Wismar No. 2 / Wismer
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view of font - east side
Scene Description: notice the cut lower base [cf. FontNotes]
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view of font - southeast side
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view of font - south side
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view of font - southwest side
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view of basin - interior
Scene Description: no drain; no lining
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design element - patterns - ribbed
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view of font in context
Scene Description: in the presbitery, south side
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 19425WIS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2014-08-06
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Early Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Gotland font?
Church / Chapel Name: St. Nikolai Kirche
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the presbitery, S side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas
Previous Font Location(s): originally from St. Marienkirche
Church Address: Sankt-Nikolai-Kirchehof, Wismar 23966 - Germany
Site Location: Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the E22-105, 30 km N of Schwerin, 45 km E of Lübeck, near the Polish border
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Ratzeburg
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font located now in the presbitery area, on the south side; it is of the general design of fonts produced on Gotland in the late 13th and early 14th cemtury, a hemispherical basin decorated with a simple ribbed pattern all around, raised on a conical pedestal base with a thick roll moulding at the bottom, and a plain round lower base [NB: the lower base here has had one side cut off, probably at some point in the past when the font was located against furniture or a wall]; the inner basin well has no drain and is not lined; the damage at the upper rim and the presence of a metal plug at the opposite end indicates a cover was attached to it in the past. [cf. Index entry for Wismar No. 1 for a bronze font formerly from St. Marien, now in this church].
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 662004 5974718
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.895558, 11.465533
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 53′ 44.01″ N, 11° 27′ 55.92″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: no drainage system
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 10-12 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 68-70 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 92-94 cm
Basin Depth: 31-32 cm
Basin Total Height: 50 cm
Height of Base: 65 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 115 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]