Burg bei Magdeburg No. 2
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animal - unidentified - head
Scene Description: one such seen here on the right
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © julia_HalleFotoFan, 2016
Image Source: edted detail of a digital photograph 30 May 2016 by julia_HalleFotoFan [https://www.flickr.com/photos/68282140@N04/27998419122] [accessed 25 January 2023]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: atop the quatrefoiled pedestal base
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design element - motifs - scotia
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design element - patterns - piping or ribbed
Scene Description: on the quatrefoiled pedestal base
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design element - patterns - ribbed - in round arches
Scene Description: all around
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human figure - head - male - crowned - bearded
Scene Description: one such seen here on the left
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Pfarrkirche St. Nikolai ("Unterkirche") in Burg bei Magdeburg"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ulrich Waack, 2014
Image Source: digital image of ca. 1985 photograph by Ulrich Waack [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Nikolai_in_Burg_(Magedburg).jpg] [accessed 24 January 2023]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Burg in Sachsen-Anhalt. Die Unterkirche St. Nicolai wird auch die Kirche "Unser Lieben Frauen" geannnat. Zum Zeitpunkt der Aufnahme wird die Kirche saniert."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Clemensfranz, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] 4 December 2011 by Clemensfranz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Unterkirche_St_Nicolai_Burg.jpg] [accessed 24 January 2023]
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view of church exterior - west view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sankt-Nicolai-Kirche in Burg"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lotron, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph 2 February 2005 by Lotron [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sankt_nicolaikirche_burg.jpg] [accessed 24 January 2023]
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view of font
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view of font in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Die zweite Taufe der Kirche, eine Steintaufe aus Gotländer Sandstein aus dem Übergang von der Romanik zur Gotik, war verschollen, wurde bei Ausschachtungsarbeiten in der Süderstraße entdeckt und 1928 wieder aufgestellt. Der Fuß wurde ersetzt. (Wiki)" -- the Gotland stone font in the foreground, and the bronze font of 1391 in the background, left side
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24573BUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Evangelische Stadtkirche St. Nicolai in Burg bei Magdeburg [aka Unterkirche St. Nicolai]
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: Nicolaistraße 4, 39288 Burg (bei Magdeburg), Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Jerichower Land, Sachsen-Anhalt
Directions to Site: Located off (N) road 1 [aka Conrad-Tack-Ring], on the E bank of the Elbe, 25-30 km NE of Magdeburg city centre
Historical Region: Fläming / Flaeming
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Gothic [altered]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Gotland font
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention
Church Notes: documented 1186; modified 17thC; restored 1852; restored again, 1985-1990
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in Straße der Romanik [https://romanik-strasse-erleben.de/st-nikolai-burg-bei-magdeburg/] [accessed 24 January 2023] notes that the limestone baptismal font suffered such serious damage in the 18th century that restoration was impossible: "Der Taufstein aus Kalkstein erlitt im neunzehnten Jahrhundert schwere Schäden, woran jede Wiederherstellungsmaßnahme scheiterte" [NB: not clear whether the damaged and reconstruction comment is telated to this font or to the one listed in BSI as Bug bei Marburg No. 3]. A photograph of a restored Gotland font with heads below the rim appears in Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/68282140@N04/27998419122] [accessed 24 January 2023] with the following caption: "Die zweite Taufe der Kirche, eine Steintaufe aus Gotländer Sandstein aus dem Übergang von der Romanik zur Gotik, war verschollen, wurde bei Ausschachtungsarbeiten in der Süderstraße entdeckt und 1928 wieder aufgestellt. Der Fuß wurde ersetzt. (Wiki)". The font consists of a quatrefoil-shaped basin characteristic of some of the Gothic fonts from Gotland, mounted on an equally-shaped pedestal base; what makes this font rarer is that there are four heads set in the confluence of the lobes on the basin, some of the heads being human, other(s) animal. No cover present.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.268611, 11.851111
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 16′ 7″ N, 11° 51′ 4″ E
UTM: 32U 694537 5794744
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: quatrefoiled (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: quatrefoiled