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INFORMATION

Font ID: 18741HEY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1625
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(early)
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelisch-lutherische Ursula Kirche Heyen
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Ursula
Church Notes: original church 12th-13thC
Church Address: Gönne 5, 37619 Heyen, Niedersachsen, Germany
Site Location: Holzminden, Niedersachsen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the L424, N of Helen and the B240, 35-40 km WSW of WSW of Hildesheim
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Heidelsheim
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 12th-13thC church here)
Font Notes:
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) (Wesser sandstone)
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 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 Notes: is the inscription text from Acts 2, 38-39? [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: Lampe & Willing (2012)

REFERENCES

  • Die Inschriften Landkreises Holzminden, Wiesbaden: Dr. Luwig Reichert Verlag, 2012, p. 273-274, Tafel 65, Abb. 88-90