Lubeck No. 2 / Lübeck
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B: Apostle or saint - Apostles - inscriptions
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B1R01: Apostle or saint - St. Jude - St. John - St. James the Lesser - St. Paul - St. James the Greater
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B1R01: New Testament - Passion of Christ - Ascention of Christ and Apostle or saint - St. Jude holding palm branch
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B1R01: Apostle or saint - St. Jude with palm branch - St. John with chalice - St. James the Lesser - St. Paul? - St. James the Greater
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B1R02: Apostle or saint - St. James the Lesser holding walking stick - Apostle with book? - St. James the Great the pilgrim - St. Peter with keys
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B1R03: Apostle or saint - Apostle with book? - St. James the Great - St. Peter with keys
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B1R08: Christ - Christ in Majesty - Virgin Mary - St. John
Scene Description: Christ in Majesty with Mary on the lrft and an apostle on the right; all haloed
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B1R08: Christ - Christ in Majesty - Virgin Mary - St. John - inscription on upper rim
Scene Description: Christ inscribed in a round arch and mandorla; the Virgin and each apostle carrying his symbol, inscribed in pointed arches with foliated crockets
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B1R10: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St.Paul with sword - St. Bartholomew with knife - St. Andrew with X-shaped cross
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B1R12: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Andrew - inscriptions
Scene Description: runing inscription at two levels, above and below the figures -- the inscription above gives the date of the font, 1337, in Roman numerals
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B1R12: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Andrew - inscriptions
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B1R17: New Testament - Passion of Christ - Crucifixion - Harrowing of Hell
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B1R18: New Testament - Passion of Christ - St. John at Crucifixion - Harrowing of Hell
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B1R19: New Testament - Passion of Christ - Harrowing of Hell
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B1R20: New Testament - Resurrection to Pentecost - Christ rises from the grave - with cross and banner
Scene Description: seen here to the right of the Harrowing of Hell
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B1R21: New Testament - Passion of Christ - Pentecost - Ascension of Christ
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B2R01: New Testament - Public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - John the Baptist - with book - angel holding clothes - Holy Ghost dove above
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B2R02: New Testament - Matthew 25 - Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins - detail of 5 Foolish Virgins - inscription
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B2R02: New Testament - Matthew 25 - Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins - detail of 5 Foolish Virgins
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B2R03: New Testament - Passion of Christ - Man of Sorrows - Virgin Mary - St. John
Scene Description: conating from left to right: part of the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins --> Passion of Christ
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B2R04: New Testament - Matthew 25 - Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins - detail of 5 Wise Virgins
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B2R05: New Testament - Passion of Christ - flagellation
Scene Description: over several arches
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B2R06: New Testament - Public life of Christ - Christ in Gethsemane - temptation of Christ - in the wilderness
Scene Description: seen here in the centre arches; the Flafellation on the left, the Baptism on the right
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Scene Description: Sorce caption: "Das Taufbecken in der Marienkirche in Lübeck aus westlicher Richtung unter dem Altar hindurch fotografiert".
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Font of St. Marien in Lübeck, destroyed in WW II"
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Image Source: digital image of a Ansichtspostkarte / Picture postcard, publisher: Verlag Ludwig Möller, Lübeck, taken ca. 1920 by Clara Gädeke (1871-1943) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taufbecken_Marienkirche_Lübeck.jpg] [accessed 13 April 2018]
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design element - architectural - arcade - pointed arches - crocketed arches - columns with capitals and bases
Scene Description: each with a figure in it
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view of basin - upper view
Scene Description: showing the baptismal dish holder
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design element - motifs - vine - grapevine - bearing fruit
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view of church exterior in context - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Mary's, from St. Peter's Clock Tower, Lubeck, Germany".
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view of church interior - nave - detail
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Die Lübecker Marienkirche (1277 bis 1351 erbaut) befindet sich auf der Lübecker Altstadtinsel. Die dreischiffige in Backsteingotik erstellte Basilika hat als Innenausstattung das höchste Backsteingewölbe der Welt 38,5 Meter)."
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: the interior of the church before 2 August 2013, showing the font and cover -- both the font and the church wouild be destroyed in a March 1942 raid in WWII
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Scene Description: there are no wings visible
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 12590LUB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2023-05-19
Font Date: 1337
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Hans Apengeter
Church / Chapel Name: Marienkirche / St. Marien zu Lübeck
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the main nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: wooden church ca. 1163; re-built in stone 1170s; expanded 13thC with many later modifications; destroyed in a March 1942 raid; re-built 1951+
Church Address: Marienkirchhof 1, 23552 Lübeck, Germany
Site Location: Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in Lübeck's Innenstadt, at the corner of Schusselbudden and Mengstrasse
Additional Comments: damaged / destroyed March 1942? re-constructed?
Font Notes:
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Lübke (1870) notes a metal font "of the year 1337, which is supported by angels". Noted in 'Gotische Bronzefünten in Nordostdeutschland' [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotische_Bronzef%C3%BCnten_in_Nordostdeutschland] [accessed 30 March 2010]. Noted and illustrated and with the transcription of the inscriptions in Hans Apengeter (2022) as a baptismal font by Hans Apengeter, from Sassenland, identified in the Middle-Low German inscription on the font, as is the date of 1337 ["Gießer dieser Erzfünte ist Hans Apengeter, der namentlich auf dem Fries der Taufe in mittelniederdeutsch benannt wird: Vergip alle Missetat deme di dit Vat gemaket hat Hans Apengeter was he genannt und was geboren van Sassenland. Auch die Stiftung dieser Taufe durch die Lübecker Patrizier Eberhard von Alen und Johann von Schepenstede ist außergewöhnlich gut dokumentiert."]. The tightly decorated basin sides include two bands of inscription [cf. supra], and two registers of continued arcading; the upper register contains a Majestas Domini, the Virgin Mary and the Apostles with their symbols, a scene of the Resurrection and another of the Harrowing of Hell; the arcade on the lower registed of the basin contains images from the Baptism of Christ, the Parable of the Wise and Foolish virgins and the Passion of Christ. The basin is supported on three kneeling male figures. [NB: we were informed during our visit that the font cover was destroyed in 1942, in WWII].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the church pastor, Dr. Robert Pfeifer, for his generous help in documenting this church and font, and his present of the 2022 monograph on Hans Apengeter
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 610796 5970118
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.8677, 10.685
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 52′ 3.72″ N, 10° 41′ 6″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal, bronze
Font Shape: tub-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 5 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 96 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 105.5 cm*
Basin Depth: 74-75 cm*
Basin Total Height: 73-74 cm*
Height of Base: 48, 47, 48 cm* [each of the 3 figs.]
Font Height (less Plinth): 105 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site [NB: measurements in Hans Apengeter... (2022: 104) vary slightly]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin and Middle-Low German
Inscription Location: 1) below the rim and 2) between the upper and lower registers on the basin sides
Inscription Text: 1) "ANNO - D[OMI]NI - Mº - CCC - XXX - VIIº - JN - UI//GILLIA - PE[N]THECOSTES - PERFECTVM - EST - PRESENS - OPVS - MARIA - WES - T//O - GMALEN - GNEDICH - HERN - EVERDE UAN - - ALEN - CRIST[VS] - DIDI - MART[ER] HEFT - GELEDEN - GNADE - HERN - IOH[AN]E - UANSCHEPENSTEDEN"
2) "UNDE - UERSEGTEG - NICHT - HEMELRIKE - IWME - TRWEN - DIENER - DARWIKE - [CHRIST]E - UERGIF - ALLE - MISSEFAT - DEME - DI - DIT - VAT - GEMAKET - HAT - HANS - APENGITER - WAS - HE - GENANT - VND - WAS - GEBORN - UAN - SASSENLANT"
Inscription Notes: transcription not available
Inscription Source: in Hans Apengeter: Norddeutscher Bronzeguss des 14. Jahrhunderts im Kontext (2022: 107)
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf, FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Buckers, Klaus Gereon, Hans Apengeter: Norddeutscher Bronzeguss des 14. Jahrhunderts im Kontext, Regensburg: Schnell & Steiner, Beuckers, p. 104ff, Abb. 48a/b, 49a-d, Abb. 50
- Lübke, Wilhelm, Ecclesiastical in Gemany during the Middle Ages [tranl. by L. A. Wheatley], London: Cassell, Petter, & Galpin, 1870, p. 189
- Omilanowska, Malgorzata, Germany, New York: Dorling Kindersley, 2001, p. 450