Bovenau

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New Testament - Passion of Christ - Crucifixion

Scene Description: Christ crucified; without the cross, etc.
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Agnete, 2013
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 18 July 2013 by Agnete [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IMG_1782_Bovenau_Taufe.jpg] [accessed 7 April 2018]
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design element - motifs - moulding - parallel

Scene Description: framing a band of decorations all around
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Agnete, 2013
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 18 July 2013 by Agnete [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IMG_1782_Bovenau_Taufe.jpg] [accessed 7 April 2018]
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design element - motifs - moulding - parallel

Scene Description: framing bands of decoration
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Agnete, 2013
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 18 July 2013 by Agnete [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IMG_1782_Bovenau_Taufe.jpg] [accessed 7 April 2018]
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design element - motifs and symbols - varied

Scene Description: among which, some oak (?) leaves
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Agnete, 2013
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 18 July 2013 by Agnete [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IMG_1782_Bovenau_Taufe.jpg] [accessed 7 April 2018]
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human figure - standing - 3

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nightflyer, 2013
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 2 August 2013 by Nightflyer [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bovenau,_Maria-Magdalenen-Kirche_NIK_2468.JPG] [accessed 7 April 2018]
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inscription

Scene Description: partial view here, on the op left corner
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nightflyer, 2013
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 2 August 2013 by Nightflyer [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bovenau,_Maria-Magdalenen-Kirche_NIK_2468.JPG] [accessed 7 April 2018]
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scene [unidentified]

Scene Description: a number of them, very small, around the basin; of the ones seen here one could be Pater, another Christ, etc.
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nightflyer, 2013
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 2 August 2013 by Nightflyer [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bovenau,_Maria-Magdalenen-Kirche_NIK_2468.JPG] [accessed 7 April 2018]
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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Die Maria-Magdalenen-Kirche in Bovenau aus dem 13. Jahrhundert. Der hölzerne Turm stammt aus dem 18. Jahrhundert."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © VollwertBIT, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 April 2009 by VollwertBIT [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirche_Bovenau2009.jpg] [accessed 1 April 2018]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pelz, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 April 2014 by Pelz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bovenau_An_der_Kirche_Innen1_7964.jpeg] [accessed 7 April 2018]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nightflyer, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 August 2013 by Nightflyer [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bovenau,_Maria-Magdalenen-Kirche_NIK_2464.JPG] [accessed 7 April 2018]
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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Agnete, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2013 by Agnete [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IMG_1782_Bovenau_Taufe.jpg] [accessed 7 April 2018]
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view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pelz, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 April 2014 by Pelz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bovenau_An_der_Kirche_Innen4_7967.jpeg] [accessed 7 April 2018]
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view of font in context - upper view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nightflyer, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 August 2013 by Nightflyer [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bovenau,_Maria-Magdalenen-Kirche_NIK_2468.JPG] [accessed 7 April 2018]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 21659BOV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Evangelisch-lutherische Maria-Magdalenen-Kirche
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary Magdalene
Church Location: An der Kirche, 24796 Bovenau, Germany -- Tel.: +49 4334 378
Country Name: Germany
Location: Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein
Directions to Site: Located S of Bünsdorf and Sehestedt,N of Ostenfeld and Bredenbek, and W of Krummwisch
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Gothic
Cognate Fonts: Rendsburg St Mary's?
Church Notes: 13thC church; modified 17th, 19th, 20thC
Font Notes:
Baptismal font made of bronze consisting of a bucket-shaped basin raised on three standing figures set at 120-degree angles; the basin has an inscription [transcription not available] below the upper rim; below it is a band of decoration framed in two thin mouldings; there are a number of scenes and/or figures, as well as roundels and other motifs in this band; the figures could be Christ, Peter, etc.; there is another band of decoration around the lower basin sides, also frramed in two thin mouldings; the elemnts in this band include oak (?) leaves, roundels, unidentified symbols, etc.; closer to th ecentre, between the two bands is an image of Christ in the Crucifixion, but rendered with cross, etc.; the upper rim has two anchorings at opposite ends, part of the old cover hardware, but there is no cover present; the font is obviously used with a baptismal dish now, for which a metal support has been secured to the upper rim, on the inside.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.330527, 9.830377
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 19′ 49.9″ N, 9° 49′ 49.36″ E
UTM: 32U 553998 6020615

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, bronze
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: on the basin side, right below the upper rim