Asbeck
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view of font and cover
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design element - motifs - vine - acanthus
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design element - architectural - arch-head - round
Scene Description: very large, without real supports, although there is a minimal stump below each of the imposts
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design element - architectural - arch-head - round
Scene Description: inside each large carved arch-head is a set of three (?) tiny incised arch-heads, also round
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design element - motifs - floral or foliage
Scene Description: in each of the spandrels of the larger arch-heads
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design element - patterns - scalloped
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view of church exterior - east view
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view of church exterior - south view
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
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design element - patterns - scalloped
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 20328ASB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1230?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (early?), Early Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Stiftskirche St. Margareta
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Church Notes: original 2-bay nave 12thC; transept and chancel 13thC; restored ca. 1970; Gothic wall paintings
Church Address: An der Kirche 5, 48739 Legden, Germany -- Tel.: +49 2566 1612
Site Location: Münsterland, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located at the crossroads of the K43, K61. K29, K32, K28, E of highway 31, WNW of Münster
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the original 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of stone roughly cylindrical, with the upper side slightly broader and decorated with an acanthus vine; the sides have a set of broad round arch-heads with imposts that appear to have a stump below, not clear whether intended as capitals or tops of columns; inside each broad carved arch-head is a set [three?] of incised plain round arch-heads; a row of scalloped pattern decorates the underbowl; the stem is cylindrical and plain; the lower base is circular and splaying, with a scalloped pattern on it. Font cover of conical shape with large fleuron (?) finial and two levels of inscriptions, at middle and bottom.
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 372728 5768671
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.054005, 7.143769
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 3′ 14.42″ N, 7° 8′ 37.57″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone