Waabs No. 2 / Klein-waabs / Vabenæs / Vabs / Woobs
Results: 5 records
design element - patterns - floral and foliage
Scene Description: painted on
view of font in context
Scene Description: the later font after the ca. 2020 restoration of the church; the medieval font was moved from this location to the tower space at the same time
view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: after the ca. 2020 restoration of the church; notice the later font in its new position at the southeast end of the nave
design element - patterns - floral and foliage
Scene Description: painted on
design element - motifs - beaded-tape
INFORMATION
Font ID: 24387WAA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1674
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late), Baroque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: wooden font
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelisch-Lutherische Marienkirche
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Church Address: Kirchstraße 11, DE-24369 Waabs, Germany -- Tel.: +49 4352 2382
Site Location: Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (S) local road L26, 12 km NNW of Kiel, 52 SE of Flensburg
Additional Comments: painted font
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font made of wood and consisting of an octagonal basin raised on a baluster-type pedestal base and a splaying lower base, both octagonal as well; the font is painted with varied floral and foliage patterns. No cover present. This font must have replaced the medieval stone font in 1674; the stone font was found disused in Ludwigsburg and re-installed in 1968 to Waabs church at the east end of the nave, south side, only to be replaced again by the later wooden font at the time of the ca. 2020 restoration of the church; the medieval font, which had been in this location since 1968, was then moved to the tower space. [cf. BSI entry Waabs No. 1 for the medieval font].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for his help in documenting these two fonts
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 563825 6043368
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54.533849, 9.986367
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 32′ 1.85″ N, 9° 59′ 10.92″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: wood
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers?
Inscription Location: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Text: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]