Halberstadt No. 2
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Results: 65 records
B01: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation - Mary and Gabriel
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B02: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Visitation - embracing
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B03: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Nativity - Christ Child in Mary's arms - Joseph seated - ox and mule - censing angel - detail
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B03: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Nativity - Christ Child in Mary's arms - Joseph seated - ox and mule - censing angel
Scene Description: the Child is in the manger but Mary, lying in bed, embrace him and pull him towards her; Jew-hatted Joseph has right hand raised as in benediction; 8-pointed Sun has face in a quatrefoil; arcade on the bed side, which bears an inscription - the whole is framed in two arches of the arcade
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B04: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation to the shepherds - detail
Scene Description: ibis-like goats climb tree
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B04: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation to the shepherds - detail
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B04: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation to the shepherds
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B05: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - adoration of the kings - detail
Scene Description: crowned and haleod Madonna with haloed Child -- the scroll bears an inscription
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B05: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - adoration of the kings
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B06: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Presentation of the Christ-child in the temple
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B06: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Massacre of the Innocents - detail
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B06: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Massacre of the Innocents - detail
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B06: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Massacre of the Innocents
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B07: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Presentation of the Christ-child in the temple - detail
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B07: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Presentation of the Christ-child in the temple - detail
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B07: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Presentation of the Christ-child in the temple - detail
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B08: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Flight to Egypt - detail
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B08: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Flight to Egypt - detail
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B08: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Flight to Egypt
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B09: New Testament - Public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - in the Jordan - John the Baptist holding water container - angel holding censer - angel holding clothes - dove present
Scene Description: notice the word "BAPTISTA" incised in the blue background between the censing angel and the angel holding Christ's garments
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B09: New Testament - Public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - in the Jordan - John the Baptist holding water container - angel holding censer - angel holding clothes - dove present
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LBF01: Old Testament - Genesis - the the four rivers of paradise (springing from a fountain) (springing from a fountain) - Euphrates
![[NB: tentative identification]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1140803132_compressed.png)
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LBF01: Old Testament - Genesis - the the four rivers of paradise (springing from a fountain) (springing from a fountain) - Euphrates
![[NB: tentative identification]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1140803131_compressed.png)
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LBF02: Old Testament - Genesis - the the four rivers of paradise (springing from a fountain) (springing from a fountain) - Gihon
![[NB: tentative identification]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1140803134_compressed.png)
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LBF02: Old Testament - Genesis - the the four rivers of paradise (springing from a fountain) (springing from a fountain) - Gihon
![[NB: tentative identification]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1140803133_compressed.png)
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LBF03: Old Testament - Genesis - the the four rivers of paradise (springing from a fountain) (springing from a fountain) - Tigris (Hiddekel}
![[NB: tentative identification]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1140803135_compressed.png)
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LBF04: Old Testament - Genesis - the the four rivers of paradise (springing from a fountain) (springing from a fountain) - Pison
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view of font - northwest side
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view of font - southeast view
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view of font - south side
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view of font - southwest side
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view of font - west side
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design element - motifs - palmette
Scene Description: a band of, all around, upside down
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design element - architectural - arcade - trefoiled arches - crocketed arches - pinnacled arches
Scene Description: some of the arches supported on single columns with moulded capitals and bases; the pinnacles ending in bright-red foliated finials
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design element - motifs - palmette
Scene Description: a band of gilded palmettes; all around
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view of basin - northwest side
![[L->R] Flight to Egypt - Baptism of Christ [NB: orientation is approximate]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1140803124_compressed.png)
Scene Description: [L->R] Flight to Egypt - Baptism of Christ [NB: orientation is approximate]
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view of basin
![[L->R] Presentation at the Temple - Flight to Egypt - Baptism of Christ](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1140803117_compressed.png)
Scene Description: [L->R] Presentation at the Temple - Flight to Egypt - Baptism of Christ
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view of basin
![[L->R]: Massacre of the Innocents - Presentation at the Temple - Flight to Egypt](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1140803109_compressed.png)
Scene Description: [L->R]: Massacre of the Innocents - Presentation at the Temple - Flight to Egypt
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view of basin
Scene Description: Massacre of the Innocents in the centre; to the left, Madonna and Child from the Adoration of the Magi scene; to the right, Presentation at the temple
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view of basin
![[L->R]: Adoration of the Magi - Massacre of the Innocent](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1140803107_compressed.png)
Scene Description: [L->R]: Adoration of the Magi - Massacre of the Innocent
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view of basin
![[L-> to -> R]: Annunciation to the Shepherds - Adoration of the Magi - Massacre of the Innocent](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1140803104_compressed.png)
Scene Description: [L-> to -> R]: Annunciation to the Shepherds - Adoration of the Magi - Massacre of the Innocent
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds
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view of basin
![[L->to->R]: Nativity - Annunciation to the Shepherds - Adoration of the Magi](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1140803099_compressed.png)
Scene Description: [L->to->R]: Nativity - Annunciation to the Shepherds - Adoration of the Magi
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: Annunciation and Visitation
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view of basin
![[L->to->R]: Baptism of Christ - Annunciation - Visitation - Nativity](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1140803093_compressed.png)
Scene Description: [L->to->R]: Baptism of Christ - Annunciation - Visitation - Nativity
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view of basin - interior
Scene Description: the modern radiated rack serves to support the baptismal dish used for baptisms
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view of church exterior - south portal
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view of church exterior - south view - detail
Scene Description: the southeast portal and the east end
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view of church exterior - south view - detail
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view of church exterior - south view - detail
Scene Description: opening into the east side of the nave
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view of church exterior - north view - detail
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view of church exterior - north view
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view of church exterior - northwest view
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view of church exterior - east view
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view of church interior - north transept - looking east
Scene Description: the font, monuments, etc.
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view of church interior - monument
Scene Description: in the north transept
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view of font in context
Scene Description: in the north transept
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view of church interior - altar and retable
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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view of church interior - north transept
Scene Description: the present location of the font
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 17276HAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2014-08-03
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century (early?), Gothic
Cognate Fonts: the font al Halbertadt's cathedral treasury
Church / Chapel Name: Martinikirche / Stadtkirche St. Martini
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the N transept
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Address: Hoher Weg 12C, 38820 Halberstadt, Germany -- Tel.: +49 3941 24363
Site Location: Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located WSW of Magdeburg, on the junction of roads 79 and 81, in the Harz region
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Halberstadt
Additional Comments: painted font (a rare example of a painted bronze font)
Font Notes:
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Noted in Lüer & Creutz (1904). In Eisold & Lautsch (2005). Bronze baptismal font of the early-14th century, consisting of a tub-shaped basin raised on four human figures; the sides of the basin are decorated with a running arcade of pointed geometric arches containg scenes [Left-to-Right]: Annunciation to St. Mary and Visitation together in one side, Nativity, Annunciation to the Shepherds, Adoration of the Magi, Massacre of the Innocents, Presentation of Christ child in the church, Flight to Egypt, Baptism of Christ in the Jordan by John the Baptist. There are inscriptions in the scrolls held by some figures, but most are unreadable now; there are also a few incised inscriptions here and there [e.g., Baptism of Christ scene, blue background above the angel holding Christ's garments, the word "BAPTISTA"]; these are probably later additions. The basin rests on four kneeling figures tipping containers of liquid, the symbols of the Four Rivers of Paradise [Euphrates, Gihon, Hiddekel, Pishon]; the whole is raised on a two-step octagonal plinth, modern. The exterior of the font is painted in bright colours. [NB: the bottom of the basin is concave on the inside, convex on the outside, which accounts for its inner depth being taller than the outer height of its sides]. As it is often the case in these northern parts, a baptismal dish is in use; it is supported by a metal rack atop the basin.
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 641129 5751397
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.895436, 11.051092
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 53′ 43.57″ N, 11° 3′ 3.93″ 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
Rim Thickness: 2 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 112-113 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 116-117 cm
Basin Depth: 63 cm*
Height of Basin Side: 58 cm*
Basin Total Height: 63-64 cm*
Height of Base: 45-46 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 109 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Location: on several of the scrolls held by the figures on the basin sides
Inscription Text: [illegible and later additions]
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Eisold, Norbert, Sachsen-Anhalt: zwischen Harz und Fläming, Elbe, Unstrut und Saale - eine denkmalreihe Kulturlandshaft, Ostfildern: DuMont Reiseverlag, 2005, p. 169
- Lüer, Hermann, Geschichte der Metallkunst, Stuttgart: Velag von Ferdinand Enke, 1904-1909, vol. 1: 313, 315, 392