Grafelde No. 1 / Grafla / Graflon
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Die Kirche in Grafelde."
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Image Source: digital photograph 14 July 2016 by Harti [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2016-07-14-Grafelde.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2022]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: the disused 1511 font seen here at the northeat corner of the chancel, used as decorative planter; the font in the foreground is the 1662 font in use
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Torbenbrinker, 2012
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 14 October 2012 by Torbenbrinker [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GrafeldeKirche2.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2022]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Protestant Church, Grafelde near Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Torbenbrinker, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph 14 October 2012 by Torbenbrinker [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GrafeldeKirche2.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2022]
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inscription
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen (Christine Wulf), 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 2014 Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen (Christine Wulf) in the Deutsches Inschriften Online [www.inschriften.net, https://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0238-di088g016a1001201] [DI 88: Landkreis Hildesheim (2014) A1, Nr. 12] [accessed 5 September 2022]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 24280GRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1511
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(early)
Church / Chapel Name: Evangelisch-lutherische Marienkapelle in Grafelde.
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the NE corner of the chancel
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: original church Romanesque; modified 1512; restored 1896, 1928 and 1954
Church Address: Winkel 7, Grafelde, 31079 Sibbesse, Germany
Site Location: Hildesheim, Niedersachsen, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off local road L469, in he municipality and 3 km SSE of Sibbesse, about 10 km SSW of Hildesheim
Additional Comments: disused font (the 1511 font was discarded outside for a long time, hence the erosion of its decoration) -- disappeared font? (the one from the Romanesque church here)
Font Notes:
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Catalogued and illustrated in Bähren-Aye (2005) as one of two fonts in this church: this one is inscribed with the date 1511, its carved decoration now very eroded: "Die Kirche besitzt im Vorraum unter dem Turm einen zweiten Taufstein mit großer Cuppa, der 1511 datiert ist." Listed and illustrated in the Deutsches Inschriften Online [www.inschriften.net, https://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0238-di088g016a1001201] [DI 88: Landkreis Hildesheim (2014) A1, Nr. 12] [accessed 5 September 2022]: "Ehemaliger Taufstein, heute als Blumentopf genutzt, links neben dem Altar."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and his help in documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 563288 5764035
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.02333, 9.92237
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 1′ 23.99″ N, 9° 55′ 20.53″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers [Roman numerals]
Inscription Location: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Text: "· m · ccccc · xi ·"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Bähren-Aye, Gisela, "Taufbecken in Niedersachsen: aus der Zeit vom Ende des Dreißigjährigen Krieges bis zur Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts", Hamburg, 2005, p. 299