Brienen

INFORMATION

FontID: 23713KLE

Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (basin only)

Church/Chapel: Katholische Marienkirche aus Brienen [disappeared church]

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Church Location: [address & coordinates for Brienen] Brienen, 47533 Kleve, Germany

Country Name: Germany

Location: Düsseldorf, Nordhein-Westfalen

Directions to Site: Located off (W) the N316, S of the A18, 3-4 km NNE of Kleve, about 80 km NNW of Düsseldorf

Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Münster

Font Location in Church: Inside the Klever Spyckklösterch, in the nave, W end of the aisle

Century and Period: 15th century [basin only] [composite font], Late Medieval [composite]

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it

Font Notes: Click to view

Werner Stalder's article Der untergegangene Taufstein in RP.Online edition of 31 October 2019 [https://rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/kleve/serie-taufsteine-die-neue-heimat-im-spyckkloesterchen_aid-46812653] [accessed 1 February 2022] informs of a baptismal font originally from the disappeared Marienkirche of Brienen; after many events the font was consecrated in Klever Spyckklösterch on 8 June 1997; the hexagonal font has been described as 15th-century and it is chalice-shaped; it is decorated with a vine all around under the protruding rim; the side panels of the basin have trefoiled motifs on them; the pedestal base, also hexagonal, appears modern. No cover present.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: hexagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal

Drainage Notes: metal lining