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angel - cherub - head

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

design element - motifs - garland

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

inscription

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

inscription

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 18741HEY

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Evangelisch-Lutherische Ursula Kirche

Church Patron Saints: St. Ursula

Church Location: Gönne 5, 37619 Heyen, Niedersachsen

Country Name: Germany

Location: Hannover, Niedersachsen

Directions to Site: Located off (N) the B240, WSW of Hildesheim

Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Heidelsheim?

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Date: 1625

Century and Period: 17th century(early)

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted and illustrated in Lampe & Willing (2012): baptismal font made of a reddish sandstone, consisting of a heptagonal basin decorated with garlands, cherub heads, etc., and bearing two inscriptions: around the basin, below the rim, is an inscription from Acts 2.; on one of the sides of the basin are two names and the date 1625; it is raised on a round (?) pedestal base.

COORDINATES

UTM: 32U 534643 5762054

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (reddish)

Font Shape: heptagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: heptagonal

Diameter (includes rim): 87 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 87.5 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * [Lampe & Willing (2012: 274)]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: German

Inscription Notes: is the inscription text from Acts 2, 38-39? [cf. FontNotes]

Inscription Location: #1 runs all around the basin; #2 is on one of the basin sides

Inscription Text: 1)"ACT - 2 - LASSE // SICH EIN IEGLI//CHER TAVPFEN // AVF DEN NAMEN // IESV CHR(IST)I ZV // VERGEBVNG // DER SVNDEN" 2)"HINRICH - WASMAN / ANNA SPORLEDER/ A(NN)O 1625"

Inscription Source: Lampe & Willing (2012)

REFERENCES

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