Brandenburg an der Havel No. 2

Results: 124 records

B01: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. James the Great - holding staff with pilgrim shell - holding book

seen here in the eleventh arch to the right of the Baptism of Christ scene, in the seventh arch to the right of the empty arch; the right hand holds a staff from which hangs a pilgrim shell; his left hand holds a closed book

Scene Description: seen here in the eleventh arch to the right of the Baptism of Christ scene, in the seventh arch to the right of the empty arch; the right hand holds a staff from which hangs a pilgrim shell; his left hand holds a closed book

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

B01: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. James the Great - holding staff with pilgrim shell - holding book

Scene Description: the pilgrim shell clearly visible here

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

B02: Apostle or saint - Apostles - unidentified

seen here in the twelfth arch to the right of the Baptism of Christ scene, in the eighth arch to the right of the empty arch; his right hand is missing; his left hand holds an open book

Scene Description: seen here in the twelfth arch to the right of the Baptism of Christ scene, in the eighth arch to the right of the empty arch; his right hand is missing; his left hand holds an open book

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

B03: Virgin Mary - crowned - holding church in the left arm

one of two very similar figures, side by side, in the two arches left of the Baptism of Christ scene; the right hand is forward and may have held a symbol or object

Scene Description: one of two very similar figures, side by side, in the two arches left of the Baptism of Christ scene; the right hand is forward and may have held a symbol or object

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

B03: Virgin Mary - crowned - holding church in the left arm - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

B03: Virgin Mary - crowned - holding church in the left arm - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

B04: Virgin Mary - crowned - holding church in the left arm

Scene Description: one of two very similar figures, side by side, in the two arches left of the Baptism of Christ scene; the right hand is forward and may have held a symbol or object

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

B05: New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - in the Jordan - John the Baptist holding his right hand towards Christ's head - angel holding garment

Christ is haloed but John is not; John is covered in a rough skin garment from neck to toe; there are several fish in the Jordan waters; the attending angel is above the scene, the place usually occupied by the Holy Ghost

Scene Description: Christ is haloed but John is not; John is covered in a rough skin garment from neck to toe; there are several fish in the Jordan waters; the attending angel is above the scene, the place usually occupied by the Holy Ghost

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

B05: New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - in the Jordan - John the Baptist holding his right hand towards Christ's head - angel holding garment - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

B05: New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - in the Jordan - John the Baptist holding his right hand towards Christ's head - angel holding garment - detail

a rather uncommon position for the attending angel holding Christ's garment, perched atop the scene, occupying a place usually reserved for the Holy Ghost or the Manus Dei; notice the rather schematic wings on the angel

Scene Description: a rather uncommon position for the attending angel holding Christ's garment, perched atop the scene, occupying a place usually reserved for the Holy Ghost or the Manus Dei; notice the rather schematic wings on the angel

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

B06: Apostle or saint - Apostles - unidentified

Scene Description: seen here in the first arch to the right of the Baptism of Christ scene; missing both hands and the objects he may have held

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

B07: Apostle or saint - Apostles - unidentified

Scene Description: seen here in the second arch to the right of the Baptism of Christ scene; missing the left hand and the objects he may have held

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

B08: Apostle or saint - Apostles - unidentified

seen here in the third arch to the right of the Baptism of Christ scene, and just left of the empty arch; a closed book held in his left hand; the right hand may have held an object, now missing

Scene Description: seen here in the third arch to the right of the Baptism of Christ scene, and just left of the empty arch; a closed book held in his left hand; the right hand may have held an object, now missing

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

B09: blank

Scene Description: the arch, the fourth to the right of the Baptism of Christ scene, is lacking the statue it once housed

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

B10: Apostle or saint - Apostles - unidentified

seen here in the fifth arch to the right of the Baptism of Christ scene, and just right of the empty arch; right hand missing; a closed book held in his left hand

Scene Description: seen here in the fifth arch to the right of the Baptism of Christ scene, and just right of the empty arch; right hand missing; a closed book held in his left hand

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

B11: Apostle or saint - Apostles - unidentified

seen here in the sixth arch to the right of the Baptism of Christ scene, in the second arch to the right of the empty arch; right hand missing; a closed book held in his left hand

Scene Description: seen here in the sixth arch to the right of the Baptism of Christ scene, in the second arch to the right of the empty arch; right hand missing; a closed book held in his left hand

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

B12: Apostle or saint - Apostles - unidentified

seen here in the seventh arch to the right of the Baptism of Christ scene, in the third arch to the right of the empty arch; right hand missing; a closed book held in his left hand; a piece of metal on the right shoulder suggests the missing hand held a long object that reached that far

Scene Description: seen here in the seventh arch to the right of the Baptism of Christ scene, in the third arch to the right of the empty arch; right hand missing; a closed book held in his left hand; a piece of metal on the right shoulder suggests the missing hand held a long object that reached that far

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

B13: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Bartholomew - holding flaying knife?

seen here in the eighth arch to the right of the Baptism of Christ scene, in the fourth arch to the right of the empty arch; the right hand holds a handle of what may have been originally a sword of a knife; the horizontal position and the shape of the object suggests a knife rather than a sword; Batholomew's flaying knife? ; the left hand is missing

Scene Description: seen here in the eighth arch to the right of the Baptism of Christ scene, in the fourth arch to the right of the empty arch; the right hand holds a handle of what may have been originally a sword of a knife; the horizontal position and the shape of the object suggests a knife rather than a sword; Batholomew's flaying knife? ; the left hand is missing

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

B13: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Bartholomew - holding flaying knife? - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

B13: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Bartholomew - holding flaying knife? - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

B13: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Bartholomew - holding flaying knife? - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

B14: Apostle or saint - Apostles - unidentified

seen here in the ninth arch to the right of the Baptism of Christ scene, in the fifth arch to the right of the empty arch; the right hand is missing; the left hand is open and empty but may have held a book in it originally

Scene Description: seen here in the ninth arch to the right of the Baptism of Christ scene, in the fifth arch to the right of the empty arch; the right hand is missing; the left hand is open and empty but may have held a book in it originally

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

B15: Apostle or saint - Apostles - unidentified

seen here in the tenth arch to the right of the Baptism of Christ scene, in the sixth arch to the right of the empty arch; the right hand holds a closed book; the left hand is missing

Scene Description: seen here in the tenth arch to the right of the Baptism of Christ scene, in the sixth arch to the right of the empty arch; the right hand holds a closed book; the left hand is missing

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

animal - mammal - lion - couchant-regardant - 4

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

animal - mammal - quadruped

Scene Description: the artist's mark? it is located on the outer rim of the font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

animal - mammal - quadruped

Scene Description: the artist's mark? it is located on the outer rim of the font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

animal - reptile - salamander? - 4

Scene Description: alternating with the lions of the lower base

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

coat of arms - inscription

Scene Description: three lines of Gothic lettering at the top

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

design element - architectural - arcade - pointed arches - crocketed arches - columns with capitals and bases - 16

Scene Description: except the Baptismal of Christ scene which does not have a supporting column

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

design element - architectural - buttress - crocketed pinnacle - with animal head - 15

Scene Description: each of the eight panels of the basin has two buttresses, except the one with the Baptism of Christ scene

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

design element - motifs - moulding

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

design element - motifs - scroll

Scene Description: NB: not known whether the metal dish on which the scrolls are was part of the original font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

information

Scene Description: the baptistery is located in the north chapel [Nordkapelle = Taufkapelle]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

information

Scene Description: the main retable of the late-17thC

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

information

Image Source: filed notes taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

Copyright Instructions: NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

information

Image Source: filed notes taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

Copyright Instructions: NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

inscription - partial

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

inscription - partial

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

inscription - partial

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

inscription - partial

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

inscription - partial

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

inscription - partial

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

inscription - partial

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

inscription - partial

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of base

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of base

Scene Description: couchant-regardant lions and descending salamanders (?)

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of base - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of basin - upper view

a drain hole is visible in the metal baptismal dish; we had no access to the true basin well -- the two vertical metal columns are part of the font cover system: they guide the cover down to fit onto the top of the basin

Scene Description: a drain hole is visible in the metal baptismal dish; we had no access to the true basin well -- the two vertical metal columns are part of the font cover system: they guide the cover down to fit onto the top of the basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - south view - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - south view - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - southwest end

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - southwest portal

Scene Description: Source caption: "Brandenburg an der Havel ( Deutschland ). Katherinenkirche: Gotisches Südwestportal ( 15.Jhdt. )"

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 July 2014 by Wolfgang Sauber [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brandenburg_Katharinenkirche_-_Portal.jpg] [accessed 4 September 2017]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of church exterior - tower - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - tower - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - west end

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - west façade - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 September 2012 by Mathias Krumbholz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brandenburg_St-Katharinenkirche_18_(MK).jpg] [accessed 4 September 2017]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church interior - altar and retable

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel and east end

Source caption: "Vue de l’intérieur néo-gothique de l’église Sainte Catherine à Brandebourg-sur-la-Havel (Allemagne), face au retable triptyque placé sous la nef centrale aux plafonds voutés décorés."

Scene Description: Source caption: "Vue de l’intérieur néo-gothique de l’église Sainte Catherine à Brandebourg-sur-la-Havel (Allemagne), face au retable triptyque placé sous la nef centrale aux plafonds voutés décorés."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 February 2012 by Mathias Krumbholz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brandenburg_St-Katharinenkirche_03_(MK).jpg] [accessed 4 September 2017]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church interior - nave - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - looking west

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 18 July 2009 by Stefan14776 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Innenansicht-katharinenkirche-brb.JPG] [accessed 4 September 2017]

Copyright Instructions: PD-self

view of church interior - nave - looking west

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - looking west

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - north chapel - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - north chapel - painting

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - north chapel - painting

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - pulpit and sounding board

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - retable

Scene Description: late-15thC

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - retable - detail

Scene Description: late-15thC

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - retable - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - retable - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - retable - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - retable - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - retable - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - retable - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - retable - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - retable - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: showing the baptism of Christ scene in the centre panel

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of font

the Baptisma of Christ scene on the left panel; both Apostles to the right are missing their hands, which may have held their identifying symbols

Scene Description: the Baptisma of Christ scene on the left panel; both Apostles to the right are missing their hands, which may have held their identifying symbols

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: the fourth niche to the right of the Baptism of Christ scene has lost its figure, presumably another Apostle

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: the three Apostles to the right of the gap are missing their right hands, which may have held their identifying symbols

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: a later wooden font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of font - upper view

Scene Description: a later wooden font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of font and cover

Scene Description: the cover raised

Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph in Bond (1908: 74)

Copyright Instructions: PD

view of font and cover

Image Source: digital image of a B&W illustration in Paul Eichholz' Die Kunstdenkmäler von Stadt und Dom Brandenburg (1912) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brandenburg_St_Katharinen_Taufe_1440.png] [accessed 4 September 2017]

Copyright Instructions: CC-PD-Mark / PD-Art (PD-old-70)

view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of font and cover in context

Source caption: "Brandenburg. Pfarrkirche St. Katharinen (1401/1434), Inneres, Marienkapelle an der Nordseite nach Nordosten mit Grabmalen und Bronzetaufe (1440)"

Scene Description: Source caption: "Brandenburg. Pfarrkirche St. Katharinen (1401/1434), Inneres, Marienkapelle an der Nordseite nach Nordosten mit Grabmalen und Bronzetaufe (1440)"

Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken after 17 September 1945 by Richard Peter, in Deutsche Fotothek [ref.: df_ps_0000484] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fotothek_df_ps_0000484_Kapellen_^_sonstige_Kapellen.jpg] [accessed 4 September 2017]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0-DE

view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: the font in the north chapel

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: in the Nordkapelle

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: in the Nordkapelle

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of font base

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of font cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of font cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of font cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of font cover - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of font cover - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of font cover - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of font cover - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of font cover - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of font cover - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of font cover - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of font cover - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

view of font cover - detail

Scene Description: shield bearing the date 1777

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2017 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 05148BRA

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: St. Katherines / Katharinenkirche

Church Patron Saints: St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine, Katharine]

Church Location: Katharinenkirchplatz 13, 14776 Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany -- Tel.: +49 3381 0521162

Country Name: Germany

Location: Brandenburg, Brandenburg

Directions to Site: Located SW of Berlin [the church is located off the corner of Steinstraße / Hauptstraße]

Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Bandenburg

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the N chapel

Date: 1440

Century and Period: 15th century (mid), Late Gothic

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Giesser D. Molner

Church Notes: earlier church replaced in 1395 (consecrated 1401)

Font Notes: Click to view

Lübke (1870) notes and illustrates the font cover of 1440 [presumably of the same date as the Gothic font], "high pierced turreted tabernacle". Described and illustrated in Bond (1908) as an early bronze font at the church of St. Katherine in Brandenburg. On-site notes: the font consists of an octagonal basin with tall vertical sides; each basin side has a pair of pointed arch with crocketed ends in which an Apostle stands, except one of the panels, the Baptism of Christ, which occupies the full side; the base is a short round pedestal decorated with a moulding and four reptiles [salamanders?]; the lower base has couchant lions on it. There is a bronze cover that matches the decor of the basin, and has at least one figure [St Mary?] on one of the sides, and a shield with the date 1777, which may refer to the renovation of the work; tall crocketed spire with avian [pelican?] finial; pulley system raises the tall cover.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.408919, 12.561586

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 24′ 32.11″ N, 12° 33′ 41.71″ E

UTM: 33U 334144 5809318

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, bronze

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Drainage Notes: the drain hole is in the concave metal dish thta sits on top of the basin; we had no access to the inner basin well

Rim Thickness: 3 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 98 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 105 cm*

Height of Basin Side: 53 cm*

Basin Total Height: 64 cm* [includes the lace work]

Basin Upper Panel Dimensions: 39 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 124 cm*

Font Height (with Plinth): 136 cm* [the stone plinth is modern]

Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: German

Inscription Location: 1) on the shield of the base side 2) on the lower rim of the basin 3) on the shield of the lid

Inscription Text: [inscription not transcribed -- see Images Area for detailed photographs]

Inscription Source: on-site visit

LID INFORMATION

Date: 1440 / High Gothic? [renovated 1777?]

Material: metal, bronze

Apparatus: yes; pulley

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908

Lübke, Wilhelm, Ecclesiastical in Gemany during the Middle Ages [tranl. by L. A. Wheatley], London: Cassell, Petter, & Galpin, 1870