Fehmarn No. 1 / Borch up Vemere / Borg up Fehmarn / Burg auf Fehmarn / Burghæby / Burgk uff Femern / Femern

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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

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BH01: human figure - head

Scene Description: on the north side

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BH02: human figure - head - crowned

Scene Description: on the east side

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BH03: human figure - head - crowned

Scene Description: on the south side

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BH04: human figure - head - crowned

Scene Description: on the west side

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LB01: design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: at the top and bottom of the base

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R01: design element - motifs - torus-scotia

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view of font

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INFORMATION

FontID: 16249FEH
Church/Chapel: Evangelisch-lutherische Hallenkirche St. Nikolai
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: Breite Str. 47, 23769 Burg, Germany -- Tel.: +49 4371 2250
Country Name: Germany
Location: Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein
Directions to Site: The island of Fehmarn [Femern in Danish] is located 18 km S of Lolland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Early Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Paradise font / Paradisenfunten
One of two font in this church [cf. Index entry of Fehmarn No. 2 for the 14th-century bronze font in this church]. Baptismal font of the group 'Paradise fonts' made on Gotland of local sandstone; the basin is quatrefoiled inside and out, and has a torus-scotia combination atr the upper rim; on each side, at the top of the ribbed pattern, a crowned head, each different from the others [NB: one of the heads may not wear a crown]; it is raised on a moulded pedestal base of the same quatrefoiled shape. The basin shows signs of repairs, and a part of it may be a modern reconstruction.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.438611, 11.1975
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 26′ 19″ N, 11° 11′ 51″ E
UTM: 32U 642515 6034547

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (Gotland)
Font Shape: quatrefoil (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: quatrefoil
Basin Exterior Shape: quatrefoil