Mollensen No. 1/ Molem / Molinhus / Möllensen
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angel - cherub - head - 3
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design element - motifs - floral - rosette - 3
Scene Description: one of them is partially visible here, on the right-most panel [cf. FontNotes]
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design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: several: flat, rope, roll...
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human figure - head - 5
Scene Description: male and female [cf. FontNotes]
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inscription
Scene Description: [cf. Inscription area]
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view of church exterior - southwest end
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view of church interior - chancel
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: by the step leading to the presbitery
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view of font cover
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INFORMATION
FontID: 19263MOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Ev. Kapelle St. Marien / Marienkirche
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Germany
Location: Hildesheim, Niedersachsen
Directions to Site: Located 2-3 km from Sibbesse
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Heildesheim
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end of the nave, near the presbitery
Date: 1607
Century and Period: 17th century(early), Baroque
Cognate Fonts: the fonts at Adensen (1607), Sibbesse (1607) and Eberholzen (1611).
Church Notes: earliest part of this church/chapel date from the early-13thC, when it was a chapel-of-ease (?) to Eberholzen
Font Notes:
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Noted in Wulf (2014): a baptismal font of stone; the moulded basin has protruding human heads, two female and three male, hatted and wearing ruflled collars; other sides have rosettes; several inscription [cf. Inscription area]; cylindrical stem with flat moulsing at the top, rope moulding at the bottom; three cherub heads. The [wooden?] font cover resembles a meringue 'torte'; octagonal medium-dome shape; white and red paint; gilded mouldings; floral finial.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.0667, 9.8833
UTM: 32U 561009 5768703
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Diameter (includes rim): 56 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 109 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Wulf (2014: 270)
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: German
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: on the basin sides
Inscription Text: - "Her Johan Anthonius pastor z[u] S[ibesse] Heinrich Kalen Andreas Ressem OlderLude"
- "Henni / Luken"
- "1607"
- "1607"
Inscription Source: Wulf (2014: 270)
REFERENCES
Die Inschriften des Landkreises Hildesheim, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 2014