Emmerich No. 2 / Embrica / Emmerich am Rhein
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view of font and cover
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 13 May 2010 by Frank Vincentz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emmerich_-_Sankt_Martini_-_in_-_baptismal_font_02_ies.jpg] [accessed 1 August 2016]
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design element - patterns - ribbed - concave
Scene Description: all around the underbowl
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Frank Vincentz, 2010
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 13 May 2010 by Frank Vincentz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emmerich_-_Sankt_Martini_-_in_-_baptismal_font_02_ies.jpg] [accessed 1 August 2016]
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angel - cherub - head
Scene Description: several of them, alternating with rosettes, on the basin side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Frank Vincentz, 2010
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 13 May 2010 by Frank Vincentz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emmerich_-_Sankt_Martini_-_in_-_baptismal_font_02_ies.jpg] [accessed 1 August 2016]
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design element - motifs - floral - rosette
Scene Description: several of them, alternating with cherub heads, on the basin side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Frank Vincentz, 2010
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 13 May 2010 by Frank Vincentz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emmerich_-_Sankt_Martini_-_in_-_baptismal_font_02_ies.jpg] [accessed 1 August 2016]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Raimond Spekking, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 October 2003 by Raimond Spekking [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Martini_(Kirche)_-_Emmerich_am_Rhein.jpg?uselang=de] [accessed 1 August 2016]
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: the church of St. Martini is identified in this 1647 map as no. 1, at the extreme left of the panoramic view
view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Frank Vincentz, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 May 2010 by Frank Vincentz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emmerich_-_Sankt_Martini_-_in_-_baptismal_font_02_ies.jpg] [accessed 1 August 2016]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: showing the modern crane used to raise and lower the font cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Frank Vincentz, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 May 2010 by Frank Vincentz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emmerich_-_Sankt_Martini_-_in_-_baptismal_font_05_ies.jpg] [accessed 1 August 2016]
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view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Frank Vincentz, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 May 2010 by Frank Vincentz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emmerich_-_Sankt_Martini_-_in_-_baptismal_font_01_ies.jpg] [accessed 1 August 2016]
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view of church interior - plan
Scene Description: the plan illustrates the complexity of the church; the K area is the 15thC 'Seitenschiff', an expansion of the north aisle; the number 48 in it identifies the location of the baptismal font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © www.martinikirche.christophorus-emmerich.de, 2016
Image Source: digital image of the interior plan in the Parish site [www.martinikirche.christophorus-emmerich.de] [accessed 1 August 2016]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
design element - motifs - moulding - graded
Scene Description: on the cylindrical stem and the upper surface of the splaying lower base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Frank Vincentz, 2010
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 13 May 2010 by Frank Vincentz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emmerich_-_Sankt_Martini_-_in_-_baptismal_font_02_ies.jpg] [accessed 1 August 2016]
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design element - patterns - ball-in-socket
Scene Description: a circle of them, on the upper surface of the splaying lower base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Frank Vincentz, 2010
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 13 May 2010 by Frank Vincentz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emmerich_-_Sankt_Martini_-_in_-_baptismal_font_02_ies.jpg] [accessed 1 August 2016]
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design element - motifs - foliage - 4
Scene Description: scrolled foliage motifs set at 90-degree angles
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Frank Vincentz, 2010
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 13 May 2010 by Frank Vincentz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emmerich_-_Sankt_Martini_-_in_-_baptismal_font_02_ies.jpg] [accessed 1 August 2016]
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angel - cherub - head - 2
Scene Description: alternating with rosettes on the cylindrical part of the lower base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Frank Vincentz, 2010
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 13 May 2010 by Frank Vincentz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emmerich_-_Sankt_Martini_-_in_-_baptismal_font_02_ies.jpg] [accessed 1 August 2016]
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design element - motifs - floral - rosette - 2
Scene Description: alternating with cherub heads on the cylindrical part of the lower base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Frank Vincentz, 2010
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 13 May 2010 by Frank Vincentz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emmerich_-_Sankt_Martini_-_in_-_baptismal_font_02_ies.jpg] [accessed 1 August 2016]
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angel - cherub - head
Scene Description: several of them, alternating with rosettes, on the lower splaing surface of the font cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Frank Vincentz, 2010
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 13 May 2010 by Frank Vincentz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emmerich_-_Sankt_Martini_-_in_-_baptismal_font_02_ies.jpg] [accessed 1 August 2016]
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design element - motifs - floral - rosette
Scene Description: several of them, alternating with cherub heads, on the lower splaing surface of the font cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Frank Vincentz, 2010
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 13 May 2010 by Frank Vincentz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emmerich_-_Sankt_Martini_-_in_-_baptismal_font_02_ies.jpg] [accessed 1 August 2016]
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angel - cherub - head
Scene Description: several of them, alternating with rosettes, on the lower neck of the font cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Frank Vincentz, 2010
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 13 May 2010 by Frank Vincentz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emmerich_-_Sankt_Martini_-_in_-_baptismal_font_02_ies.jpg] [accessed 1 August 2016]
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design element - motifs - floral - rosette
Scene Description: several of them, alternating with cherub heads, on the lower neck of the font cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Frank Vincentz, 2010
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 13 May 2010 by Frank Vincentz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emmerich_-_Sankt_Martini_-_in_-_baptismal_font_02_ies.jpg] [accessed 1 August 2016]
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design element - architectural - arcade - columns with capitals and bases
Scene Description: an ornate arcade with four decorated arch-heads and spandrels
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 13 May 2010 by Frank Vincentz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emmerich_-_Sankt_Martini_-_in_-_baptismal_font_04_ies.jpg] [accessed 1 August 2016]
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cleric - bishop - 3
Scene Description: three of them were bishop's mitres; one is a young figure without distinctive garb
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angel - 4
Scene Description: one of four siren-like angels (?) on the upper base
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 May 2010 by Frank Vincentz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emmerich_-_Sankt_Martini_-_in_-_baptismal_font_03_ies.jpg] [accessed 1 August 2016]
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human figure - male - youth
Scene Description: one of the four figures in the turret finial of the font cover: a young figure without distinctive garb
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 May 2010 by Frank Vincentz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emmerich_-_Sankt_Martini_-_in_-_baptismal_font_05_ies.jpg] [accessed 1 August 2016]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 20687EMM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century, Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Martini
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, N aisle, W end
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: original Romanesque church ca. 1040; damaged and re-built 12th, 14th, 15th, 17thC; re-modelled 19thC; almost totally destroyed bt Allied bombing in WWII; re-built 20thC with some early parts restored later
Church Address: Martinikirchgang 3, 46446 Emmerich am Rhein, Germany -- Tel.: +49 2822 70520
Site Location: Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the Rheinpromenade, on the N bank of the Rhein, 11-12 km NE of Kleve, just S of the border with the Netherlands
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Münster
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the original 11thC (?) church here)
Font Notes:
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Dehlio (1912) reports a 16th-century font made of brass here: "Taufbrunnen, Gelbguß, M. 16. Jh." Un-corroborated information claims the font is Flemish, made in Antwerp between 1531 and 1535, an excellent example decorated with Renaissance motifs; badly damaged in WWII. The font consists of a round basin decorated with cherub heads alternatings with rosettes on the side, all around; this pattern of cherub-rosette repeats itself on several areas of the font cover and also on the base of the font; a moulding marks the division with the underbowl, the latter decorated with a pattern of concave ribs; round pedestal base with four siren-like angels (?) set at 90-degrees of the underbowl; a similar setting exists at the lower base with the four scrolled foliage motifs; the splaying lower base has graded moulding and one band of ball-in-socket pattern. The font cover is an elaborate affair; mid stem and splaying lower end are decorated with rosettes and cherubs as noted above; the upper volume or finial has an open-work tower-like structure with four figures set at 90-degree angles; three of them are clerics dressed in bishop's robes, mitres on their heads, each carrying an object (edifice, book,...); the fourth is a youth without distinctive garb; at the top is the loop that is used by the crane; the metal wall-mounted crane is modern.
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 309586 5745811
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.830619, 6.236497
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 49′ 50.23″ N, 6° 14′ 11.39″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal, brass
Font Shape: round, mounted, chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: 16th-century?
Material: metal, brass
Apparatus: yes; wall-mouted crane; modern
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Dehio, Georg, Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler: [Bd.5] Nordwestdeutschland, Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1912, p. 115