Hohenkirchen nr. Wilhelmshaven

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B01: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation

Scene Description: seen here on the left

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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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

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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B03: New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

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

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph by Groenling, March 2008, in FLICKR [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ana_sudani/2304449680/in/pool-68878292@N00/] [accessed 19 April 2008]

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B05: Apostle or saint - St. Sinicius

Scene Description: [Sinesius / Synisius] [cf. Font notes]

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph by Groenling, March 2008, in FLICKR [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ana_sudani/2304449680/in/pool-68878292@N00/] [accessed 19 April 2008]

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animal - fabulous animal or monster

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

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

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

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]

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph by Groenling, March 2008, in FLICKR [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ana_sudani/2304449680/in/pool-68878292@N00/] [accessed 19 April 2008]

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design element - motifs - moulding - flat moulding

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

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

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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view of base - detail

Scene Description: the man-eating lion

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph by Groenling, March 2008, in FLICKR [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ana_sudani/2304449680/in/pool-68878292@N00/] [accessed 19 April 2008]

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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

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph by Groenling, March 2008, in FLICKR [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ana_sudani/2304449680/in/pool-68878292@N00/] [accessed 19 April 2008]

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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

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 June 2013 by Hermi Klinky [www.panoramio.com/photo/52097589] [28 October 2015]

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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"

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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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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Scene Description: the late-17thC cover by Hinrich Cröpelin [cf. FontNotes]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 11550HOH

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: Click to view font notes

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