Wismar No. 2 / Wismer

Results: 8 records

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 August 2014 by BSI

design element - patterns - ribbed

Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 August 2014 by BSI

view of basin - interior

Scene Description: no drain; no lining

Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 August 2014 by BSI

view of font - east side

Scene Description: notice the cut lower base [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 August 2014 by BSI

view of font - south side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 August 2014 by BSI

view of font - southeast side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 August 2014 by BSI

view of font - southwest side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 August 2014 by BSI

view of font in context

Scene Description: in the presbitery, south side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 August 2014 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 19425WIS

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: St. Nikolai Kirche [originally from St. Marienkirche]

Church Location: Sankt-Nikolai-Kirchehof, Wismar 23966 - Germany

Country Name: Germany

Location: Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklenbourg-Vorpommern

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 Location in Church: Inside the church, in the presbitery, S side

Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Early Gothic

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Gotland font?

Font Notes: Click to view

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 agains 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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.895558, 11.465533

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 53′ 44.01″ N, 11° 27′ 55.92″ E

UTM: 32U 662004 5974718

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?

Number of Pieces: 2

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

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]