Grave nr. Heldesheim

Results: 3 records

INFORMATION

Font ID: 18738NIE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century, Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Dorfkirche / Kapelle Evangelisch-lutherische Grave
Font Location in Church: Inside the chapel
Church Notes: present church was built in 1614 as a rectangular hall building, completely remodeled in the 20thC
Church Address: Grave, 37647 Brevörde, Germany
Site Location: Holzminden, Niedersachsen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 2-3 km E of Brevörde, SW of Hildesheim, 55 km SSW of Hannover, in Holzminden county
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Hildesheim?
Font Notes:
The font here is noted with a date ca. 1650-1659 in Bähren-Aye (2005) and the inscription "M. JÜRGEN BOSTT", which the author suggests it be a vicar or warden [="(Pfarrer oder Kirchenjurat)"]; Bähren-Aye mentions angel heads below the underbowl, and lion heads on lower base. Lampe & Willing (2012) note and illustrate a baptismal font made of reddish sandstone, which they date to the 17th century; it consists of a hexagonal basin with rounded underbowl, garlands with fruit and foliage decorating thesides, heads on the base and a carved inscription on the upper surface of the rim, which they expand to "M(EISTER) - IÜRGEN / BOSTT"

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (reddish)
Font Shape: hexagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
Diameter (inside rim): 22 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 47 cm*
Height of Basin Side: 12 cm*
Basin Total Height: 30 cm*
Height of Base: 66 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 96 cm* / 85.5 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * [Bähren-Aye (2005)] -- 8* [Lampe & Willing (2012: 202)]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: German
Inscription Text: 1)"M. JÜRGEN BOSTT" 2)"M(EISTER) - IÜRGEN / BOSTT"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: 1)Bähren-Aye (2005) -- 2)Lampe & Willing (2012)

REFERENCES

  • Bähren-Aye, Gisela, "Taufbecken in Niedersachsen: aus der Zeit vom Ende des Dreißigjährigen Krieges bis zur Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts", Hamburg, 2005, p. 88, 97, 99, 301, 566, 574
  • Salzmann, L. F. (Louis Francis) (1878-1971), The History of the parish of Hailsham: the abbey of Otham and the priory of Michlham, Lewes: Farncombe & Company, 1901, p. 202, Tafel 46, Abb. 135-136