Bodenwerder
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Apostle or saint - Evangelists - 4
Scene Description: John seen here in the centre panel
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Image Source: digital photograph 20 September 2018 by Uwe Barghaan [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bodenwerder_St._Nicolai_Taufe_2018.jpg] [accessed 6 February 2023]
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Christ - Christ Child - haloed - holding orb-and-cross
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angel - cherub - head - 6
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human figure - face, head or mask - 6
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view of church exterior - northwest end
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Image Source: digital photograph taken in August 2006 by KBWEi [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bodenwerder_St._NIkolai.jpg] [accessed 29 October 2013]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Bodenwerder (Niedersachsen), St. Nicolai von Süden gesehen"
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view of church interior - looking south
Scene Description: Source caption: "Bodenwerder (Niedersachsen), St. Nicolai, Inneres nach Süden" -- NB: orientation of the church is now off, with the altar in the south side -- the font is partially visible between the two farthest pillars on the left
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: Source caption: "Renaissance-Taufstein , St. Nicolai, Bodenwerder (Niedersachsen)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Uwe Barghaan, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph 20 September 2018 by Uwe Barghaan [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bodenwerder_St._Nicolai_Taufe_2018.jpg] [accessed 6 February 2023]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 18740BOD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Evangelisch-lutherische Stadtkirche St. Nicolai
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: Corvinusgang 3, 37619 Bodenwerder, Niedersachsen
Country Name: Germany
Location: Hannover, Niedersachsen
Directions to Site: Located off (E) road 83 [aka Poller Str.], on the left (W) bank of the Wesser river, about 35 km WSW of Hildesheim
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Hildesheim
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1608
Century and Period: 17th century(early), Renaissance
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for his additional information on this font
Church Notes: original building was a chapel in 1245 dedicated to St. Nicholas; re-built as a church with tower in the 15thC; enlarged ca. 1900; modernised 1960s -- orientation of the church is now off, with the altar in the south side
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in the Wikipedia entry for this church [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Nicolai_(Bodenwerder)] [accesswed 6 February 2023]: "Der Taufstein aus farbig gefasstem grauen Sandstein ist einer der ältesten Ausstattungsgegenstände. An den sechs Seiten sieht man das Jesuskind mit Weltkugel, den Heiland mit Weltkugel mit der Beischrift SALVATOR MUNDI (Erlöser der Welt) und die vier Evangelisten mit ihren Attributen. Bruno Schmitz schuf für den Taufstein 1961 eine neue Schale mit Deckel aus Bronze. Auf dem Boden der Schale ist eine Taube zu sehen. Die Umschrift aus dem Buch Hiob lautet: Und auch dich lockt er aus dem Rachen der Angst in weiten Raum, da keine Bedrängnis mehr ist ; dazu zeigt der Deckelknauf die Gestalt des Fisches, der Jona aus dem Rachen speit." [NB: the source of the entry may have been Georg Dehio, Bearbeitung Gerd Weiß: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Bremen, Niedersachsen, Neubearbeitung 1992, S. 236]. Baptismal font made of grey sandstone in 1608, date inscribed on its side; it has a Christ Child with an orb, and the four Evangelists; includes an inscription in Latin done in 1871 by Mithoff. The modern bronze cover was made by Bruno Schmitz in 1961.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.976813, 9.515271
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 58′ 36.53″ N, 9° 30′ 54.98″ E
UTM: 32U 535392 5758585
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone (grey)
Font Shape: hexagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 112 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Lampe & Willing (2012: 221)
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Notes: the inscription was added in 1871 [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Text: "Salvator mundi"
Inscription Source: Lampe & Willing (2012)
LID INFORMATION
Date: 1961
Material: metal, bronze
Apparatus: no
Notes: hexagonal and flat, with figure as finial/handle; made by Bruno Schmitz in 1961