Deensen

INFORMATION

FontID: 18739DEE
Church/Chapel: St. Marien. und St. Nicolai [aka Nikolai]-Kirche
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin & St. Nicholas of Myra
Country Name: Germany
Location: Holzminden, Niedersachsen
Directions to Site: Located on the L580, SE of Stadoldendorf, SW of Hildesheim, in the Holminden county
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Hildesheim?
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Lampe & Willing (2012) note and illustrate a baptismal font of 1603 made or reddish sandstone, consisting of an octagonal tapering basin decorated with a pseudo-castellation pattern inder the rim, and charged shields on each of the sides inscribed in scrolled cartouches [cf. Derental, in the same area], a long German inscription wrapped around the sides both above and below the heraldic emblems; the base is an octagonal-to-square pedestal decorated with inscriptions and charged shields, and a tiny three step plinth. The shields are identified in this source as: on the basin: Closter, Camper, Wrisberg, Campe, Hake, Campe, Boyneburg, Campe; on the stem: [?], Kirchof, Grole, Holler. The inscriptions are matched with Mark 16: "Wer glaubt und getauft, der wird selig werden", and Romans 6: "Alle die getauft sind auf Christus Jesus, sind auf seinen Tod getauft". One of the names is identified as "Katatharina, Johanns nachgelassene Witwe", and another as "Heinrich Kirchhof, Pastor diese Kirche, 1603".

COORDINATES

UTM: 32U 540742 5745942

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (reddish)
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 66.3 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 102.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Lampe & Willing (2012: 208)]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: German
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: Lampe & Willing (2012)
Inscription Text: 1)"MARCI - 16 - VOL - GELOVET - VNDE - GEDOFFT - WERT - DE - WERT - SALICH - WERDEN" 2)"ROMA - 6 - ALLE - DE - GEDOFFT - SINT - IN - CHRISTO - IESV - DE SINT - IN - SINEN - DOT - GEDOFFT" 3)"CLOSTER" 4)"GORT - VAN / KAMPE" 5)"WRIS/BERCH" 6)"BOR(C)HART - V(AN) - / KAMPE - GORT -/ SIN -/ SON -" 7)"A(GNESA) - H(AKE) - SIN E/HLICHE HAV/SFRAW -" 8)"HILMAR - V(AN) - B(OYNEBURG) - G(ENNANT) - V(AN) - H(ONSTEIN) - / SIN - EHLICHE / HAVSFRA/W" 9)"H - ASKEN - V(AN) - K(AMPE) - GOR/T SIN SON" 10)"CATR/INA IOAN / NA WID/WE" 11)"HENRIC(VS) / K(E)RCHOF / PASTOR EC/C-L(ESI)K HVIVS / S : 1603" 12)"TONNIS / GROLE" 13)"IASPER . HOLL/ER" 14)"SA EHLIC/HE HAVSF/RAW"
Inscription Source: Lampe & Willing (2012) [NB: the authors use alphabetical identifiers; we use numerals ine Inscription text here]

REFERENCES

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