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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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design element - patterns - ribbed

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view of church exterior - north view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sönke Rahn, 2011

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: ca. 1830

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Image Source: illustration in Haupt (1888)

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © N. Simonsen, 2012

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view of font

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INFORMATION

FontID: 19320FLE
Church/Chapel: Dorfkirche St. Johannes / Johanniskirche / Adelbyer Kirche / Kirche St. Johannis zu Adelby
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Evangelist
Church Location: Johanniskirchhof 22, 24937 Flensburg, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Schleswig-Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the K28, at the SW end of the Flensburger Förde, 86 km NW of Kiel. Adelby is the core of Flensburg old town
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Schleswig
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Early Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Paradise font / Paradisenfunten?
Cognate Fonts: many such others
Noted and illustrated in Haupt (1888): "Taufstein [...] frühgotisch Gotländer Kalkstein, ein Pokal, wie der Petersdorfer". Baptismal font of Gotland limestone in the characteristic design: hemispherical basin with pointed ribbed pattern all around the sides and underbowl; on a conical pdestal base with roll moulding at the centre ring position, splaying lower base.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.783583, 9.440889
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 47′ 0.9″ N, 9° 26′ 27.2″ E
UTM: 32U 528355 6070798

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Haupt, Richard, Die Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler der Provinz Schleswig-Holstein mit Ausnahme des Kreises Herzogtum Lauenburg 2, Kiel: Ernst Homann, 1888