Lubeck No. 5 / Lübeck
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Lübeck, St. Aegidien, bronzenes Taufbecken von Hinrich Gerwiges, mit Spuren der früheren figürlichen Beschläge"
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Scene Description: an inscription in German on the sides of the modern metal insert
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symbol - shield - coat of arms or emblem - anchor - unidentified
Scene Description: it is probably one of the ends of the cover locking mechanism
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Scene Description: showing the date of 1453 in Roman numerals
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inscription - detail - fecit
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inscription - detail - spiritus sancti
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Scene Description: showing the traces of the figural decorations removed
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Scene Description: showing the traces of the figural decorations removed
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Blick von der Straße „An der Mauer“ in die Weberstraße und auf die St.-Aegidien-Kirche in Lübeck-Altstadt."
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 September 2016 by Bärwinkel,Klaus [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blick_auf_St._Aegidien.JPG] [accessed 13 April 2018]
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Scene Description: shwing the enormous organ and the font cover
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Scene Description: on the railing that surrounds the font
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Scene Description: inside the 1710 Baroque enclosure and canopy
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Scene Description: they could be clerics
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Scene Description: one of the kneeling figures of the base; this one is missing the hands
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Scene Description: the centre shaft of the base
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 16290LUB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2023-05-20
Font Date: 1453
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (mid), Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Hinrich Gerwiges
Church / Chapel Name: St. Aegidien-Kirche / Aegidienkirche [aka Tilgenkark]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Giles [aka Aegidus, Egidus, Gilles]
Church Notes: original church probably late-12thC wooden building; re-built in stone ca. 1227; re-built and modified through the centuries; enormous organ bears the date 1626 and several coats of arms of the families that funded it
Church Address: Aegidienstraße 75, 23552 Lübeck, Germany -- Tel.: +49 451 705622
Site Location: Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the K-16 road, at the corner of Aegiedienstrasse and Schildstrasse, in the An der Mauer
Additional Comments: altered font (figural programme on the basin sides removed; only traces of their presence remain now)
Font Notes:
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Bronze baptismal font made by Hinrich Gerwiges in 1453. Noted and illustrated in 'Gotische Bronzefünten in Nordostdeutschland' [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotische_Bronzef%C3%BCnten_in_Nordostdeutschland] [accessed 2 April 2010] as a bronze font raised on three figures; the only present decoration on it being a Latin inscription, but the source refers to Beseler (?) as stating that the now plain sides were once decorared with figures welded to the them. but must have been removed at some point ["Die schlichte gotische Bronzefünte in Aegidien fällt hinter dem prunkvollen Umbau des Barock aus dem Jahr 1710 zunächst nicht ins Auge. Das Tauffass wird von drei Klerikern auf den linken Schultern getragen. Die weitere Verzierung besteht nur in der lateinischen Majuskelumschrift. Beseler weist daraufhin, das ursprünglich das nunmehr glatte Mittelfeld mit Figurennischen versehen war, die auf den Kessel aufgelötet waren."] On site notes: faint shades/traces of the removed decoration -standing figures?- can be discerned on the basin sides; asked the warden if there was any informaion available on the removed decoration but none is available. A second inscription, this one in German and modern lettering, runs around the modern metal insert inside the basin, also below the upper rim [cf.InscriptionNotes]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the churchwardens for their kind help in accessing to photograph this church and font during our May 2023 visit
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 611122 5969703
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.8639, 10.6898
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 51′ 50.04″ N, 10° 41′ 23.28″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal, bronze
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 6.5 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 78 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 90 cm*
Basin Total Height: 58 cm*
Height of Base: 50 cm* [each of 3 figs.]
Font Height (less Plinth): 98.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin / German
Inscription Location: 1) on the outside, below the upper rim
2) on the basin insert, below the rim
Inscription Text: 1) "[?] ANNO * DNI * M * CCCC * LIII * [?]"
2) "[?] UND DAS LEBEN * CHRIST[?]"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Date: 1710
Material: wood?
Apparatus: yes; counterweight
Notes: large cover with two stages of sculptures, mostly putti holding different objects