Belm

Results: 32 records

B01: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation - Mary to the right, Gabriel to the left

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 August 2014 by BSI

B02: New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - in the Jordan - John the Baptist holding his right hand on Christ's head - angel holding clothes - Dove above

although the right arm of the Baptist is broken off, the hand is visible on Christ's head; the Holy Ghost symbol appears above Christ's head

Scene Description: although the right arm of the Baptist is broken off, the hand is visible on Christ's head; the Holy Ghost symbol appears above Christ's head

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 August 2014 by BSI

B03: Apostle or saint - haloed - holding book in right hand - unidentified

Scene Description: in the left arche here; naked feet; a prophet?

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 August 2014 by BSI

B04: Apostle or saint - holding object - unidentified

Scene Description: in the right arch here; holding object with both hands

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 August 2014 by BSI

B05: Apostle or saint - crowned - holding book in right hand

Scene Description: the tips of the crown still discernible, despite the erosion -- is it Ecclesia?

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 August 2014 by BSI

B06: cleric - bishop - wearing mitre - with staff in right hand - holding book in left hand

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 August 2014 by BSI

animal - fabulous animal or monster - unidentified

Scene Description: two of them in the spandrel above the Annunciation scene

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 August 2014 by BSI

animal - fabulous animal or monster - unidentified

the one in the right spandrel here, to the right of the Baptism of Christ scene; the motif in the left spandrel is damaged; was it floral or foliage?

Scene Description: the one in the right spandrel here, to the right of the Baptism of Christ scene; the motif in the left spandrel is damaged; was it floral or foliage?

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 August 2014 by BSI

design element - architectural - arcade - trefoiled arches - columns with capitals and bases - multiple columns

the arches have multiple columnar supports with capitals and bases, with the exception on the one in the centre of the Baptism of Christ scene

Scene Description: the arches have multiple columnar supports with capitals and bases, with the exception on the one in the centre of the Baptism of Christ scene

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 August 2014 by BSI

design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: large leaves in several of spandrels

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 August 2014 by BSI

design element - motifs - moulding - graded

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 August 2014 by BSI

design element - motifs - vine

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 August 2014 by BSI

view of basin - interior

Scene Description: the metal cauldron (?) inserted in the basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 August 2014 by BSI

view of basin - north side

Scene Description: [NB: orientation is approximate] -- showing the Baptism of Christ scene in two arches

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 August 2014 by BSI

view of church exterior - south portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 August 2014 by BSI

view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 August 2014 by BSI

view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 August 2014 by BSI

view of church exterior - south view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 August 2014 by BSI

view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: the blocked southeast entrance that opened into the chancel

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 August 2014 by BSI

view of church interior - east end

Scene Description: with the font now located on the south side of the presbitery

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 August 2014 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 August 2014 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - looking west

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 August 2014 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - west end

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 August 2014 by BSI

view of church interior - votive table

Scene Description: Source caption: "Belm: Votiftafel der spätromanischen katholischen Pfarrkirche St. Dionysius"

Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 July 2011 by Sail over [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Belm_sankt_dionysius_votiftafel_02.jpg] [accessed 1 September 2014]

Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of font - norhwest side

[NB: orientation is approximate] -- the angel from the Baptism of Christ scene is visible in the left arch; two unidentified prophets, apostles or saints occupy the two other arches

Scene Description: [NB: orientation is approximate] -- the angel from the Baptism of Christ scene is visible in the left arch; two unidentified prophets, apostles or saints occupy the two other arches

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 August 2014 by BSI

view of font - south side

[NB: orientation is approximate] -- an unidentified prophet, apostle or saint occupies the left arch; the figure in the centre arch appears to be crwoned; the figure in the left arch is a mitred bishop

Scene Description: [NB: orientation is approximate] -- an unidentified prophet, apostle or saint occupies the left arch; the figure in the centre arch appears to be crwoned; the figure in the left arch is a mitred bishop

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 August 2014 by BSI

view of font - southeast side

Scene Description: [NB: orientation is approximate] -- a mitred bishop occupies the left arch; Gabriel occupies the right arch

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 August 2014 by BSI

view of font - upper view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 August 2014 by BSI

view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 August 2014 by BSI

view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 August 2014 by BSI

view of font and cover - east side

Scene Description: [NB: orientation is approximate] -- Gabriel in the left arch, Mary in the right

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 August 2014 by BSI

view of font and cover - southeast view

Scene Description: [NB: orientation is approximate] -- showing the bishop in the left arch, and Gabriel and Mary in the two other arches

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 August 2014 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 19401BEL

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Dionysius

Church Patron Saints: St. Denys [aka Dennis, Dionis, Dionysius]

Church Location: Am Kirchplatz 1, 49191 Belm, Germany -- Tel.: 05406 880056

Country Name: Germany

Location: Osnabrück, Niedersachsen

Directions to Site: Located off Bremer Strasse [aka 51/65], 7 km NE of Osnabrück, and now part of it

Ecclesiastic Region: Diözese Osnabrück

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, presbitery, S side

Century and Period: 13th century (late?), Gothic

Church Notes: the Catholic Church of St. Dionysius was built in mid-13thC -- the Protestant church of Belm dates from the early-19thC

Font Notes: Click to view

Baptismal font in a poor state of conservation; it consists of a bucket-shaped basin decorated with a band of vine motif below the upper rim; an arcade of eight trefoiled arches contains two scenes: Annunciation and Baptism of Christ, and four unidentified figures, one of which is clearly a bishop; another holds a book in the right hand and is crowned [Ecclesia?]; the spandrels of the arcade are richly decorated, some with large leaves, one, at least, with animals, but a couple of them are two deteriorated for identification; the columns of the arcade have full capitals and bases, and the columns themselves have multiple stems; the lower base is round with graded moulding. There are damage and repairs evident around the upper rim, and the stone outside is very weathered, as if the font had spent much time in all weathers. A metal cauldron (?) is jammed inside the basin; we were unable to budge it without risking damage to the font, and therefore are uncertain of the original drainage and actual depth of the inner well.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.302424, 8.140292

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 18′ 8.72″ N, 8° 8′ 25.05″ E

UTM: 32U 441380 5795024

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone

Font Shape: bucket-shaped

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: metal insert [cf. FontNotes]

Rim Thickness: 17.5 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 63-64 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 103 cm

Basin Depth: 38-39 cm [to the bottom of the insert -- cf. FontNotes]

Height of Basin Side: 88 cm

Basin Total Height: 93-94 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 107 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern

Material: wood, oak?

Apparatus: no

Notes: round, flat and plain