Burg bei Magdeburg No. 1

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Virgin Mary - Madonna and Christ-child

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Scene Description: Source caption: "St.-Nikolai-Kirche Burg, Taufbecken aus Broze, 1391. Das älteste Inventar der Kirche ist die Bronzetaufe mit der lateinischen Inschrift anno milleno tricenteno nonageno primo non pleno fontem dedit hunc michi beno korp episcopus arosiensis. Frei übersetzt Im Jahre 1391 (nicht voll) gab mir diese Taufe Beno Korp, Bischof von Arosia. Das sechseckige gotische Bronzetaufbecken in Kelchform ist von lübscher Herkunft...(Wiki)"
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INFORMATION

FontID: 24574BUR
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, in the nave, near the pulpit
Date: 1391
Century and Period: 14th century (late), Gothic
Cognate Fonts: similar font at Fehrman
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention
Font Notes:
A photograph in Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/68282140@N04/27486161323/in/photostream/] [accessed 23 January 2023] has this caption: "Das älteste Inventar der Kirche ist die Bronzetaufe mit der lateinischen Inschrift anno milleno tricenteno nonageno primo non pleno fontem dedit hunc michi beno korp episcopus arosiensis. Frei übersetzt Im Jahre 1391 (nicht voll) gab mir diese Taufe Beno Korp, Bischof von Arosia. Das sechseckige gotische Bronzetaufbecken in Kelchform ist von lübscher Herkunft...(Wiki)" According to the above the font was made in Lübeck and was donated by Beno Korp, bishop of Arosia [NB: the GC-Catholic site [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/vast0.htm] [accessed 27 January 2023] identifies Beno Henrici Korp as bishop of Västerås (Sweden) (1388 – ?)]. he metal [bronze?] baptismal font consisting of a a hexagonal basin raised on an also hexagonal pedestal pase with three supporting couchant lions; the upper rim is double moulded; each of the tapering sides has an Ogee arch supported by a pinnacled shaft at the corner of the basin side; the arch itself is richly decorated and has a quatrefoil motif in a circle in the centre; inside the arch is a standing figure; five of them appear to be Apostles, the sixth is a Madonne and Child; the lower end of the basin is moulded, like the upper one; the hexagonal base is decorated with a large moulding in the centre; three couchant lions support the lower base. There is no font cover present but the upper rim has anchoring spots for the locking of a cover.

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: metal, bronze
Font Shape: hexagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes])
Inscription Text: "anno milleno tricenteno nonageno primo non pleno fontem dedit hunc michi beno korp episcopus arosiensis"
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]