Hohenkirchen nr. Wilhelmshaven
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B01: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation
Scene Description: seen here on the left
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B02: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - adoration of the kings
Scene Description: two of the Magi seen here on the right
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B03: New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ
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Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hermi Klinky, 2013
Image Source: edited detail of digital photograph taken 22 June 2013 by Hermi Klinky [www.panoramio.com/photo/103345382] [28 October 2015]
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B04: Apostle or saint - St. Sixtus
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Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Groenling, 2008
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B05: Apostle or saint - St. Sinicius
Scene Description: [Sinesius / Synisius] [cf. Font notes]
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animal - fabulous animal or monster
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alfred Löhr, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 1 March 2022 by Alfred Löhr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hohenkirchen_Taufe.JPG] [accessed 19 Juky 2023]
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animal - mammal - lion - couchant - holding scroll
Scene Description: the second of three; this one appears to stick its tongue out
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Image Source: digital photograph 1 March 2022 by Alfred Löhr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hohenkirchen_Taufe.JPG] [accessed 19 Juky 2023]
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animal - mammal - lion - couchant - holding scroll
Scene Description: unlike the other two, this one appears to have no special characteristics; all three hold rolled scrolls in the front paws
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Image Source: digital photograph 1 March 2022 by Alfred Löhr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hohenkirchen_Taufe.JPG] [accessed 19 Juky 2023]
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animal - mammal - lion - couchant - with prey - human - holding scroll
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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design element - motifs - moulding - flat moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alfred Löhr, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 1 March 2022 by Alfred Löhr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hohenkirchen_Taufe.JPG] [accessed 19 Juky 2023]
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design element - motifs - vine - acanthus
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alfred Löhr, 2022
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view of base - detail
Scene Description: the man-eating lion
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: Baptism of Christ scene: Christ between John the Baptist, to the left, and an angel (?) holding the vestments
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: Adoration of the Magi scene: Madonna and Child
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: Baptism of Christ scene: John the Baptist, on the left, touches Christ's head
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view of basin - detail
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: Adoration of the Magi scene: the first Magus
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: detail of the vine above the Annunciation and Magi
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view of basin - detail
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: the Magi
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of font
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view of font
Scene Description: Source caption": "Hohenkirchen, St. Sixtus und Sinicius, Taufstein, 13. Jahrhundert"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alfred Löhr, 2022
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view of font
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view of font
Scene Description: to the left, the Annunciation; centre and right: the Magi
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view of font and cover in context
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view of font cover
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view of font cover
Scene Description: the late-17thC cover by Hinrich Cröpelin [cf. FontNotes]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 11550HOH
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Evangelisch-lutherische Kirche St. Sixtus und Sinicius / St. Sixtus und St. Sinnicius Kirche
Church Patron Saints: St. Sixtus & St. Sinicius [aka Sinesius / Sinice / Sinnicius / Synesius]
Church Location: Kattrepel 1, 26434 Wangerland, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Friesland, Niedersachsen
Directions to Site: Located in the Wangerland area, NNW Wilhelmshaven, towards the N coastline
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Osnabrück
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the centre aisle, towards the E end of the nave, level with the pulpit
Date: ca. 1250-1260?
Century and Period: 13th century (mid-to-late?), Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Baumberg font
Cognate Fonts: Perhaps from the same workshop as the font in Rastede
Church Notes: wooden church 9thC; stone church ca. 1143
Font Notes:
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Noted in Kroesen & Steensma (2004) as a font of Baumberg sandstone with an upper frieze of fabulous animals and a vine, similar to the one in Rastede "and they both perhaps come from the same workshop [...] In Hohenkirchen, however, there are no more arches and the scenes are consecutive: the Annunciation, the Three Magi, the Baptism of Christ and the two patron saints of the church, St. Sixtus and St. Sinicius. The bowl is resting on three protruding lions, one of whom has a human being in its jaws; the three of them have rolled scrolls in their paws." A notable detail of this font is the way the Baptism of Christ is represented, with John touching the side of Christ's head. Also worthy of remark are the beatifully flowing representation of the Adoration, the faces of the figures. etc. Wooden cover said to be of the late-17th century, the work of Hinrich Cröpelin from Esens.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.662749, 7.916505
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 39′ 45.89″ N, 7° 54′ 59.42″ E
UTM: 32U 428406 5946545
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone (Baumberg sandstone)
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: ca. 1650?
Material: wood
Notes: of two levels: the upper probably the Baptism of Christ; the lower a number (8?) of figures holding different objects
REFERENCES
Kroesen, Justin E.A., The Interior of the medieval village church = Het middeleeuwse Dorpskerkinterieur, Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters, 2004