1505
Countess Elisabeth of Stolberg (1447 – 3rd June.1505), neé countess of Württemberg, consort of Count Heinrich of Stolberg. Workshop of Peter Vischer the Elder Originally tomb slab of a horizontal grave
Workshop of Peter Vischer the Elder / after 1505
Originally slab of a ground grave.
Inscription:
An(n)o d(omi)ni - 1505 - Te(r)cia noc(te)/Junij - obyt.
Illustr(issima) et gen(er)osa Du(ciss)a - Elizabet nata
de wirte(m)b(er)g - nobi/lis Hennrici Comit(is) de stal/berg
senioris (et) thoralis - hic sepulta - Cui(us) a(n)i(m)a
Req(ui)escat im pace -
In the year of our Lord 1505, on the third night of June,
the illustrious and noble Duchess Elisabeth, née of
Württemberg.
of Württemberg, wife of the high noble Count Heinrich the
Elder
of Stolberg. She is buried here.
May her soul rest in peace.
(Translation by Erhard Horstmann
in The funerary monuments of the Vischer workshop in
Nuremberg 1453 - 1544
Sven Hauschke)
Inscription above the head:
Here your / bar(m)he(r)czig/keit sey alzeit ube(r) mich -
When I / hoped / for / in you -
Location: Stolberg in the Harz (mountains), Parish Church St. Martin, south choir wall
Design: Vischer, Peter der Ältere
Realization: Vischer, Peter der Ältere
Material: Bronze
photo 2022, Pablo de la Riestra
1505
Upper half of the tomb
Countess Elisabeth of Stolberg (1447 – 3rd June.1505), neé countess of Württemberg, consort of Count Heinrich of Stolberg. Workshop of Peter Vischer the Elder Originally tomb slab of a horizontal grave
Workshop of Peter Vischer the Elder / after 1505
Originally slab of a ground grave.
Inscription:
An(n)o d(omi)ni - 1505 - Te(r)cia noc(te)/Junij - obyt.
Illustr(issima) et gen(er)osa Du(ciss)a - Elizabet nata
de wirte(m)b(er)g - nobi/lis Hennrici Comit(is) de stal/berg
senioris (et) thoralis - hic sepulta - Cui(us) a(n)i(m)a
Req(ui)escat im pace -
In the year of our Lord 1505, on the third night of June,
the illustrious and noble Duchess Elisabeth, née of
Württemberg.
of Württemberg, wife of the high noble Count Heinrich the
Elder
of Stolberg. She is buried here.
May her soul rest in peace.
(Translation by Erhard Horstmann
in The funerary monuments of the Vischer workshop in
Nuremberg 1453 - 1544
Sven Hauschke)
Inscription above the head:
Here your / bar(m)he(r)czig/keit sey alzeit ube(r) mich -
When I / hoped / for / in you -
Location: Stolberg in the Harz (mountains), Parish Church St. Martin, south choir wall
Design: Vischer, Peter der Ältere
Realization: Vischer, Peter der Ältere
Material: Bronze
photo 2022, Pablo de la Riestra
1505
Lower half of the tomb
Countess Elisabeth of Stolberg (1447 – 3rd June.1505), neé countess of Württemberg, consort of Count Heinrich of Stolberg. Workshop of Peter Vischer the Elder Originally tomb slab of a horizontal grave
Workshop of Peter Vischer the Elder / after 1505
Originally slab of a ground grave.
Inscription:
An(n)o d(omi)ni - 1505 - Te(r)cia noc(te)/Junij - obyt.
Illustr(issima) et gen(er)osa Du(ciss)a - Elizabet nata
de wirte(m)b(er)g - nobi/lis Hennrici Comit(is) de stal/berg
senioris (et) thoralis - hic sepulta - Cui(us) a(n)i(m)a
Req(ui)escat im pace -
In the year of our Lord 1505, on the third night of June,
the illustrious and noble Duchess Elisabeth, née of
Württemberg.
of Württemberg, wife of the high noble Count Heinrich the
Elder
of Stolberg. She is buried here.
May her soul rest in peace.
(Translation by Erhard Horstmann
in The funerary monuments of the Vischer workshop in
Nuremberg 1453 - 1544
Sven Hauschke)
Inscription above the head:
Here your / bar(m)he(r)czig/keit sey alzeit ube(r) mich -
When I / hoped / for / in you -
Location: Stolberg in the Harz (mountains), Parish Church St. Martin, south choir wall
Design: Vischer, Peter der Ältere
Realization: Vischer, Peter der Ältere
Material: Bronze
photo 2018,
1505
Alliance coat of arms Stolberg-Württemberg
Countess Elisabeth of Stolberg (1447 – 3rd June.1505), neé countess of Württemberg, consort of Count Heinrich of Stolberg. Workshop of Peter Vischer the Elder Originally tomb slab of a horizontal grave
Workshop of Peter Vischer the Elder / after 1505
Originally slab of a ground grave.
Inscription:
An(n)o d(omi)ni - 1505 - Te(r)cia noc(te)/Junij - obyt.
Illustr(issima) et gen(er)osa Du(ciss)a - Elizabet nata
de wirte(m)b(er)g - nobi/lis Hennrici Comit(is) de stal/berg
senioris (et) thoralis - hic sepulta - Cui(us) a(n)i(m)a
Req(ui)escat im pace -
In the year of our Lord 1505, on the third night of June,
the illustrious and noble Duchess Elisabeth, née of
Württemberg.
of Württemberg, wife of the high noble Count Heinrich the
Elder
of Stolberg. She is buried here.
May her soul rest in peace.
(Translation by Erhard Horstmann
in The funerary monuments of the Vischer workshop in
Nuremberg 1453 - 1544
Sven Hauschke)
Inscription above the head:
Here your / bar(m)he(r)czig/keit sey alzeit ube(r) mich -
When I / hoped / for / in you -
Location: Stolberg in the Harz (mountains), Parish Church St. Martin, south choir wall
Design: Vischer, Peter der Ältere
Realization: Vischer, Peter der Ältere
Material: Bronze
photo 2022, Pablo de la Riestra
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