Arholzen

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 18748ARH
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1651?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(mid?)
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelische Kirche in Arholzen St. Marien, Arholzen
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: original church of the 17th century demolished Nov. 1974; new church built 200 m. from it; font of 1651 [source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arholzen#Kirche [accessed 30 October 2013]]
Church Address: Angerweg 1, 37627 Arholzen, Germany
Site Location: Holzminden, Niedersachsen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the L583, S of road 64, in the district of Holzminden
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in Lampe & Willing (2012), who report two inscriptions on it [cf. InscriptionArea]. The font is from the original church that was demolished in 1974; it consists of an hexagonal basin decorated with mouldings and pseudo-castellation pattern; the base is in two volumes separated by a roll moulding; the longer inscription, a German version of Mark 10:14 ["Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God."], is carved on the upper volume; the shorter, giving the gospel source, on the lower, which is also decorated with roll mouldings.

COORDINATES

UTM: 32U 539061 5746314

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hexagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
Diameter (inside rim): 47 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 102 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Lampe & Willing (2012: 320)]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: German
Inscription Location: on the base sides [cf, FontNotes]
Inscription Text: 1)"LASSET DI KINDLIN ZV / MIR KOMEN VND BERET / INEN NICHT DEN SOL/GER IST DAS REICH GOTTES" 2)"mARCVS / X"
Inscription Notes: slightly variant text of Mark 10:14 in Luther's Bible 1545: "Lasset die Kindlein zu mir kommen und wehret ihnen nicht; denn solcher ist das Reich Gottes"
Inscription Source: Lampe & Willing (2012: 320)

REFERENCES

  • Die Inschriften Landkreises Holzminden, Wiesbaden: Dr. Luwig Reichert Verlag, 2012, p. 320, Tafel 76, Abb. 219