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Apostle or saint - Evangelists - 4

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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

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INFORMATION

FontID: 25264HAL
Church/Chapel: Sankt Johannis Kirche von Hooge
Church Patron Saints: St. John
Church Location: Kirchwarft, 25859 Hooge, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein
Directions to Site: Located on the island of Hooge, in the Wadden Sea
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1624
Century and Period: 17th century(early),
Workshop/Group/Artisan: by Heinrich Ringering, of Flensburg
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: original church destroyed by a storm in 1362; re-built after the 1634 flood
The entry for this church in the Nordfriisk Instituut [https://www.nordfriiskfutuur.eu/nordfrieslandlexikon/sankt-johannis-hooge/] [accessed 14 January 2024] informs that the font and pews were made in 1624 by master Heinrich Ringering, of Flensburg ["Taufbecken sowie Gestühlwangen aus dem Jahr 1624 und eine Kanzel aus der Werkstatt des Meisters Heinrich Ringerink (1565/70–1629) aus Flensburg"]. Noted and illustrated in Hallig Urlaub auf Hooge [http://www.cuxhaven-neuwerk.de/hallig-hooge/st-johannis-kirche-hooge/st-johannis-kirche-hooge.html] [accessed 14 January 2024] as a noteworthy baptismal font consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin on a flat square platform resting on a baluster-shaped shaft in the centre, and statues of the Four Evangelists in the corners; the whole is painted in bright colours, the basin sides bearing two lines of inscriptions ["Bemerkenswert ist auch das schöne Taufbecken, ein Geschenk der Grafen von Schwerin und Schulenburg. Das Becken wird dabei von den 4 Evangelisten Markus, Lukas, Matthäus und natürlich auch Johannes getragen"]. No font cover present but a baptismal dish of brass is in place.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.5729, 8.54449
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 34′ 22.44″ N, 8° 32′ 40.16″ E
UTM: 32U 470553 6047361

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: on the sides of the basin
Inscription Text: "[?]FESTE IOHAN ADOLF VON SCHWE[?] / IACOBII GEORGII DISCIPVLI - [?]
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