Lubeck No. 5 / Lübeck

Results: 47 records

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2023 by BSI

design element - motifs - moulding

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 24 May 2006 by Arnoldius [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Germany_Luebeck_St_Aegidien_baptismal_font.jpg] [accessed 2 April 2010]

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design element - motifs - moulding

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design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: the centre shaft of the base

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human figure - kneeling - 3

Scene Description: they could be clerics

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2023 by BSI

human figure - male - kneeling

Scene Description: one of the kneeling figures of the base; this one is missing the hands

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2023 by BSI

information

Image Source: Field notes taken on site by BSI

information

Image Source: Field notes taken on site by BSI

inscription

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inscription - detail

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inscription - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2023 by BSI

inscription - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2023 by BSI

inscription - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2023 by BSI

inscription - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2023 by BSI

inscription - detail

Scene Description: showing the date of 1453 in Roman numerals

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2023 by BSI

inscription - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2023 by BSI

inscription - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2023 by BSI

inscription - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2023 by BSI

inscription - detail

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inscription - detail - date

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inscription - detail - fecit

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inscription - detail - spiritus sancti

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inscription - partial

Scene Description: an inscription in German on the sides of the modern metal insert

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2023 by BSI

symbol - shield - coat of arms or emblem - anchor - unidentified

Scene Description: it is probably one of the ends of the cover locking mechanism

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2023 by BSI

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: showing the traces of the figural decorations removed

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2023 by BSI

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: showing the traces of the figural decorations removed

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Blick von der Straße „An der Mauer“ in die Weberstraße und auf die St.-Aegidien-Kirche in Lübeck-Altstadt."

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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view of church interior - altar and retable

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - detail

Scene Description: on the railing that surrounds the font

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view of church interior - detail

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view of church interior - looking wet

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view of church interior - pulpit - detail - inscription

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view of church interior - pulpit - sounding board - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - pulpit and sounding board

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view of church interior - statue - Stabat Mater - Pietà

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - west end

Scene Description: shwing the enormous organ and the font cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2023 by BSI

view of font

Source caption: "Lübeck, St. Aegidien, bronzenes Taufbecken von Hinrich Gerwiges, mit Spuren der früheren figürlichen Beschläge"

Scene Description: Source caption: "Lübeck, St. Aegidien, bronzenes Taufbecken von Hinrich Gerwiges, mit Spuren der früheren figürlichen Beschläge"

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view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2023 by BSI

view of font and context

Scene Description: inside the 1710 Baroque enclosure and canopy

Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 May 2006 by Arnoldius [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Germany_Luebeck_St_Aegidien_baptismal_font.jpg] [accessed 2 April 2010]

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view of font and cover in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2023 by BSI

view of font cover

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view of font cover - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2023 by BSI

view of font cover - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2023 by BSI

view of font cover - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2023 by BSI

view of font cover - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2023 by BSI

view of font cover - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2023 by BSI

view of font cover - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2023 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 16290LUB

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: St. Aegidien-Kirche / Aegidienkirche [aka Tilgenkark]

Church Patron Saints: St. Giles [aka Aegidus, Egidus, Gilles]

Church Location: Aegidienstraße 75, 23552 Lübeck, Germany -- Tel.: +49 451 705622

Country Name: Germany

Location: Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein

Directions to Site: Located off (W) the K-16 road, at the corner of Aegiedienstrasse and Schildstrasse, in the An der Mauer

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave

Date: 1453

Century and Period: 15th century (mid), Gothic

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Hinrich Gerwiges

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

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

Font Notes: Click to view

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]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.8639, 10.6898

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 51′ 50.04″ N, 10° 41′ 23.28″ E

UTM: 32U 611122 5969703

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 Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

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 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