Gross Eichsen / Groß Eichsen / Eixen
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LBH01: animal - mammal - ram - head
Scene Description: seen here in the centre
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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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LBH03: head
![[unknown whether animal or human]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/others/image_not_available.jpg)
Scene Description: [unknown whether animal or human]
![[unknown whether animal or human]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/bsi-testing-site/others/image_not_available.jpg)
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
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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 church exterior - southwest view
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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
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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?
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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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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 font
Scene Description: the metal bracket is for the support of the baptismal dish
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INFORMATION
FontID: 19333EIC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Evangelisch-Lutherische Dorfkirche St. Johann / Johanniter-Kirche zu Groß Eichsen
Church Patron Saints: St. John
Church Location: 19205 Groß Eichsen, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklebourg-Vorpommern
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Mühlen Eichsen
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Ratzeburg
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, in the chancel
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century [composite font?], Medieval [composite]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Gotland font?
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
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 44′ 46″ N, 11° 15′ 37″ 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