Berlin No. 1
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Results: 5 records
B01: design element - motifs - foliage
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Image Source: detail of an illustration in Schich (2008)
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BBU01: design element - motifs - moulding
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R01: design element - motifs - moulding - flat moulding
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UB01: inscription
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Image Source: detail of an illustration in Schich (2008)
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view of font in context
Scene Description: in the Museum interior [cf. Font notes]
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Image Source: illustration in Schich (2008)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 13810BER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1590?
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(late?)
Museum: Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin (Märkisches Museum)
Church / Chapel Name: [original church unknown]
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Church Address: Am Köllnischen Park 5, 10179 Berlin, Germany -- Tel.: +49 30 24002162
Site Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the city centre, in the E side of the Friedrichswerder, on the S bank of the Spree
Additional Comments: disused font: in a museum
Font Notes:
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Illustrated in Schich (2008). Stone baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin with a rounded underbowl, raised on a roughly baluster-shaped pedestal base; the rim and upper side of the basin is moulded; the sides below are decorated with protruding motifs on a floral background, all brightly painted in green and gold; the base is unpainted but has a date painted or carved (?) on four of the eight sides: "159[?]", dating the font to the end of the 17th century. [NB: we do not have information on its provenance]
COORDINATES
UTM: 33U 392422 5819346
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.5136, 13.4147
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 30′ 48.96″ N, 13° 24′ 52.92″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: on the base sides
Inscription Text: "159[?]"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Schich, Winfried, "Die Landesherrschaft und die Entwicklung der Kulturlandschaft im Bereich der Mark Brandenburg von 13. bis zum 16. Jahrhundert", Die Kunst des Mittelalters in der Mark Brandenburg: Tradition - Transformation - Innovation, Berlin: Lukas Verlag, 2008, pl. 15 on p. 26