Einum / Egenhem

Results: 4 records

design element - motifs - palmette

inscription

Scene Description: [cf. Inscription area]

symbol - cross - Greek

view of church exterior - northwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Torbenbrinker, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 September 2008 by Torbenbrinker

Copyright Instructions: CC BY-SA-3.0-DE

INFORMATION

FontID: 19268EIN
Church/Chapel: Katholische Pfarrkirche Unbefleckte Empfängnis Mariä / Marienkirche in Hildesheim-Einum
Church Patron Saints: The Immaculate Conception of St. Mary
Church Location: 31135 Einum, Hildesheim, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Hildesheim, Niedersachsen
Directions to Site: Located 4-5 km from Hildesheim, now in its municipality
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the W organ loft
Century and Period: 12th century [basin only] [altered] [composite font], Medieval / composite
Church Notes: present church is mostly 1874
Noted and partially illustrated in Wulf (2014) as the basin of a baptismal font of the Romanesque period, now raised on a modern base; the old basin was altered and an inscription added in 1601 [cf. Inscription area]; the old cylindrical sandstone basin is located at the west end of the church, beneath the organ loft. It is thought that it may be a font originally from the Holy Cross church in Hildesheim. The wall of the zylidrischen basin is divided by four pillars and four decorative friezes in eight square recessed boxes; at the upper edge there is a broad-leaf frieze; one side of the basin has a Greek cross, and there is a pattern of palmette decoration around it; the Gothic lettering of the 1601 inscription is skillfully rendered.

COORDINATES

UTM: 32U 569159 5779749

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 100 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 87 cm* [includes modern base]
Notes on Measurements: * Wulf (2014: 254-255)

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: German
Inscription Text: "anno / D[omini]nj 1601 // Hans / Sochti // Barvet / meier // gewesse[n] / olderlv=/de"

REFERENCES

Die Inschriften des Landkreises Hildesheim, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 2014