Epitaph for Jakob Bernhard Erhard
The epitaph for Jakob Bernhard Erhard is one of 14 epitaphs of the Uffkirche in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt . The inner epitaph is dedicated to the pastor Jakob Bernhard Erhard (1705–1743) in Cannstatt. The three-part epitaph consists of a two-tier substructure, an inscription panel with putti decoration and a gable top with coats of arms.
description
The wall epitaph on the south wall of the church to the right of the portal used to be attached to the west facade as an outer epitaph. The Stuttgart art historian Eduard Paulus stated in 1889:
- “On the west side [are] the monuments of the Reichspostmeister Mittler and the Ramsler family ; both are adorned with the Mittlerschen and Ramslerchen coats of arms (unicorn and ram) and have well-preserved inscriptions. "
The two epitaphs erected in 1843 are designed and structured analogously. Although they were moved to the interior of the church to protect them from weathering, some of the inscriptions are poor or illegible. The sculptural decoration of the gable top of both epitaphs has been weathered beyond recognition. See also: Epitaph for Johann Ulrich Mittler .
The assignment of the epitaph to the Ramsler family is based on the above statement by Eduard Paulus, who was able to inspect the epitaph in good condition. According to the inscription, the epitaph is dedicated to pastor Jakob Bernhard Erhard and was built by his wife Maria Juliana Erhard.
The three-part epitaph consists of a two-tier substructure, an inscription panel with putti decoration and a gable top with a coat of arms. The crowning of the inscription tablet is lost, but it was probably designed similarly to the middle epitaph, on which two winged putti hold a canopy over them. At the base of the inscription, next to an hourglass, lies a putti with one arm resting on a skull. The inscription plaque rests on a two-tier, heavily weathered substructure. The inscription panel ends with a gable top that bears two oval heraldic shields under a crown. According to Eduard Paulus, the heavily weathered shields showed the Mittlerer and Ramsler coats of arms (unicorn and ram).
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Johann Ulrich Mittler (left) and Jakob Bernhard Erhard. |
inscription
- Commemorative inscription, deciphering of the fragments uncertain:
[8 undeciphered lines]
he was weyland
[…] M [agister] Jacob Bernhard Erhard
Superintendent u. Instead of pastor
born to Stuttgart. 14 decembris 1705
Pastor at Unter Türckheim [1730]
Special at Cantstatt 1735
died in Jesu Seelig on May 1st, 1743
[…] Daniel […] in my great […]
[5 undeciphered lines]
Maria Juliana Erhardin
literature
- Eduard Paulus: The art and antiquity monuments in the Kingdom of Württemberg: Neckarkreis. Stuttgart 1889, p. V, 144-145, pdf .
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ #Paulus 1889 , p. 145.
Coordinates: 48 ° 48 ′ 16.52 " N , 9 ° 13 ′ 34.37" E