Neuenheerse No.1
Results: 16 records
view of font and cover
Scene Description: Source caption: "Taufstein von 1585 in der Stiftskirche in Neuenheerse; Meister: Simon von Gießen"
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 24 August 2019 by Ath [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neuenheerse_-_Kirche_-_Taufstein.jpg] [accessed 16 August 2024]
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inscription
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Apostle or saint - St. Sarturnia
Scene Description: seen here in the left panelthe patron saint of the church: dressed in contemprary (17thC) garb and wielding the symbol of her martyrdom: an ax
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 24 August 2019 by Ath [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neuenheerse_-_Kirche_-_Taufstein.jpg] [accessed 16 August 2024]
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Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. John
Scene Description: seen here in the right panel
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 24 August 2019 by Ath [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neuenheerse_-_Kirche_-_Taufstein.jpg] [accessed 16 August 2024]
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design element - motifs - scroll - 6
Scene Description: a ribbed scroll down each corner of the hexagonal basin
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 24 August 2019 by Ath [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neuenheerse_-_Kirche_-_Taufstein.jpg] [accessed 16 August 2024]
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view of church exterior - north view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Stiftskirche Neuenheerse"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tsungam, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 8 October 2017 by Tsungam [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bad_Driburg_-_2017-10-08_-_Kirche_Neuenheerse_(06).jpg] [accessed 16 August 2024]
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view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: Source caption: "Stiftskirche in Neuenheerse, Orgel"
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Image Source: digital photograph 24 August 2019 by Ath [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neuenheerse_-_Stiftskirche_-_Orgel_-_1.jpg] [accessed 16 August 2024]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Stiftskirche in Neuenheerse, Mittelschiff"
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Image Source: digital photograph 24 August 2019 by Ath [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neuenheerse_-_Stiftskirche_-_Mittelschiff.jpg] [accessed 16 August 2024]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Taufstein von 1585 in der Stiftskirche in Neuenheerse; Meister: Simon von Gießen"
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Image Source: digital photograph 24 August 2019 by Ath [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neuenheerse_-_Kirche_-_Taufstein.jpg] [accessed 16 August 2024]
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view of church interior - baptistery
Scene Description: Source caption: "Chorgitter (Entstehungszeit um 1400) und Taufkapelle in der Stiftskirche Neuenheerse"
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Image Source: digital photograph 24 August 2019 by Ath [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neuenheerse_-_Kirche_-_Chorgitter,_Taufkapelle.jpg] [accessed 16 August 2024]
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design element - motifs - scroll - 3
Scene Description: three broad scrolls on the sides of the round pedestal base
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 24 August 2019 by Ath [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neuenheerse_-_Kirche_-_Taufstein.jpg] [accessed 16 August 2024]
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Karina Becker, 2006
Image Source: digital image in Karina Becker [https://www.pr-bad-driburg.de/pfarrgemeinden/st-saturnina-neuenheerse/pfarrgeschichte/das-plattdiutsch-am-taufstein-von-neuenheerse/] [accessed 16 August 2024]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 25660NEU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1585
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(late), Renaissance
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Simon von Gizen
Church / Chapel Name: Ehemalige Stiftskirche und heutige Pfarrkirche St. Saturnina zu Neuenheerse
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptismal chapel
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Saturnina of Arras [aka Saturnine] [d. 907]
Church Notes: built 1100-1130; badly damaged by fire 1965
Church Address: Stiftsstraße 4, Neuenheerse, 33014 Bad Driburg, Germany -- Tel.: +49 5259 99900
Site Location: Höxter, Nordhein-Westfalen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off local road L828, in the municipality and about 5 km S of Bad Driburg, 20+ km E of Paderborn
Font Notes:
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Studied in Karina Becker (2006), especially on the details related to the inscriptions on it: hexagonal baptismal font made by Simon von Gizen and dated 1585 by an inscription; it bears on the sides images of the patron saint, St. Saturnina, the Four Evangelists, with their names, and the Neuenheerse coat of arms; one inscription has the Bibliical text of John 3, 5. There are several photographs of this font in the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe / LWL-Medienzentrum für Westfalen [https://www.lwl.org/marsLWL/de/] [accessed 16 August 2024]: Archivnummer: 04_2263, 04_2262, 2264.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 523482 5556387
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.15923, 9.328744
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 9′ 33.23″ N, 9° 19′ 43.48″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: hexagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Low German
Inscription Location: 1) around the upper rim of the basin
2) below the upper rim of the basin
3) on the sides of the underbowl
Inscription Text: 1) "WARLICK • ICK • SEGGE • DI • ID •SI • DENN • DAT • IEMAND • GEBAREN • IS • UT • DEM • WATER • UND • DEM • H • GEISTE • DE • KANN • NICHT • IN • DAT • RYKE • GADES • KOMEN • IOHANES • AN • III."
2) "ANNO [+n] DDMINI / 1585"
3) "SSATVRNI / IOHANES / LVCAS / MARKVS / MATEVS / SIMON • VON • GIZEN / HENRICH PEYN BOR / GER MEISTER / ZV HERSE / DE HERSE"
Inscription Notes: a version of John 3, 5
Inscription Source: Becker (2006: 5-8)
LID INFORMATION
Date: 1923
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: hexagonal, with carved top; ball finial
REFERENCES
- Becker, Karina, "Das Plattdiutsch am Taufstein von Neuenheerse. Was Sprache über die Konfession aussagt", 132, Die Warte, Heimatzeitschrift für die Kreise Paderborn und Höxter, 2006, pp. 5-8; S. 5-8 / [https://www.pr-bad-driburg.de/pfarrgemeinden/st-saturnina-neuenheerse/pfarrgeschichte/das-plattdiutsch-am-taufstein-von-neuenheerse/] [accessed 16 August 2024]