Stendal No. 1 / Steinedal

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Apostle or saint - Apostles?

the smaller arches are populated with figures holding obejects, probably their identifying symbols -- two of them, both bearded males, seen here
Scene Description: the smaller arches are populated with figures holding obejects, probably their identifying symbols -- two of them, both bearded males, seen here
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 17 September 2011 by Shiwago [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stendal_Marienkirche_Fuente_2_2011-09-17.jpg] [accessed 26 April 2018]
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Apostle or saint - Evangelists - 4

each has the head of his symbol; Mark -- the may have originally held a scroll in their hands
Scene Description: each has the head of his symbol; Mark -- the may have originally held a scroll in their hands
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Shiwago, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 17 September 2011 by Shiwago [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stendal_Marienkirche_Fuente_1_2011-09-17.jpg] [accessed 26 April 2018]
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Apostle or saint - Evangelists - 4

each has the head of his symbol; John and Luke -- the may have originally held a scroll in their hands
Scene Description: each has the head of his symbol; John and Luke -- the may have originally held a scroll in their hands
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Shiwago, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 17 September 2011 by Shiwago [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stendal_Marienkirche_Fuente_2_2011-09-17.jpg] [accessed 26 April 2018]
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Apostle or saint - female - crowned

the larger figures appear to be all crowned females; one of them holds a church building
Scene Description: the larger figures appear to be all crowned females; one of them holds a church building
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Shiwago, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 17 September 2011 by Shiwago [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stendal_Marienkirche_Fuente_1_2011-09-17.jpg] [accessed 26 April 2018]
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Apostle or saint - female - crowned

the larger figures appear to be all crowned females; one of them is Virgin Mary, here on the right
Scene Description: the larger figures appear to be all crowned females; one of them is Virgin Mary, here on the right
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Shiwago, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 17 September 2011 by Shiwago [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stendal_Marienkirche_Fuente_2_2011-09-17.jpg] [accessed 26 April 2018]
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Virgin Mary - Madonna and Christ-child

seen here in the right arch
Scene Description: seen here in the right arch
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design element - architectural - arcade - polylobed arches - crocketed and piinnacled arches

a very irregular and incmplete arcade; some figures are inside arches, others are not
Scene Description: a very irregular and incmplete arcade; some figures are inside arches, others are not
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 17 September 2011 by Shiwago [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stendal_Marienkirche_Fuente_2_2011-09-17.jpg] [accessed 26 April 2018]
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view of church exterior in context - northeast view

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view of church exterior in context - northwest view

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of font

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view of font

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INFORMATION

FontID: 21695STE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Evangelische Pfarrkirche St. Marien
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Marienkirchstraße 8, 39576 Stendal, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Stendal, Sachsen-Anhalt
Directions to Site: Located off (NW) highway 89, 6 km W of the Elbe river, 40 km NW of Brandenburg, 55 km N of Magdeburg. The church is located in the old town centre, just E of the town hall
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end
Date: 1474
Century and Period: 15th century (late), Late Gothic
Church Notes: 12thC church modified late 14thC; demolished early 15thC; new church built 1420+;
Font Notes:
Baptismal font made of bronze in Lübeck in 1474; it consists of a roughly bucket-shaped basin decorated with an incomplete arcade of pointed crocketed and pinnacled arches in two sizes; the larger ones house each a female crowned figure, but not all the large figures has an arch; a second set of arches are smaller and house smaller figures that appear to be Apostles or saints holding identifying symbols; there is a running inscription just below the upper rim; the supporting base consists of a central pedestal, round and moulded, and four outer figures set at 90-degree angles; the figures have a human body but the head is the symbol of the corresponding Evangelist; their extended hands may have held a scroll in them originally. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.605556, 11.860556
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 36′ 20″ N, 11° 51′ 38″ E
UTM: 32U 693697 5832236