Wittstock
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New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - in the Jordan
Scene Description: painted on the right panel here
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alfred Löhr, 2022
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 1 September 2022 by Alfred Löhr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wittstock_Tauf_Johannes_Baptist.JPG] [accessed 31 October 2022]
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angel
Scene Description: one is visible here
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alfred Löhr, 2022
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 1 September 2022 by Alfred Löhr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wittstock_Tauf_Johannes_Baptist.JPG] [accessed 31 October 2022]
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angel - cherub - 6
Scene Description: on the lower base sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alfred Löhr, 2022
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 1 September 2022 by Alfred Löhr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wittstock_Tauf_Johannes_Baptist.JPG] [accessed 31 October 2022]
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design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alfred Löhr, 2022
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 1 September 2022 by Alfred Löhr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wittstock_Tauf_Johannes_Baptist.JPG] [accessed 31 October 2022]
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design element - motifs - varied
Scene Description: various mouldings, scrolls, etc
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alfred Löhr, 2022
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 1 September 2022 by Alfred Löhr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wittstock_Tauf_Johannes_Baptist.JPG] [accessed 31 October 2022]
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inscription
Scene Description: painted inscription seen here on the left panel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alfred Löhr, 2022
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 1 September 2022 by Alfred Löhr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wittstock_Tauf_Johannes_Baptist.JPG] [accessed 31 October 2022]
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view of church exterior - northwest end
Scene Description: Source caption: "Marienkirche (Wittstock)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] 15 July 2012 by Chris06 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marienkirche_(Wittstock)1.JPG] [accessed 31 October 2022]
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view of church exterior - south portal
Scene Description: Source caption: "Side portal of the Saints Mary and Martin church in Wittstock/Dosse, Brandenburg, Germany "
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Krzysztof Golik, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph 19 August 2019 by Krzysztof Golik [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saints_Mary_and_Martin_church_in_Wittstock_Dosse_03.jpg] [accessed 31 October 2022]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Wittstock (Dosse) Marienkirche"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fridolin freudenfett, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 21 May 2020 by Fridolin freudenfett [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wittstock_(Dosse)_Marienkirche.jpg] [accessed 31 October 2022]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Marienkirche (Wittstock)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] 15 July 2012 by Chris06 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marienkirche_(Wittstock)4.JPG] [accessed 31 October 2022]
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view of church interior - retable
Scene Description: Source caption: "Altar der Marienkirche in Wittstock/Dosse"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thomas Tunsch, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph 1 May 2012 by Thomas Tunsch [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marienkirche_Wittstock_a0000082.jpg] [accessed 31 October 2022]
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view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "Wittstock, Marienkirche Taufbecken, 1634"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alfred Löhr, 2022
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 1 September 2022 by Alfred Löhr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wittstock_Tauf_Johannes_Baptist.JPG] [accessed 31 October 2022]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Wittstock, Marienkirche Taufbecken, 1634"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alfred Löhr, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 1 September 2022 by Alfred Löhr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wittstock_Tauf_Johannes_Baptist.JPG] [accessed 31 October 2022]
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view of font cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alfred Löhr, 2022
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 1 September 2022 by Alfred Löhr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wittstock_Tauf_Johannes_Baptist.JPG] [accessed 31 October 2022]
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view of font cover - finial
Scene Description: Source caption: "Wittstock, Marienkirche Taufdeckel, Johannes der Täufer, 1634" -- notice the metal hook above the head of the Baptist; it is not connected to the cover now but it is part of the pulley system used earlier to raise the cover; it connected to a loop on the Baptist shoulder
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alfred Löhr, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 1 September 2022 by Alfred Löhr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wittstock_Taufdeckel.JPG] [accessed 31 October 2022]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24417WIT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Marienkirche Wittstock / Die Evangelische Stadtpfarrkirche St. Marien und St. Martin in Wittstock
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin & St. Martin [orig. only St. Martin; St. Mary added 1453]
Church Location: Kirchpl. 2, 16909 Wittstock/Dosse, Germany -- Tel.: +49 3394 433314
Country Name: Germany
Location: Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Brandenburg
Directions to Site: Located off (E) of county road 19/24, in the municipality of Wittstock/Dosse, about 80 km NW of Berlin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1634
Century and Period: 17th century, Baroque
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: 1240 single-aisle church; expanded late-13thC to three-aisle church; expanded 1471; tower modified 1704; restored 19th and early-21stC
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font made in 1634 consisting of a hexagonal basin decorated with panels or cartouches on the sides; these alternate between biblical scenes and inscriptions, both painted on the sides; the underbowl is decorated with angel busts, some of them missing parts; the base, also hexagonal in shape, has a pronounced moulding atop, and cherub heads on the six sides. Busily decorated wooden font cover of 1634: like the font the lower end is hexagonal and moulded, with figures seated on stools playing musical instruments; also on the lower level are fantastic heads; the mid level has tritons at the six angles; the finial is a very large statue of John the Baptist with a cross in his right hand, and a book and a small sheep on it in his left hand; the fonf has ring handles on the lower part but it also has a hook-up ring on St John's shoulder, the latter obviously to be attached to the hook of a pulley system above, but it is not connected to it now [September 2022]; the cover appears damaged in several areas, in need of restoration.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.161944, 12.485556
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 9′ 43″ N, 12° 29′ 8″ E
UTM: 33U 331902 5893239