Flensburg No. 1 / Flansborj / Flensborag / Flensborg / Flensborre
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B01: New Testament - Passion of Christ - Crucifixion - Mary - John the Evangelist
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B02: Apostle or saint - St. Nicholas - with mitre and staff
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B03: Apostle or saint - unidentified
Scene Description: lacking the symbol or attiribute he had in his right hand
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B04: New Testament - Virgin Mary - Madonna with Christ-child - Virgin crowned
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B05: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Peter - holding 2 keys
Scene Description: one of the two representations of St. Peter: here, between the Coronation of the Virgin, on the left, and Christ in Majesty, on the right
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B06: Christ - Christ in Majesty - in a mandorla - on a rainbow - with double-edged sword - with lily
Scene Description: with Paul and Bartholomew on the nest arch to the right
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B07: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Paul - holding book and sword
Scene Description: standing to the right of the Christ in Majesty; handling a short, dagger-like sword
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B08: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Bartholomew - holding flaying knife and hook
Scene Description: between Paul(?) and the Coronation of Maty in Heaven scene
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B09: God - Trinity (seated God the Father; Christ on the Cross; Holy Dove) - kneeling figure of a donor?
Scene Description: Christ stands naked in the scene of his Baptism in the next arch to the right
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B10: New Testament - Public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - in the Jordan - John the Baptist holding his right hand on Christ's head
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B11: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. James the Great - holding staff - wearing pilgrim garb
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B12: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Peter - holding 1 key and book
Scene Description: a second image of Peter, between St. James and the Crucifixion scene
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B14: human figure - standing
Scene Description: standing on the columns of the arcade, under the pinnacles; they may be angels
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LBF03: human figure - standing - with scroll - inscribed scroll
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LBF03: human figure - standing - with scroll - inscribed scroll
Scene Description: third part of the inscription ["WERT DE WERT"]
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LBF04: human figure - standing - with scroll - inscribed scroll
Scene Description: fourth part of the inscription ["SALICH MARCU 16"]
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inscription - detail
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Scene Description: of the Coronation of Mary in Heaven
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Scene Description: Trinity scene with donor and inscription
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human figure - head
Scene Description: one of the two, at opposite ends of the rim: the hole in it was used to put the crossbar lock through
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inscription - partial
Scene Description: including the first part of the 1497 date: "m - cccc +"; the rest of it "indeme·xcvii·jare" is not visible here
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human figure - head - 2
Scene Description: at opposite ends of the rim, part of the locking mechanism of a font cover
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Scene Description: showing a bishop (St Nicholas?) and an unidentified person (probably an Apostle lacking its symbol/attribute)
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Scene Description: showing L-->R: Mary from the Crucifixion scene --> Bisho (St Nicholas?0 --> unidentified figure
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inscription - partial
Scene Description: to the left of "LUCAS" is the name of the font master, Peter Hanssen/Hansen
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Scene Description: showing the Crucifixion scene
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Scene Description: showing James the Greater and Peter
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design element - architectural - arcade - pointed arches - crocketed arches - columns with capitals and bases
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Scene Description: showing L-->R: Baptism of Christ (partial), James the Greater, Peter, Crucifixion (partial
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Scene Description: showing L-->R: James the Greater, Peter, Crucifixion with Mary and John, Bishop
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New Testament - Passion of Christ - Crucifixion - John the Evangelist
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New Testament - Passion of Christ - Crucifixion - Mary
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New Testament - Passion of Christ - Crucifixion - Mary
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Scene Description: Image caption: "Nikolaikirche (Flensburg) auf dem Beyerschen Epitaph in der Marienkirche (Flensburg) von 1591"
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hans-Jörg Gemeinholzer, 2011
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Scene Description: in 1878
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Scene Description: second part of the inscription ["VNDE GEDOFT"]
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Scene Description: first part of the inscription: "WOL GELOVET"
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 16295FLE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2023-06-17
Font Date: 1497
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (late), Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Peter Hansen [aka Hanssen]
Cognate Fonts: Hansen's font at Aarhus Dom is similar but not identical; see also the fonts at Flensburg Marienkirche, Eckernförd St.-Nicolai-Kirche and Hadersleben Marienkirche
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelisch-lutherische Nikolaikirche / Nikolaikirken / Sankt Nikolay Kirke
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Address: Südermarkt 15, 24937 Flensburg, Germany -- Tel.: +49 461 8400400
Site Location: Schleswig-Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 86 km NW of Kiel
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Schleswig
Font Notes:
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Noted in 'Gotische Bronzefünten in Nordostdeutschland' [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotische_Bronzef%C3%BCnten_in_Nordostdeutschland] [accessed 3 April 2010] as a bronze baptismal font made in 1497 by Peter Hansen. The name of the maker and the date are part of the set of inscriptions found on different areas of the font: the date appears on the upper band; 'Peter Hanssen' appears next to the name of the Evangelist St. Luke; each of the four standing figures supporting the basin has a scroll with its own inscription. The sides of the basin are decorated with an arcade of twelve Gothic arches with foliated crockets, five of the arches are triple arches; the order of the scenes and figures is [L->R]: 1)Crucifixion of Christ with the Virgin Mary and St. John in attendance in a triple arch; 2)a bishop, probably St. Nicholas, patron saint of this church; 3)an unidentified Apostle, who has lost its symbol; 4)triple arch containing the Coronation of the Virgin Mary in Heaven; 5)St. Peter holding the keys; 6)triple arch with Majestas Domini with lily and double-edged sword; 7)Apostle with knife or sword, St. Paul?; 8)Apostle with flaying knife? St. Bartholomew?; 9)triple arch containing the Trinity: God the Father holds the Son on a Tau cross on which perches the Holy Ghost as a dove; on the right is a kneeling figure in an offering stance; perhaps a donor?; 10)triple arch with the Baptism of Christ; 11)St. James in his pilgrim garb; 12)a second St. Peter? On the upper rim protrude two human heads at opposite ends, in the manner of handles, but probably as securing anchors for the font cover; the basin stands on four human figures dressed in elegant robes; clerics? [cf. supra] [NB: the inscriptions on the scrolls of these figures are partial texts of the full Biblical phrase on the font at Minden [i.e., Mark 16:16: "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned."] [cf. ImagesArea nd FiledNotes for a full description of the programme on this font].
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 527979 6070722
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54.782914, 9.435036
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 46′ 58.49″ N, 9° 26′ 6.13″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal, bronze
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: no drainage system
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 2.5-3 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 75-76 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 80-81.5 cm*
Basin Depth: 47 cm*
Basin Total Height: 46 cm*
Height of Base: 52 cm* [for the four figures]
Font Height (less Plinth): 91 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: German
Inscription Location: 1.below the upper rim of the basin -- 2.on the lower rim of the basin -- 3.on the scrolls held by the supporting figures
Inscription Text: 1. "†nagades bort·m·cccc·indeme·xcvii·jare·donaf her·peter·partsou*ve·karckhere·dusse·dope·inde·ere·der·hillighen·drevaldicheit·inde·sancti·nicolai·patrone [...] herken·ihesus·nasarenus·rex iudeorum " -- 2. "MARCUS [...] [...] MATEUS IOHANNES got-gheve LUCAS rat-peter/mer-leic___hanssen"
3. "WOL GELOVET" -- "VNDE GEDOFT" -- "WERT DE WERT" -- "SALICH MARCU 16" -- [...]
Inscription Notes: Mark 16:16: "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned."
LID INFORMATION
Date: 1585
Material: wood
Apparatus: yes; counterweight
Notes: dated by a painted inscription on it