Grimersum
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animal?
Scene Description: are these the usual lions? -- too damaged to discern what they are at the corners
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Matthias Süßen, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 22 April 2011 by Matthias Süßen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirche_Grimersum32.jpg] [accessed 17 November 2018]
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design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: a very prominent one -- it is obvious that the basin and the base are not matched, the base meant for a much larger bowl
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Matthias Süßen, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 22 April 2011 by Matthias Süßen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirche_Grimersum32.jpg] [accessed 17 November 2018]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Matthias Süßen, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 22 April 2011 by Matthias Süßen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirche_Grimersum32.jpg] [accessed 17 November 2018]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: damaged, parts missing
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Matthias Süßen, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 22 April 2011 by Matthias Süßen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirche_Grimersum32.jpg] [accessed 17 November 2018]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: damaged on the right side here
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Matthias Süßen, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 22 April 2011 by Matthias Süßen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirche_Grimersum32.jpg] [accessed 17 November 2018]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding - parallel - 2
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Matthias Süßen, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 22 April 2011 by Matthias Süßen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirche_Grimersum32.jpg] [accessed 17 November 2018]
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design element - motifs - vine
Scene Description: a rather geometrical one, with crossing arches, etc.
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Matthias Süßen, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 22 April 2011 by Matthias Süßen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirche_Grimersum32.jpg] [accessed 17 November 2018]
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design element - motifs - vine - acanthus
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Matthias Süßen, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 22 April 2011 by Matthias Süßen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirche_Grimersum32.jpg] [accessed 17 November 2018]
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view of church exterior
![the 17thC separate bell tower stands to the left [not visible in the photograph]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1181117030_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the 17thC separate bell tower stands to the left [not visible in the photograph]
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 22 April 2011 by Matthias Süßen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirche_Grimersum49.jpg] [accessed 17 November 2018]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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view of font
Scene Description: wuth the metal baptismal dish atop -- notice the damage to the upper rim and to the right side of the base --
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view of font in context
Scene Description: at the east end of the nave, south side -- on the left is the pulpit; box pews on the right
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INFORMATION
FontID: 20168GRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Evangelisch-reformierte Grimersumer Kirche
Church Location: Kirche Grimersum, 26736 Krummhörn, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Ostfriesland, Niedersachsen
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the Eilsumer Landstrasse, W of Wirdum, 15 km N of Emden
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Münster
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end of the nave, S side
Date: ca. 1270-1280?
Century and Period: 13th century (late?), Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Bentheim font, Type Sögel I, Sögel [Drake]
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: church here ca. 1270-1280? 17thC separate bell tower
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of Benthein sandstone consisting of a slightly tapering round basin made of Bentheim sandstone; its design matches the classification assigned in Drake (2002) as "Bentheim School; Type Sögel I, Sögel", which includes fonts at Damme, Greetsiel, Grimersum, Kantens, Rijsen, Sleen, Sögel, Thuine and Uphusen. The decoration has, from top down, a double roll-moulding, a vine of arcaded foliage, a single roll-moulding, a scrolling vine below and an eroded roll-moulding at tghe lower end of the basin; there appears to be some damage to the underbowl; the round-to-square base appears to be designed for a much lareger basin, and may not have been the original; it has a round platform atop, the sides a very large moulding, and a smaller roll-moulding below; the sides of the base are damaged and it is now difficult to discern the lions (?) at the corners, two of which have been broken off. There is no cover present now; a metal baptismal dish sits atop the basin.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.4776, 7.1709
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 28′ 39.36″ N, 7° 10′ 15.24″ E
UTM: 32U 378613 5926959
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone (Bentheim
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
REFERENCES
Drake, Colin Stuart, The Romanesque Fonts of Northern Europe and Scandinavia, Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002