Epitaph for Elisabeth Moser (Oettingen in Bavaria)

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Epitaph for Elisabeth Moser

The epitaph for Elisabeth Moser († March 7, 1614) is in the choir of the Protestant parish church of St. Jakob in Oettingen in Bavaria , a town in the Donau-Ries district .

description

The colored aggregate Renaissance - Epitaph born to Elisabeth Moser, Luz, from Ehingen am Ries is 2.80 m high and 1.60 m wide. The wooden epitaph with a life-size representation of the deceased is almost fully plastic. Six family coats of arms are affixed to each side of the pillars . The base, on which two psalms stand, is set with diamond stones on the outside . Alliance coats of arms can be seen in the extract and in the lower area .

literature

  • Georg Lill (ed.), Karl Gröber / Adam Horn (edit.): The art monuments of Bavaria. District Office Nördlingen . In: The art monuments of Bavaria. The art monuments of Swabia. Bd. I. District Office Nördlingen . R. Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich 1938, (reprint: R. Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich / Vienna 1982, ISBN 3-486-50514-9 ), p. 336.

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