Einbeck No. 1

Results: 21 records

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Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Paul

Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Peter

Apostle or saint - St. Alexander [son of St. Felcitas]

Scene Description: legend of St. Felicitas and the Seven Holy Brothers, one of whom was Alexander, shown in the centre panel; Felicitas is in the left panel

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 6 August 2013 by Steffen Schmitz [kaʁstn / Carschten] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Einbeck,_St._Alexandri,_2013-08_CN-08.jpg] [accessed 8 April 2018]

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Apostle or saint - St. Felicitas of Rome

Scene Description: seen here in the left panel and identified in the inscription below [Legend of St. Felicitas and the Seven Holy Brothers, one of whom was Alexander, shown in the next panel]

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Apostle or saint - St. John the Baptist

Apostle or saint - St. Thomas - with donor

Scene Description: the Apostle is shown here with a large scroll and a little kneeling figure, probably Degenhard Ree, the donor of the font

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Christ - Christ in Majesty

Virgin Mary

animal - mammal - lion - sejant-gardant - holding shield - 4

Scene Description: mounted on moulded bases

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design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: on the octagonal pedestal at the centre; is this support original?

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inscription

Scene Description: identifying the figures in the panels of the basin

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inscription

Scene Description: identified in one source as Psalm 51, 9-10

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view of church exterior - south view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 August 2013 by Steffen Schmitz [kaʁstn / Carschten] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Einbeck,_St._Alexandri,_2013-08_CN-01.jpg] [accessed 8 April 2018]

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view of church exterior - west view

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view of church interior - chancel and east end

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view of church interior - choir - stalls

Scene Description: Source caption: "Gotisches Chorgestühl von 1288 in der Münsterkirche St. Alexandri in Einbeck, Niedersachsen."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 January 2009 by Jan Stubenitzky (Dehio) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:StAlexandri_Einbeck_Chorgestuehl.jpg] [accessed 8 April 2018]

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view of church interior - choir - stalls - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Münsterkirche St. Alexandri – Chorgestühl von 1288, das älteste erhaltene in Deutschland"

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view of church interior - choir - stalls - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Münsterkirche St. Alexandri – Chorgestühl von 1288, das älteste erhaltene datierte in Deutschland".

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the font in the Heilig-Blut-Kapelle

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the interior of the Heilig-Blut-Kapelle

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INFORMATION

FontID: 21663EIN

Church/Chapel: Ev.-luth. Münsterkirche Sankt Alexandri / Stiftskirche St Alexandri [formerly Kollegiatstiftskirche]

Church Patron Saints: St. Alexander

Church Location: Stiftpl. 8, 37574 Einbeck, Germany -- Tel.: +49 5561 72013

Country Name: Germany

Location: Northeim, Niedersachsen

Directions to Site: Located off (N) highway 3, about 11 km NNW of Northeim, S of Hildesheim and Hanover

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the Heilig-Blut-Kapelle

Date: 1427

Century and Period: 15th century (early), Gothic

Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font

Church Notes: collegiate church founded ca. 1080; church completed 1108; re-built 13thC; modified 14th, 16th, 18thC

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Baptismal font of bronze donated by Degenhard Ree in 1427; it consists of an octagonal basin raised on a central round pedestal [is this a later addition for reinforcement?] and four outer lions holding shields at 90-degre angles; the eight panels, which are separated by Gothic buttresses, are decorated with scenes: Christ in Majesty, Mary, John the Baptist, the Apostles John and Peter, St. Alexander the patron saint of the church, his mother, St. Felicitas and St. Thomas (with the donor of the font kneeling by and the year 1427); an inscription containing verses 9-10 of Psalm 51.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.821111, 9.868056

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 49′ 16″ N, 9° 52′ 5″ E

UTM: 32U 559829 5741498

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: German

Inscription Notes: Psalm 51, 9-10

Inscription Location: 1.- on the side of the upper rim 2.- below each of the figures in the panels

Inscription Text: 1.- ["Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me."] 2.- [the names of the figures in the panels]

Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]