Lunow / Luenow / Lünow / Lunowe

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angel - cherub - head - 4

Scene Description: with folded wings; alternating with four coats of arms

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gregor Rom, 2017

Image Source: digital photograph 19 December 2017 by Gregor Rom [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirche_Lünow_Taufstein.jpg] [accessed 1 May 2023]

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coat of arms - 4

Scene Description: alternating with four cherub heads

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Image Source: digital photograph 19 December 2017 by Gregor Rom [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirche_Lünow_Taufstein.jpg] [accessed 1 May 2023]

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inscription

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gregor Rom, 2017

Image Source: digital photograph 19 December 2017 by Gregor Rom [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirche_Lünow_Taufstein.jpg] [accessed 1 May 2023]

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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Dorfkirche Lünow"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gregor Rom, 2017

Image Source: digital photograph 10 December 2017 by Gregor Rom [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirche_Lünow2.jpg] [accessed 1 May 2023]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Dorfkirche Lünow" -- the top of the font is visible at the far right, with greenery atop

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gregor Rom, 2017

Image Source: digital photograph 19 December 2017 by Gregor Rom [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirche_Lünow_innen.jpg] [accessed 1 May 2023]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kirche Lünow Taufstein"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gregor Rom, 2017

Image Source: digital photograph 19 December 2017 by Gregor Rom [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirche_Lünow_Taufstein.jpg] [accessed 1 May 2023]

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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michael Schletze, 2009

Image Source: digital photograph 2009 by Michael Schletze [https://dewiki.de/Media/Datei:Lunow_Dorfkirche.jpg] [accessed 1 May 2023]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 24710LUN
Church/Chapel: Evangelische Dorfkirche Lünow
Church Location: Lünower Dorfstraße 26B, 14778 Roskow, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Potsdam-Mittelmark, Brandenburg
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the L91, in the municipality and 4-5 km NW of Roskow, on the shore of the Beetzsee, about 15 km NE of Brandenburg
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel, E side
Date: ca. 1600?
Century and Period: 17th century, Renaissance
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic 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: 14thC(?) church; re-built 18thC; half-timbered church tower replaced 1888
Baptismal font described and illustrated in Theo Engeser and Konstanze Stehr (2003) [http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/engeser/potsdam-mittelmark/luenow/luenow.html] [accessed 1 May 2023] as an octagonal Renaissance font consisting of a sandstone basin decorated with an inscription below the upper rim [Lasset die Kindlein zu mir kommen, Mark 10], and coats of arms and putti heads on the sides below; raised on a brick base [the pedestal base appears to be made up of cut stones, not bricks]: "Am auffälligsten ist die oktogonale Renaissancetaufe. Der Fuß ist gemauert, und die achtseitige Kuppa aus Sandstein ist mit Wappen und Puttenköpfen geschmückt." No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.489422, 12.664793
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 29′ 21.92″ N, 12° 39′ 53.26″ E
UTM: 33U 341452 5818039

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: German
Inscription Notes: Text of Mark 10
Inscription Location: around the upper moulding on the basin sides
Inscription Text: "LASSET DIE KINDLEIN ZV [...]"
Inscription Source: [cf. ImagesArea]