Bulkau / Buelkau / Bülkau

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B01: inscription

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B02: symbol - shield - emblem - unidentified

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BBU01: inscription

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LBF01: human figure - standing - 4

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view of font and cover

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INFORMATION

FontID: 16304BUL
Church/Chapel: Kirche St. Johannes der Täufer
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: Germany
Location: Lüneburg, Niedersachsen
Directions to Site: Located in the district of Cuxhaven
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1250
Century and Period: 13th century (mid), Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Noted and illustrated in the Wikipedia entry for Bülkau: "Ein weiteres Kleinod der Kirche ist das Taufbecken eines unbekannten Künstlers aus Bronzem, um 1250 datiert, zeigt es an der Beckenwandung ein Dreiecksschild mit einem Vogel als Wappentier, gegenüber ist eine Zeichnung eines Baumes eingelassen. In dieser Wandung ist in spiegelschriftlicher Form ein Text in der frühgotischen Majuskelinschrift "Hego“ zu erkennen. Sie lautet "Ore tvo Christe benedictus sit Locus iste ave Maria.“ (Durch deinen Mund, Christus, möge diese Stätte gesegnet sein, gegrüßt sei Maria). Der Inhalt fasst 108,2 Liter, das entspricht 1/2 Oxhoft (108,7 Liter) in Bremen. [NB: we only have one photograph source for this font: it shows the inscriptions backwards -- was the image rotated horizontaly, or are the inscriptions really backwards? -- to corooborated]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, bronze
Font Shape: tub-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Notes: are the inscriptions backwards? or is the image horzontally flipped?
Inscription Location: 1.on the upper basin sides - 2.in the middle, by the incised shield
Inscription Text: 1. "Ore tvo Christe benedictus sit Locus iste ave Maria.“ 2. "Hego"

LID INFORMATION

Material: metal, copper
Apparatus: no
Notes: appears to be a flat fitted basin with a lid; modern?