Belm
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Results: 32 records
B01: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation - Mary to the right, Gabriel to the left
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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
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
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B03: Apostle or saint - haloed - holding book in right hand - unidentified
Scene Description: in the left arche here; naked feet; a prophet?
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B04: Apostle or saint - holding object - unidentified
Scene Description: in the right arch here; holding object with both hands
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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?
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B06: cleric - bishop - wearing mitre - with staff in right hand - holding book in left hand
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view of font - southeast side
Scene Description: [NB: orientation is approximate] -- a mitred bishop occupies the left arch; Gabriel occupies the right arch
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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](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1140831188_compressed.png)
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
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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](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1140831187_compressed.png)
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
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view of font and cover - east side
![[NB: orientation is approximate] -- Gabriel in the left arch, Mary in the right](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1140831185_compressed.png)
Scene Description: [NB: orientation is approximate] -- Gabriel in the left arch, Mary in the right
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view of font and cover - southeast view
![[NB: orientation is approximate] -- showing the bishop in the left arch, and Gabriel and Mary in the two other arches](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1140831184_compressed.png)
Scene Description: [NB: orientation is approximate] -- showing the bishop in the left arch, and Gabriel and Mary in the two other arches
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view of font and cover
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view of font and cover
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view of font - upper view
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design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: large leaves in several of spandrels
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design element - architectural - arcade - trefoiled arches - columns with capitals and bases - multiple columns
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
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animal - fabulous animal or monster - unidentified
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?
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animal - fabulous animal or monster - unidentified
Scene Description: two of them in the spandrel above the Annunciation scene
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view of basin - north side
![[NB: orientation is approximate] -- showing the Baptism of Christ scene in two arches](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1140831186_compressed.png)
Scene Description: [NB: orientation is approximate] -- showing the Baptism of Christ scene in two arches
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design element - motifs - vine
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view of basin - interior
Scene Description: the metal cauldron (?) inserted in the basin
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view of church exterior - south view - detail
Scene Description: the blocked southeast entrance that opened into the chancel
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view of church exterior - south portal - detail
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view of church exterior - south portal - detail
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view of church exterior - south portal
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view of church exterior - south view
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view of church interior - votive table
Scene Description: Source caption: "Belm: Votiftafel der spätromanischen katholischen Pfarrkirche St. Dionysius"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sail over, 2011
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]
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view of church interior - east end
Scene Description: with the font now located on the south side of the presbitery
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
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view of church interior - nave - west end
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design element - motifs - moulding - graded
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 19401BEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2014-08-04
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (late?), Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Dionysius
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, presbitery, S side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Denys [aka Dennis, Dionis, Dionysius]
Church Notes: the Catholic Church of St. Dionysius was built in mid-13thC -- the Protestant church of Belm dates from the early-19thC
Church Address: Am Kirchplatz 1, 49191 Belm, Germany -- Tel.: 05406 880056
Site Location: Osnabrück, Niedersachsen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off Bremer Strasse [aka road 51/65], 7 km NE of Osnabrück, and now part of it
Ecclesiastic Region: Diözese Osnabrück
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 32U 441380 5795024
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.302424, 8.140292
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 18′ 8.72″ N, 8° 8′ 25.05″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: [cf. FontNotes]
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