Berlin No. 4
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
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view of font in context - east side
Scene Description: at the west end of the nave, looking west-northwest
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] taken 17 March 2013 by Colin Smith
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view of font in context - west side
Scene Description: at the west end of the nave, looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 March 2013 by Colin Smith
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New Testament - Public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - in the Jordan
Scene Description: in the east side medallion
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Image Source: digital photograph [edited] taken 17 March 2013 by Colin Smith
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inscription
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 March 2013 by Colin Smith
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New Testament - Public life of Christ - Christ and Nicodemus
Scene Description: (John 3:1-21)
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 March 2013 by Colin Smith
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 July 2006 by Joan [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nikolaikirche_Berlin.jpg] [accessed 21 April 2013]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gryffindor, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 April 2007 by Gryffindor [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nikolaikirche_Berlin_April_2007.jpg] [accessed 21 April 2013]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 18425BER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1563
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(mid), Late Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Stephan Hahn and Paul Hermann
Church / Chapel Name: Nikolaikirche [now Stadtmuseum Berlin]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Notes: original church built between 1220 and 1230; much damaged in WWII; restored; redundant and now used as museum and concert hall
Church Address: Nikolaikirchplatz, 10178 Berlin -- Tel.: +49 30 24002162
Site Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the the Nikolaiviertel
Additional Comments: famous person font: Cornelia Richter [nee Meyerbeer] was baptised in it at 16 years of age in 1858
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Rossa (2010): the baptismal font of St. Nicholas Church dates from 1563 and was made of tin plate on a wooden frame by Saxon tinsmith Stephan Hahn and his assistant Paul Hermann. The basin has a protruding octagonal upper rim, moulded and with an inscription; the basin proper is octagonal and rounded at the unbderbowl, the sides with large medallions, of which only two originals have survived: one depicts Christ's baptism in the Jordan; the other shows Christ and Nicodemus in conversation; the inscriptions are baptism-related. Badly damaged in 1939, it was restored and is now located at the west end of the nave.
An entry for Dorfkirche Tempelhof in Wikipedia [https://wiki.edu.vn/wiki43/2021/12/06/dorfkirche-tempelhof-wikipedia/] [accessed 20 March 2022] notes: "Der massive romanische Taufstein befindet sich seit 1877 im Märkischen Museum (heute in der zur Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin gehörenden Nikolaikirche). "
An entry for Dorfkirche Tempelhof in Wikipedia [https://wiki.edu.vn/wiki43/2021/12/06/dorfkirche-tempelhof-wikipedia/] [accessed 20 March 2022] notes: "Der massive romanische Taufstein befindet sich seit 1877 im Märkischen Museum (heute in der zur Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin gehörenden Nikolaikirche). "
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 33U 391944 5819713
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.516804, 13.407547
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 31′ 0.49″ N, 13° 24′ 27.17″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal, tin
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Location: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]