Flensburg No. 5 / Flansborj / Flensborag / Flensborg / Flensborre

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Results: 53 records

B01: New Testament - Passion of Christ - Last Supper

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B02: New Testament - Passion of Christ - Christ washes the feet of apostles

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B03: New Testament - Passion of Christ - Christ at Getsemane

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B04: New Testament - Passion of Christ - arrest of Christ - Malchus' ear

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B05: New Testament - Passion of Christ - Christ before Caiaphas

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B06: New Testament - Passion of Christ - flagellation

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B07: New Testament - Passion of Christ - Crucifixion - three crosses - Mary - Mary Magdalene - John the Evangelist - Longinus - Stephaton

Scene Description: notice the very interesting attire of the soldiers

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B08: New Testament - events from Resurrection to Pentecost - Resurrection of Christ - Christ rises from the grave - with cross

Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. John - holding book - detail

Scene Description: the cover of the book is full of scribblings

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Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. John - holding book - symbol - eagle

Scene Description: showing the eagle and an inscribed banner on the squat pedestal on which the figure stands

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Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. John - symbol - eagle

Scene Description: the symbol on the platform the saint stands on

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Västgöten, 2009

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 9 January 2009 by Västgöten [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mariekirke_(Flensborg)_2.JPG] [accessed 3 July 2014]

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Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Luke - holding book - symbol - winged ox

Scene Description: showing the winged ox and an inscribed banner on the squat pedestal on which the figure stands; Luke is shown scribbling on the book he holds

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Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Luke - symbol - winged bull

Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Mark - holding book - symbol - winged lion

Scene Description: the symbol is located on the squat pedestal on which the figure stands

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Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Mark - symbol - winged lion

Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Matthew - holding book - symbol - angel

Scene Description: showing the angel and an inscribed banner on the squat pedestal on which the figure stands

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Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Matthew - symbol - angel

design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - columns with capitals and bases

Scene Description: the columns that support the arches

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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 9 January 2009 by Västgöten [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mariekirke_(Flensborg)_3.JPG] [accessed 3 July 2014]

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design element - architectural - column - columns with capitals and bases - fluted

Scene Description: these columns, larger and more ornate, are not part of the arcade; they rather link the two areas of inscriptions

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information

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Image Source: Field notes taken on site by BSI

inscription

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes & Inscription area]

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inscription

Scene Description: with the name of the caster and date

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inscription - partial

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inscription - partial

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view of base

Scene Description: two of the four Evangelist figures that make up the base

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view of base - detail

Scene Description: showing the heads of three of the supporting figures and a partial view of the inscription

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view of basin - detail

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view of basin - detail

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view of basin - detail

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view of basin - detail

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view of basin - detail

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view of basin - detail

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view of basin - detail

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: showing the Flagellation scene and John the Evangelist's head in the bottom-left corner of the image

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view of basin - upper view

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view of church exterior - detail

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view of church exterior - detail

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: ca. 1591

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sönke Rahn, 2011

Image Source: Sankt-Marien-Kirche auf dem Beyerschen Epitaph in St. Marien (Flensburg) von 1591 -- digital photograph taken 18 December 2011 by Sönke Rahn [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sankt-Marien-Kirche_auf_dem_Beyerschen_Epitaph_in_St._Marien_(Flensburg)_von_1591.JPG] [accessed 3 July 2014]

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Marienkirche seen from Marienstraße

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view of church interior - altar and retable

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view of church interior - ceiling - painting

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view of church interior - chancel - ceiling - detail - Revelation 1:16

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view of church interior - monument

Scene Description: 1648 with a painting of the Deposition

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view of church interior - monument - 3

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view of church interior - pulpit and sounding board

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view of church interior - west end

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view of font

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view of font

Scene Description: this image shows part of the [modern?] inscription on the cover or baptismal dish [cf. FontNotes]

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view of font and baptismal dish - upper view

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view of font and cover in context

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view of font and cover in context

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view of font cover - detail

Scene Description: the plain bottom view

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view of font in context

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INFORMATION

FontID: 19323FLE
Church/Chapel: Evangelisch-Lutherische Marienkirche / Sankt-Marien-Kirche / Vor Frue Kirke
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Marienkirchhof 7, 24937 Flensburg, Germany -- Tel.: +49 461 29313
Country Name: Germany
Location: Schleswig-Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein
Directions to Site: Located 86 km NW of Kiel. The church itself is located near the Nordermarkt and Großen Straße
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Schleswig
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1591
Century and Period: 16th century(late),
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Mich[a]el Dibler
Cognate Fonts: Peter Hansen's font at Aarhus Dom, is similar but not identical; see also the fonts at Flensburg Nikolaikirche, Eckernförd St.-Nicolai-Kirche and Hadersleben Marienkirche
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the kind churchwarden for his trust and his help in accessing and documenting this site during our visit in June 2023
Noted and illustrated in [www.flensburger-stadtgeschichte.de/St_Marien_Kirche.pdf] [accessed 3 July 2014]. Baptismal made cast in bronze by Mich[a]el Dibler in 1591, similar to the one done by Peter Hansen for Nikolaikirche in the same town; it consists of an almost cylindrical, bucket-shaped basin; below the upper rim are three bands of inscription containing Low German variations of Matthew 19.14 [Latet de Kinderken to mi kamen wente sulker ist dat Himmelrieke] and Mark 16.16 [Wol gelovet unde gedoft wert schal salich werden]; the inscription around the lower side of the basin identifies the maker as Michael Dibler and the year of its casting, 1591; a set of eight scenes appear between the inscriptions, in a decorated arcade, scenes of the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Christ; the basin is supported on four standing figures identified as the four Evangelists by the symbol on the pedestal on which the figures stand. The font cover or baptismal dish appears modern and has an inscription as well, a text from Ephesians 4:5 form Luther Bibel 1545: "EIN HERR - EIN GLAUBE - EINE TAUFE" [cf. ImagesArea and FieldNotes for a detaileddescription of the programme decorating this font].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.789722, 9.432778
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 47′ 23″ N, 9° 25′ 58″ E
UTM: 32U 527829 6071478

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, bronze
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 35 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 69 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 76.5 cm*
Basin Depth: 51 cm*
Basin Total Height: 52 cm*
Height of Base: 64 cm* [each figure]
Font Height (less Plinth): 101 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: German / Low German
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: 1&2: below upper rim; 3: above lower rim; 4. cover or baptismal dish
Inscription Text: 1. [Latet de Kinderken to mi kamen wente sulker ist dat Himmelrieke] 2. [Wol gelovet unde gedoft wert schal salich werden] 3. "[...]E - BOR[...]STER - WAR - GO[...]MI - MICHEL - DIBLER - 1591 [...]" 4. "EIN HERR - EIN GLAUBE - EINE TAUFE"
Inscription Source: The two texts on below the rim are Low German variations of: 1. Matthew 19.14 -- 2. Mark 16.16; the text on the cover (?) and the cover itself appear modern, from the Luther Bible of 1545, Ephesians 4:5