Stedesford nr. Esens
Image copyright © Ev.-Luth. Kirchenkreis Harlingerland, 2022
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Results: 10 records
Apostle or saint - Apostles - St.Peter
![in one of the arches [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/others/image_not_available.jpg)
Scene Description: in one of the arches [cf. FontNotes]
![in one of the arches [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/bsi-testing-site/others/image_not_available.jpg)
Apostle or saint - Evangelists - 4 - one per niche
Scene Description: in four of the arches [cf. FontNotes]
Apostle or saint - unidentified - 2
Scene Description: in two of the arches [cf. FontNotes]
Christ
Scene Description: in one of the arches [cf. FontNotes]
design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - 8
Scene Description: with a figure in each arch
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ev.-Luth. Kirchenkreis Harlingerland, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph in the Ev.-Luth. Kirchenkreis Harlingerland [https://www.kirchenkreis-harlingerland.de/gemeinden/stedesdorf] [accessed 21 February 2022]
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design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: of varied shapes; at least one of them is a palmette
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ev.-Luth. Kirchenkreis Harlingerland, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph in the Ev.-Luth. Kirchenkreis Harlingerland [https://www.kirchenkreis-harlingerland.de/gemeinden/stedesdorf] [accessed 21 February 2022]
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design element - motifs - vine - animal - bird
Scene Description: each volute of the vine houses an animal; most of them seem to be birds of some sort
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ev.-Luth. Kirchenkreis Harlingerland, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph in the Ev.-Luth. Kirchenkreis Harlingerland [https://www.kirchenkreis-harlingerland.de/gemeinden/stedesdorf] [accessed 21 February 2022]
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St.-Aegidien-Kirche (Stedesdorf)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Matthias Süßen, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 5 June 2011 by Matthias Süßen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Aegidien34Stedesdorf.jpg] [accessed 21 February 2022]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-3.0
view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: Source caption; "Stedesdorf, Orgel"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rosemarie Giese, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph 10 May 2010 by Rosemarie Giese [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stedesdorf_Orgel.jpg] [accessed 21 Februaryu 2022]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "Zur Ausstattung der Kirche gehört ein Taufstein aus Baumberger Sandstein aus dem frühen 13. Jahrhundert. Er ist mit einem Rankenfries und Arkaden verziert, unter denen acht biblische Figuren zu sehen sind: Christus, Petrus und die vier Evangelisten sowie zwei weitere Gestalten, die wegen Zerstörungen nicht mehr zu identifizieren sind."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ev.-Luth. Kirchenkreis Harlingerland, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph in the Ev.-Luth. Kirchenkreis Harlingerland [https://www.kirchenkreis-harlingerland.de/gemeinden/stedesdorf] [accessed 21 February 2022]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
INFORMATION
FontID: 23772STE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Evangelisch-Lutherische St.-Ägidien-Kirche
Church Patron Saints: St. Giles [aka Aegidus, Egidus, Gilles]
Church Location: Hauptstraße 5, 26427 Stedesdorf, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Ostfriesland, Niedersachsen
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality and 3 km SE of Esens, 25-30 km NE of Aurich
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Bremen
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, E end of the nave
Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Baumberg font
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: original wooden building replaced by mid-12thC stone church; much modified since
Font Notes:
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The entry for Stedesford in the Evangelische-Lutherische Kirchenkreis Harlingerland [https://www.kirchenkreis-harlingerland.de/gemeinden/stedesdorf] [accessed 21 February 2022] reports a baptismal font made of Baumberg sandstone in the early-13th century; the basin is decorated with a vine populated by animals, below which is a round arcade with eight biblical figures, one in each niche: Christ, Peter and the four Evangelists, as well as two other figures who can no longer be identified due to the damage to them [="Zur Ausstattung der Kirche gehört ein Taufstein aus Baumberger Sandstein aus dem frühen 13. Jahrhundert. Er ist mit einem Rankenfries und Arkaden verziert, unter denen acht biblische Figuren zu sehen sind: Christus, Petrus und die vier Evangelisten sowie zwei weitere Gestalten, die wegen Zerstörungen nicht mehr zu identifizieren sind." The lower base on which the old basin stands is modern.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.625837, 7.662798
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 37′ 33.01″ N, 7° 39′ 46.07″ E
UTM: 32U 411565 5942724
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone (Baumberg)
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining