Chelmno No. 2 / Chełmno / Culm / Kulm

Results: 3 records

design element - motifs - floral?

Scene Description: several appear discernible against the rough finish of the sides

view of basin and cover

view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: the Gothic font in use in this church

INFORMATION

FontID: 25351CHE
Church/Chapel: Kościół Farny Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Chełmnie [Parish Church of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Chełmno]
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: Franciszkańska 8, 86-200 Chełmno, Poland
Country Name: Poland
Location: Powiat chełmiński, Województwo kujawsko-pomorskie
Directions to Site: Located off (W) road 97, on the S/E bank of the Vistula river, 25 km SW of Grudziądz, about 40 NE of Bydgoszcz. The church is located in the old town [Stare Miasto]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Gothic
One of two medieval fonts in this church noted in the entry for this church in Norodowy Instytut Dziedzictwo [https://zabytek.pl/pl/obiekty/chelmno-kosciol-farny-pw-wniebowziecia-nmp] [accessed 24 February 2024]: "gotycka chrzcielnica z XIV w." [cf. BSI entry Chelmno No. 1 for the Fröjelgruppen font]. The baptismal font in use in this church consists of a quatrefoil-shaped basin raised on equally shaped pedestal base; the basin itself appears to be of an amalgam, perhaps volcanic stone; only the upper border has been finished and polished, the rest left rough but with a few motifs that look like 4-petal flowers carved on it; the rest of the font is of a different stone, probably limestone. The font cover is composite: the lower half appears to be made of lead and has the quatrefoiled shape to match the basin top, whereas the upper half is made of metal in the shape of a crown, with an orb-and-cross finial; only the upper half of the cover lifts via a pulley to provide access to the basin interior.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.3479, 18.4212
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 20′ 52.44″ N, 18° 25′ 16.32″ E
UTM: 34U 328347 5914073

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: quatrefoiled (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: quatrefoiled

LID INFORMATION

Date: [composite?]
Material: metal?,
Apparatus: yes [cf. FontNotes]
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]