Sehlde

Results: 3 records

human figure - head, face or mask

[cf. FontNotes]
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

inscription

oat of arms - 8

[cf. FontNotes and Inscription area]
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes and Inscription area]

INFORMATION

FontID: 19273SEH
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Liebfrauenkirche Sehlde
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Wellbornstraße, 17, 38279 Sehlde, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Hildesheim, Niedersachsen
Directions to Site: Located in the Baddeckenstedt (Samtgemeinde)
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Hildesheim
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel
Date: 1620
Century and Period: 17th century(early)
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church Notes: 12thC tower; nave is 14th-15thC
Font Notes:
Noted in Wulf (2014) as a baptismal font of painted stone, located now in the chancel of this church; polygonal basin decorated with inscriptions and coats of arms, the pedestal base adorned with heads or masks and a moulding; an inscription is attached to one of the six sides of the basin; on both sides of the inscription are four full coats of arms with inscriptions, eight altogether. The inscriptions are carved and gold-plated (coloured?), against a gray background.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 5' 49" N, 9° 41' 44" E
UTM: 32U 586859 5767357

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 51 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 88 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Wulf (2014: 314)

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: German
Inscription Location: on the sides of the basin
Inscription Text: 1. "ANNO 1620 HAT / DER EDLE GEST / RENGE VESTE / VND MANHAFTE / IOHAN STATS DR / RASSHE OBRISTER / LEVTENAMBT DIESE / TAVFE GOTES / EHREN MAEHEN LASEN" 2. "D[ie] R[asshe] -- D[ie] P[ost] -- D[ie] H- -- D[ie] W[vlffen] -- D[IE] V[on] I[lten] -- D[ie] M[andelsloh] -- D[ie] V[on] m -- D[ie] R[auschenplatt]"
Inscription Source: Wulf (2014: 315)

REFERENCES

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