Morsum / Morsum auf Sylt

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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

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CR01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

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R01: design element - motifs - torus-scotia

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

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view of church exterior -- northwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Holger Weinandt, 2006

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view of font and cover

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Uwe Barghaan, 2008

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INFORMATION

FontID: 16244MOR
Church/Chapel: Dorfkirche St. Martin / Martinskirche Morsum
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Country Name: Germany
Location: Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein
Directions to Site: Located on Sylt Island, in the municipality of Sylt-Ost [now Sylt], in Nordfriesland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Early Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Paradise font / Paradisenfunten
The font in this church appears to be one of the characteristic 'Paradise fonts' imported from Gotland: a hemispherical basin decorated with a torus and scotia at the upper rim, and a low-relief ribbed pattern down the sides and underbowl, raised on a conical pedestal base with a roll moulding at the top, and a splaying lower base, also circular. The font cover is round and flat; metal? There is a horizontal crack across the upper side of the basin. [NB: there arel traces of red and blue colour on parts of the basin, but we cannot ascertain whether or not these are original or a later addition].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]