Gross Eichsen / Groß Eichsen / Eixen
Results: 9 records
LBH01: animal - mammal - ram - head
Scene Description: seen here in the centre
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Klostermönch, 2012
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 30 September 2012 by Klostermönch [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Groß_Eichsen_Kirche_Tauffünte_2012-09-30_174.JPG?uselang=de] [accessed 6 July 2014]
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LBH04: human figure - male - head
Scene Description: seen here on the left
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kresspahl, 2012
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 30 September 2012 by Kresspahl [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Johanniter-Kirche_Groß_Eichsen012.JPG?uselang=De] [accessed 6 July 2014]
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LNH02: human figure - male - head - wearing headdress
Scene Description: seen here on the right
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Klostermönch, 2012
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 30 September 2012 by Klostermönch [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Groß_Eichsen_Kirche_Tauffünte_2012-09-30_174.JPG?uselang=de] [accessed 6 July 2014]
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view of font
Scene Description: the metal bracket is for the support of the baptismal dish
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Klostermönch, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 September 2012 by Klostermönch [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Groß_Eichsen_Kirche_Tauffünte_2012-09-30_174.JPG?uselang=de] [accessed 6 July 2014]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kresspahl, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 September 2012 by Kresspahl [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Johanniter-Kirche_Groß_Eichsen012.JPG?uselang=De] [accessed 6 July 2014]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Klostermönch, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 September 2012 by Klostermönch [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Groß_Eichsen_Kirche_2012-09-30_153.JPG?uselang=de] [accessed 6 July 2014]
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view of church interior - altar and retable
![Baroque -- the font is partially visible in the foreground, right [south] side](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1140706020_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Baroque -- the font is partially visible in the foreground, right [south] side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kresspahl, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 September 2012 by Kresspahl [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Johanniter-Kirche_Groß_Eichsen011.JPG?uselang=De] [accessed 6 July 2014]
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view of church interior - crucifix
Scene Description: with the symbols of the Evangelists at the ends; 15thC?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Klostermönch, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 September 2012 by Klostermönch [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Groß_Eichsen_Kirche_Kruzifix_2012-09-30_173.JPG?uselang=de] [accessed 6 July 2014]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 19333EIC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century [composite font?], Medieval [composite]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Gotland font?
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelisch-Lutherische Dorfkirche St. Johann / Johanniter-Kirche zu Groß Eichsen
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, in the chancel
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John
Church Address: 19205 Groß Eichsen, Germany
Site Location: Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the L03, in the municipality and about 2 km S of Mühlen Eichsen
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Ratzeburg
Additional Comments: composite font? / moved font? (now in the chancel)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font made of two unmatched parts: a crude and plain granite basin of roughly hemispherical shape, raised on a limestone (?) base of quatrefoil shape, decorated with heads on the upper part; the heads are mixed, animal and human; one is a ram's, another a man with head covering; a third is also human. The font has no cover evident but includes a metal bracket inside for the support of a baptismal dish. The font is said locally to have been made on Gotland, but it is not clear whether the two parts constituted the original font; probably not. The font is now located in the chancel, not likely to have been its original location.
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 649051 5957641
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.746067, 11.260308
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 44′ 45.84″ N, 11° 15′ 37.11″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite (basin) -- limestone (?) [base]
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining