Eichlinghofen nr. Dortmund

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LB01: inscription

Scene Description: [cf. Inscription area]

INFORMATION

FontID: 06419EIC
Church/Chapel: Evangelische Kirche St. Margareta
Church Patron Saints: St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Country Name: Germany
Location: Arnsberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Directions to Site: Located in the SW of the Stadtgebiet
Font Location in Church: In the centre nave, north side, just west of the chancel arch
Date: 1664
Century and Period: 17th century, Renaissance
Described and illustrated in Bolege-Vieweg (1998: 70, 71) as a hemispherical mounted baptismal font of the 17th century. The basin is hemispherical and totally plain. It is mounted on a short cylindrical stem, equally plain, as if re-worked. The base proper is a square pedestal that looks like a Roman altar, especially with the way the inscription [cf. Inscription area] has been carved on it.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Notes: The available source shows only two of the sides (1 & 2); text transcribed from the illustration in Bolege-Vieweg (1998: 71)
Inscription Location: on the sides of the lower pedestal
Inscription Text: 1. "HENRICH / KRUM/ME -- PRO/VISOR" 2. "HENRICUS /EICHEL/BERG, HU/IUS ECCLE-/SIAE P.I. PA/STOR. ML/[?]/ VITA [?] 1664"
Inscription Source: Bolege-Vieweg (1998: plate on p. 71)

REFERENCES

Bolege-Vieweg, Dore, Dortmunder Dorfkirchen: Schätze mittelalterlicher Kunst, Dortmund: Ruhfus, 1998