paradisenfunten
Font Notes:
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Illustrated in Knüvener (2008). A baptismal font made in Gotland of local stone for export; it consists of a shallow cylindrical basin with a scalloped underbowl, raised on the conical pedestal typical of the later Gotland fonts [Paradise-font group]; the centre ring of this font is quite thick and decorated with four human heads; the basin side has a metal staple or hasp for securing the old cover to.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone?
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Knüvener, Peter, "Die Kunst des Mittelalters in der Mark Brandenburg: eine Einführung", Die Kunst des Mittelalters in der Mark Brandenburg: Tradition - Transformation - Innovation, Berlin: Lukas Verlag, 2008