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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INFORMATION
Font ID: 16304BUL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1250
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (mid), Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelisch-lutherische Kirche St. Johannes der Täufer, Bülkau
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Notes: church documented 1384
Church Address: 21782 Bülkau, Germany
Site Location: Lüneburg, Niedersachsen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the L144, S of road 73, 8 km SE of Ottendorf, about 20 km ESE of Cuxhaven
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Cuxhaven
Font Notes:
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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. The same source gives the volume capacity of the basin: "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; it was done in 'mirror writing']
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 498582 5955518
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.7483, 8.97849
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 44′ 53.88″ N, 8° 58′ 42.56″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal, bronze
Font Shape: tub-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
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"
Inscription Notes: text in mirror writing
LID INFORMATION
Material: metal, copper
Apparatus: no
Notes: appears to be a flat fitted basin with a lid; modern?