Magdeburg / Meideborg
Image copyright © Chris 73, 2004
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Results: 7 records
view of church exterior - north view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Torsten Maue, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 September 2009 by Torsten Maue [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Magdeburger_Dom_Seitenansicht.jpg] [accessed 4 February 2016]
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view of church exterior - southwest end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ajepbah, 2013
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 13 September 2013 by Ajepbah [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dom_(Magdeburg-Altstadt).Westfassade.1.ajb.jpg] [accessed 4 February 2016]
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view of church exterior in context - east-northeast view
Scene Description: with the river Elbe in the foreground
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Goodway, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph 2 March 2015 taken by Goodway [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Magdeburg_Elbufer_mit_Dom.jpg] [accessed 4 February 2016]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: with the font at the centre of the nave, looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Franzfoto, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken May 2008 by Franzfoto [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Magdeburg-Blick_durch_das_Langhaus_Dom.jpg] [accessed 4 February 2016]
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view of church interior - sculpture
Scene Description: Source caption: "UBz, Aus dem Jahre 1250 stammen die Figuren Otto I. und seiner Gemahlin Editha. In der zeltartigen Grabkapelle hinter dem Altar waren diese durch Bombensplitter in vier Teile gespalten. Den Bildhauern gelang es, die Figuren meisterhaft zu restaurieren und die Schäden fast unsichtbar zu machen."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Deutsches Bundesarchiv, 2016
Image Source: B&W photograph 20 September 1954, Deutsches Bundesarchiv Bild 183-26654-0005, [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-26654-0005,_Magdeburg,_1000_Jahr-Feier,_Restaurierung_Dom.jpg] [accessed 4 February 2016]
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view of font
Scene Description: the present font [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Chris 73, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph 29 November 2004 by Chris 73 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baptismal_Font_Magdeburg.jpg] [accessed 4 February 2016]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "UBz, Blick in den wiederhergestellten Dom, der am 15. September zur Nutzung freigegeben wurde und nun wieder der evangelischen Kirche zur Verfügung steht. Im Vordergrund der grosse Taufstein aus frühchristlicher Zeit."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Deutsches Bundesarchiv, 2016
Image Source: B&W photograph 19 September 1955, Deutsches Bundesarchiv Bild 183-32971-0004 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-32971-0004,_Magdeburg,_Dom,_Restaurierung.jpg] [accessed 4 February 2016]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 02540MAG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Magdeburger Dom / Dom zu Magdeburg St. Mauritius und Katharina / Evangelische Pfarrkirche
Church Patron Saints: St. Maurice [aka Maur, Mauritius, Moritz, Morris] & St. Catherine
Church Location: Am Dom 1, 39104 Magdeburg, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt
Directions to Site: Magdeburg is about half way between Berlin and Hannover, about 100 kms either way on the E30.
Ecclesiastic Region: Erzbistum Magdeburg [formerly in the Prince-Archbishopric of Magdeburg]
Date: ca. 937?
Century and Period: 10th century (early?), Early Romanesque
Church Notes: original church 937; present building started 1209, completed 1520; restored 1950s after WWII American bombing damage
Font Notes:
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Wulf (1996) notes: "The baptismal font has a very odd shape and is made of unusual materials. The monolythic vat is made of pink porphyry such as is found near Aswan, in Egypt, and is probably a fountain of pre-Christian times. It is not known how it ended up in Magdeburg" [source: transl. of a description in Wulf, 1996, p. 327-331]. [NB: it should be noted that neither is the font of an odd shape -the font is chalice-shaped, octagonal-mounted-, nor is the material unusual, there being other baptismal fonts made of various shades of porphyry]. [NB: we have no information on the font(s) of the medieval church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.124722, 11.634444
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 7′ 29″ N, 11° 38′ 4″ E
UTM: 32U 680337 5778184
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, porphyry (pink)
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Wulf, Walter, Saxe romane, La Pierre-qui-vire, Yonne: Zodiaque, 1996