Hohenbuchen / Hohenbüchen

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[cf. Font and Inscription notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font and Inscription notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 18737HOH
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Martin-Luther-Haus [formerly in the local church ["Kirche des Ortes"]]
Country Name: Germany
Location: Hannover, Niedersachsen
Directions to Site: Located 30 km SW of Hildesheim
Ecclesiastic Region: [Bistum Hildesheim?]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Date: 1597
Century and Period: 16th century(late), Renaissance
Font Notes:
Lampe & Willing (2012) note and illustrated a baptismal font, formerly from the local church, now in the Martin-Luther-Haus at Hohenbüchen; the font is made of sandstone, and consists of an octagonal basin raised on a pedestal base of the same shape; there is an inscription around the basin sides with a German text from John 3,5 [="Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God"] and the date 1597.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (reddish-brown)
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (inside rim): 55.5 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 86 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Lampe & Willing (2012: 190)]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: German
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: two parallel lines around the sides of the basin
Inscription Text: "IOH: 3. ES - SEI DEN - DAS - IEMAND : GEBORN WERDE AVS DE WASSER / VND . GEIST . SO . KAN ER - DAS - REICH GOTTES . NICT SEHEN A(NN)O. 1597."
Inscription Source: Lampe & Willing (2012)

REFERENCES

Die Inschriften Landkreises Holzminden, Wiesbaden: Dr. Luwig Reichert Verlag, 2012