Schonberg nr. Lübeck / Schönberg

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Apostle or saint - St. Catherine of Alexandria - with wheel - with sword

Scene Description: Source caption: "Baptismal font in St. Laurentius (Schönberg), detail: St. Catherine"

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

Apostle or saint - St. Lawrence - with grill in the left hand - holding a book in the riight hand

Scene Description: Source caption: "Baptismal font in St. Laurentius (Schönberg), detail"

Image Source: digital photograph 15 July 2012 by Concord [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Laurentius_(Schönberg)_Taufe_3.JPG] [accessed 15 December 2022]

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Christ - Christ in Majesty

Scene Description: repeated sevral times around the lower register on the basin sides

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

New Testament - Passion of Christ - Crucifixion

Scene Description: shown here only partially, on the left

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

New Testament - Passion of Christ - detail

Scene Description: showing here several of the figures of Christ

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

angel - holding scroll

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

angel - kneeling - holding scroll - 3

Scene Description: one of the three seen here

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

coat of arms

Scene Description: Source caption: "Baptismal font in St. Laurentius (Schönberg), detail" -- repeated several times on the font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

design element - architectural - arcade - Gothic arches - crocketed arches

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

design element - architectural - arcade - trefoiled arches - crocketed, cusped and pinnacled arches

Scene Description: two rows of it

Image Source: edited detail of a 3 October 2014 by Kresspahl [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baptismal_Font_Schönberg03.JPG] [accessed 15 December 2022]

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information

Image Source: Field Notes taken on site by BSI

inscription - detail

Scene Description: detail of one of the inscriptions on the font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

inscription - detail

Scene Description: includes the name of the founder/caster: Gerhard Kranemann [aka Cranemann]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

inscription - detail

Scene Description: the inscription in the middle includes the date of the font, 1357, in Roman numerals

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

inscription - detail

Scene Description: the inscription in the middle includes the date of the font, 1357, in Roman numerals

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

symbol - coat of arms

Scene Description: seen here repeated on the upper and lower registers of the basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

view of base - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

view of base - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

view of basin - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - detail

Scene Description: showing the boulder foundations used in the construction of the medieval church here

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - detail

Scene Description: showing the boulder foundations used in the construction of the medieval church here

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - detail

Scene Description: showing the boulder foundations used in the construction of the medieval church here

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - detail

Scene Description: showing the boulder foundations used in the construction of the medieval church here

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - detail

Scene Description: showing the boulder foundations used in the construction of the medieval church here

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast end

Scene Description: Source capton: "Chor der Laurentiuskirche in Schönberg, Meckl."

Image Source: digital photograph 10 April 2009 by Kresspahl [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LaurentiusChor01.JPG] [accessed 15 December 2022]

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view of church exterior - southwest end

Scene Description: Source caption: "Laurentius church in Schönberg, Meckl. with two war memorials"

Image Source: digital photograph 10 April 2009 by Kresspahl [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LaurentiusSchönberg03.JPG] [accessed 15 December 2022]

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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Scene Description: NB: the exterior of the church was under construction at the time

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - altar and retable

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - baptismal dish

Scene Description: Source caption: "Gothic brass Baptismal bowl in St. Laurentius (Schönberg) showing the Annunciation"

Image Source: digital photograph 15 July 2012 by Concord [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Laurentius_(Schönberg)_Taufe_2.JPG] [accessed 15 December 2022]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Laurentius (Schönberg): Nave looking east"

Image Source: digital photograph 15 July 2012 by Concord [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Laurentius_(Schönberg)_Nave_east.JPG] [accessed 15 December 2022]

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view of church interior - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - looking west

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - retable

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - retable - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Baptismal font in St. Laurentius (Schönberg)"

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 15 July 2012 by Concord [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Laurentius_(Schönberg)_Taufe_1.JPG] [accessed 15 December 2022]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Baptismal font in St. Laurentius, Schönberg (Mecklenburg)."

Image Source: edited detail of a 3 October 2014 by Kresspahl [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baptismal_Font_Schönberg04.JPG] [accessed 15 December 2022]

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view of font

Image Source: edited detail of a 3 October 2014 by Kresspahl [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baptismal_Font_Schönberg03.JPG] [accessed 15 December 2022]

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view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

view of font - upper view

Scene Description: showing the support for the baptismal dish atop

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

view of font in context

Scene Description: the font show here in the bottom left of the image

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 15 July 2012 by Concord [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Laurentius_(Schönberg)_Nave_east.JPG] [accessed 15 December 2022]

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view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2023 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 16260SCH

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Evangelisch-Lutherische Dorfkirche Schönberg / St. Laurentius [aka St. Laurentius und Katharina]

Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence] & St. Catherine of Alexandria

Church Location: An d. Kirche 14, 23923 Schönberg, Germany -- Tel.: +49 38828 21587

Country Name: Germany

Location: Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklebourg-Vorpommern

Directions to Site: Located off road L01 [aka An d. Kirche], about 15 km E of Lübeck

Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Lübeck

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Date: 1357

Century and Period: 14th century (mid), Gothic

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Gerhard Kranemann [aka Cranemann] / heraldic font

Church Notes: church documented 1235; expanded after 1324; tower added 16thC; church burned down 1601; re-built soon thereafter; tower damaged by lightning 1829; repaired 1831; restored 1987-1991;

Font Notes: Click to view

Baptismal font of bronze cast 1357 by Gerhard Kranemann [aka Cranemann], from Lübeck. Noted in 'Gotische Bronzefünten in Nordostdeutschland' [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotische_Bronzef%C3%BCnten_in_Nordostdeutschland] [accessed 30 March 2010]. The font consists of a bucket-shaped basin decorated with two parallel arcades of crocketed trefoiled arches containing scenes, figures, symbols, etc., among which have been identified the patron saints of the church, Lawrence abd Catherine of Alexandria, the Baptism of Christ, the Crucifixion of Christ, the Instruments of the Passion and an armorial device repeated several times; there are two inscriptions on parallel bands on the sides.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.845, 10.933417

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 50′ 42″ N, 10° 56′ 0.3″ E

UTM: 32U 627198 5968010

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, bronze

Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Rim Thickness: 4.5 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 86 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 95 cm*

Basin Depth: 67 cm*

Basin Total Height: 68 cm*

Height of Base: 40 cm* [each of three figures]

Font Height (less Plinth): 102 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin

Inscription Notes: HST's transcription

Inscription Location: 1) middle band / 2) lower band

Inscription Text: 1) "ISTE:FONS:FUSUG:FUIT:IN:HONOREM:BEATI:LAURENTII:ET:BEATI:KATERINE[church dedicated to these two saints]:IN:ECCLESIA:SCONENBERGHE:PONTIFICATUS:DOMINI ??PERTI:EPI:RATEBOR+ANNO:DOMINI:M:CCC:LVII" 2)"ESCANT ī[N] PACE AMEN (UNDER TWO CIRCULAR HERALDIC MOTIFS) CAPILLINA:TUE:ERIST????TE:AC:P:MANUS:GHERHDI:DET:CRANEMAN[GERHARD CRANEMANN]:CUI CUI: DIEREG:GENTIS:ANNO:PINO:ET:DNO:PETRO: RECTORE:CIUSISE:ECCL’E:PCCURANTE:DÑO:JOHANIIS:CAPILLANO"

Inscription Source: HST (BSI)

REFERENCES

Schulin, Bertram, Taufbecken in Deutschland: Form und Ikonographie, 2021