Mollensen No. 1 / Molem / Molinhus / Möllensen

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view of font and cover in context

by the step leading to the presbitery
Scene Description: by the step leading to the presbitery
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human figure - head - 5

male and female [cf. FontNotes]
Scene Description: male and female [cf. FontNotes]
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design element - motifs - floral - rosette - 3

one of them is partially visible here, on the right-most panel [cf. FontNotes]
Scene Description: one of them is partially visible here, on the right-most panel [cf. FontNotes]
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inscription

[cf. Inscription area]
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view of church exterior - southwest end

Font image
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view of church interior - chancel

Font image
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view of font cover

Font image
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angel - cherub - head - 3

[cf. FontNotes]
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design element - motifs - moulding

several: flat, rope, roll...
Scene Description: several: flat, rope, roll...
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 19263MOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1607
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(early), Baroque
Cognate Fonts: the fonts at Adensen (1607), Sibbesse (1607) and Eberholzen (1611).
Church / Chapel Name: Ev. Kapelle St. Marien / Marienkirche, Mollensen
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end of the nave, near the presbitery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: earliest part of this church/chapel date from the early-13thC, when it was a chapel-of-ease (?) to Eberholzen
Church Address: Mittelstraße 6, 31079 Sibbesse, Germany
Site Location: Hildesheim, Niedersachsen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the L482, 2-3 km NW of Sibbesse, 12-13 km SSW of Hildesheim
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Heildesheim
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the early-13thC church here)
Font Notes:
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

UTM: 32U 561009 5768703
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.0667, 9.8833

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 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 Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: Wulf (2014: 270)

REFERENCES

  • Die Inschriften des Landkreises Hildesheim, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 2014, p. 33, 270