Baptismal font St. Bonifatius (Freckenhorst)
The baptismal font of the former collegiate church of St. Bonifatius in Freckenhorst , a district of Warendorf in the district of the same name , was created around 1129. The Romanesque baptismal font is a protected monument as part of the church furnishings .
The font made of Baumberger sandstone is 1.26 meters high and has a diameter of 1.16 meters. In the lower relief zone, above the base with an Attic profile, crouch six lions, depicting the evil that has been cast under its spell. A human head can be seen between one of the pairs of lions, which could be related to the biblical legend Daniel in the lions' den . The main zone is decorated with seven central scenes of salvation history , which are framed by ornamentally decorated arcades: the Annunciation , the birth of Jesus , the baptism of Jesus , the crucifixion , the descent of Christ into the underworld , the ascension of Christ and the judgment of the world .
Between the main scenes and the crouching lions there is a strip with a dedicatory inscription indicating the date June 4, 1129 the consecration of the church and the Münster bishop Egbert .
literature
- Ulrich Schäfer: The Freckenhorster baptismal font . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin / Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-422-02341-3 . (not evaluated)
- Klaus Gruhn: Collegiate Church of St. Bonifatius Freckenhorst . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin / Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-422-02126-6 .
- Petra Marx: Baptismal font from Freckenhorst Abbey . In: Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany and Ruhrland Museum Essen (ed.): Crown and veil. Art from medieval convents . Exhibition catalog, Hirmer Verlag, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-7774-2565-6 , p. 207.
- Stefan Soltek : The Freckenhorster baptismal font . Dissertation Bonn, 1987 (not evaluated)
- Wilhelm Effmann : The sculptures on the font in the collegiate church of Freckenhorst . In: Zeitschrift für Christianliche Kunst , Issue 2, 1889, pp. 109–116. (not evaluated)
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Coordinates: 51 ° 55 ′ 15 ″ N , 7 ° 58 ′ 7.5 ″ E