Bad Gandersheim

wooden box altar — Photo: Kulturerbe Niedersachsen
Image copyright: CC by 4.0 via Sammlung Frauenstift Gandersheim

Made: 1000-1100 CE, probably Hildesheim (Germany), artist and patron unknown

Current Location: Frauenstift Gandersheim, Bad Gandersheim, Germany

Dimensions and Materials: 17 x 32 x 9.7cm; oak wood, copper gilt

Iconography: none

Inscriptions: HOC ALTARE TIBI S(AN)C(T)EQ(VE) TVE CENI/TRICI · CORPORA S(AN)C(T)ORV(M) IN PACE SE/PVLTA TVORV(M) HIC VT MVNIMEN / CERTV(M) SINT OMNIBVS AME[N] ME SI PORTE LOCO QVISP[IAM] / SVSTOLLAT AB IPSO : DELEAT / HVNC IPSVM CHRISTO DE SOR/TE SVORVM

Bibliography: Budde 1998; Favreau 2003; Lampe 2016; Röckelein 2006

Website: https://kulturerbe.niedersachsen.de/objekt/record_kuniweb_1376083/1/LOG_0000/#record_kuniweb_1376083