St. Martin / Sankt Martin / St. Martin in Wladviertel
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Martin - Pfarrkirche hl. Martin" -- if the basin is late-Romanesque the baluster-shaped base would probably be 17th-18thC, making the font a composite object
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Image Source: digital photograph 5 May 2012 by Grubernst [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2012.05.05_-_St._Martin_-_Pfarrkirche_hl._Martin_-_07.jpg] [accessed 5 February 2024]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Martin - Pfarrkirche hl. Martin"
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Image Source: digital photograph 5 May 2012 by Grubernst [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2012.05.05_-_St._Martin_-_Pfarrkirche_hl._Martin_-_01.jpg] [accessed 5 February 2024]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Martin - Pfarrkirche hl. Martin" -- in the southeast area of the nave
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Image Source: digital photograph 5 May 2012 by Grubernst [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2012.05.05_-_St._Martin_-_Pfarrkirche_hl._Martin_-_08.jpg] [accessed 5 February 2024]
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view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Martin - Pfarrkirche hl. Martin"
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Image Source: digital photograph 5 May 2012 by Grubernst [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2012.05.05_-_St._Martin_-_Pfarrkirche_hl._Martin_-_10.jpg] [accessed 5 February 2024]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Martin - Pfarrkirche hl. Martin" -- the baptismal font is partially visible on the right, by the psalm boart
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Image Source: digital photograph 5 May 2012 by Grubernst [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2012.05.05_-_St._Martin_-_Pfarrkirche_hl._Martin_-_05.jpg] [accessed 5 February 2024]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 25310WAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century [basin only] -- 16th - 17th century, Medieval [composite font?]
Church / Chapel Name: Römisch-katholische Pfarrkirche St. Martin im Waldviertel
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the southeast area of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: Romanesque church; expanded 18thC; renovated 1889; restored 1948
Church Address: St. Martin 8, 3971 St. Martin, Austria
Site Location: Niederösterreich, Austria, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off road 41 [aka Gemunder Str.], 6-7 km SW of Weitra, about 25 km WNW of Zwettl
Ecclesiastic Region: Diözese St. Pölten
Additional Comments: composite font? [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in Marktgemeinde St. Martin [https://www.st-martin.eu/Geschichte_der_Pfarre_Sankt_Martin] [accessed 5 February 2024] mentions a late-Romanesque, ca. 1300, baptismal font in it, a round basin on a squat pedestal base ["Das Taufbecken: Spätromanischer Taufstein um 1300 mit runder Schale auf gedrungener Säule. Deckelaufsatz barock, Holz geschnitzt und vergoldet"] but the baluster-shaped base is probably 17th-18th century while the basin could be late-Romanesque; a composite font?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are gratefult to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 33U 488146 5390160
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.66438, 14.83901
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 39′ 51.77″ N, 14° 50′ 20.44″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Apparatus: no
Notes: round painted wood(?) base with four scroll ribs supporting an orb-and-cross finial