Pakens
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view of font and cover
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inscription
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angel - cherub - 4
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design element - motifs - floral
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view of church exterior - southeast end
Scene Description: Source caption: "Apsis der Kirche zu Pakens von Süden aus".
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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view of church interior - chancel and east end
![the Baroque font and its cover on the left [north] side](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1190317019_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the Baroque font and its cover on the left [north] side
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human figure - putto - standing - arms linked
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 22037PAK
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1678
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late), Baroque
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelisch-lutherische Kirche zum Heiligen Kreuz
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel, N side
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Cross
Church Notes: late-13thC church with later modifications
Church Address: Pakens 10, 26434 Wangerland, Germany -- Tel.: +49 4425 81117
Site Location: Friesland, Niedersachsen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) Landstraße 810, just W of Hooksiel, 12 km NW of Wilhelmshaven
Historical Region: Wangerland
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the late-Romanesque period church here)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of stone dated 1678 consisting of an octagonal basin with a protruding moulding at the upper rim, an inscription below; the underbowl has cherub heads and floral motids; the base is by putti -rather than angels- facing out with their arms linked. Brass cover of 1679, a low dome with a large pine-cone finial; counterweight pulley system. [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church here].
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 428500 5516781
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.799224, 8.00645
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 47′ 57.2″ N, 8° 0′ 23.22″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: German
Inscription Location: on the sides of the basin
LID INFORMATION
Date: 1679?
Material: metal, brass
Apparatus: yes; counterweight pulley
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]