Marienwehr No. 2
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Results: 14 records
UBF01: animal - mammal - lion - rampant
Scene Description: one of four
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UBF02: animal - mammal - lion - rampant
Scene Description: one of four
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UBF03: animal - mammal - lion - rampant
Scene Description: one of four; most of this one is broken off
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UBF04: animal - mammal - lion - rampant
Scene Description: in this case the spindly extremities of the rampant lion are discernible
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UBF04: animal - mammal - lion - rampant
Scene Description: one of four; in this case the spindly extremities of the rampant lion are discernible
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view of font
Scene Description: showing the damaged lion on the base
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view of font
Scene Description: showing damage at the upper rim and at the lower base
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view of font
Scene Description: as displayed in the museum at Emden
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view of basin - detail
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design element - motifs - rope moulding - parallel - opposed thread directions - 2
Scene Description: sandwiching the broader band of foliage and floral motif
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design element - motifs - floral and foliage
Scene Description: incorporating several sizes of square floral and foliage motifs
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view of basin
Scene Description: the tapering of the basin is appears exaggerated by lens distortion; the basin is in fact almost cylindrical
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view of basin - upper view
Scene Description: showing the two damaged areas; the one at the from obviously when the stone around the metal staple of the old cover; the indentation around the rim shows the font was originally designed to have a fitted cover
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information
Scene Description: museum label
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 19421MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2014-08-05
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (early?), Early Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Bentheim workshop / Bentheim type
Cognate Fonts: Arle, Hage, Hatzum, Marienhafe, Riepe
Museum: Ostfriesisches Landesmuseum Emden, Brückstraße 1 | 26725 Emden, Germany, PL 1
Church / Chapel Name: Marienweiher Kirche
Font Location in Church: [now in a museum]
Church Notes: medieval church here demolished in late-19thC
Church Address: 26725 Marienwehr, Emden, Germany
Site Location: Ostfriesland, Niedersachsen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: The hamlet of Marienwehr is located NE of Hwy. 31, 5 km NE of Emden; it is now a borough [Stadtteil] of it
Additional Comments: disused font (now in a museum)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font made of sandstone; it consists of a cylindrical basin decorated with a broad band of quatrefoil foliage and floral motifs, in a variety of arrangements and sizes, sandwiched between double bands of rope motif (paired left-and-right); the base consists of a broad central shaft and four outer animal bodies arranged at 90-degree angles; the animals are probably intended to be rampant lions, as one of them has four spindly extremities scarcely noticeable, but the rendering makes them look like caricature dragons, one of which is broken off; there are other spots of damage on the font, markedly around the upper rim. The font is one of three on permanent display at the Ostfriesisches Landesmuseum Emden, two of which are labeled as being from Marienwher [cf. Index entry for Marienwehr No. 1 for the other font]. The museum label describes the font as being of the Bentheim type, and relates it to those at Arle, Hage, Hatzum, Marienhafe and Riepe.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Notes on Measurements: [NB: font encased in the museum display; unable to get measurements and ascertain the drainage]