Dinanderie; a history and description of mediæval art work in copper, brass and bronze . e suggested that Sebald Schonhofer was the sculptorin each case. In the next century we find a remarkable font in theCathedral of Louvain, perhaps more curious than beautiful(Fig. 56). It consists of a six-lobed bason of a bulging contour,having an open-work hexagonal pedestal on six curved legs rest-ing on the backs of lions, and from the curved legs rise buttressedshafts which receive the projections of the basons. The wholeis put together in a number of separate pieces with rebatedjoints, and appears to
Dinanderie; a history and description of mediæval art work in copper, brass and bronze . e suggested that Sebald Schonhofer was the sculptorin each case. In the next century we find a remarkable font in theCathedral of Louvain, perhaps more curious than beautiful(Fig. 56). It consists of a six-lobed bason of a bulging contour,having an open-work hexagonal pedestal on six curved legs rest-ing on the backs of lions, and from the curved legs rise buttressedshafts which receive the projections of the basons. The wholeis put together in a number of separate pieces with rebatedjoints, and appears to be the design of an architect rather thanof a sculptor. It is not for a moment to be compared withthe, perhaps, contemporary work of Hal, which we have alreadydescribed, where both the font and cover are so rich in imagery. In the following century we have two very interesting brass 174 DINANDERIE fonts in Brunswick, one in S. Martins, dated 1441, and the otherin S. Ulricks, or the Briidernkirche, dated 1450. Both bear agreat deal of sculpture, the latter being supported on the four. Fig. 56.—Font, Louvain rivers of Paradise, and having sixteen panels in relief represent-ing the apostles and saints. The Cathedral of Bois-le-Duc, inHolland, has a fine brass font and cover dated 1492, which is FONTS 175 adorned with well-modelled figures representing the cripples atthe Pool of Bethesda. In the sixteenth century the brass fonts become almost toonumerous to particularise. In the Marienkirche of Dantzig,there is one cast in 1554 in the Netherlands ; while there areno less than five in the churches of Cologne—in S, Alban,S. Columba, S. John Baptist, dated 1566, S. Maria im Capitol,dated 1594, and S. Peter, dated 1569. That of S. Maria iscircular, resting on four lions, and has on the cover S. Martindividing his cloak with a beggar, with the date and the nameof the maker, H. Wechrat. The circular font of S. Columbashas the base supported by three half-lions, and there are shield
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