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Historical Archive: Hildesheim funerary monuments Widow Mathildis, 11th c., sandstone, HildMus G3 Mathildis, oblique Mathildis, right inscription Priest Bodo, sandstone, 1st half of 11th c., HildMus G2 Bodo, inscription Provost Gottschalk, d. 1013, sandstone, HildMus G1 Gottschalk, inscription Bishop Udo (reg. 1079-1114, d. 1114), sandstone, HildMus G4 Udo, oblique Udo: Lamb of God Udo: Matthew, John Udo: Mark, Luke Dean Hermannus, sarcophagus lid, sandstone, mid-12th c., HildMus G5 Hermannus: +QVANDO* / +CREDITE Hermannus: A*SVP(ER)IS*LIS*ET DI[SCORDIA] / IVSTIS*PAC[IVNTVR] / [I]EIVNANT*ORA(N)T Hermannus: [D]ICENTI*REG[NVM] / [I]NVENTVS*HIC / [MO]RE*MAGNO Hermannus: [RAP]IVNT*UIOLE[NTI] / [STRENN]VS*ET*VIOLEN[TVS] / [A]STRA*LABO[RE] Bishop Adelog (d.1190), sandstone, HildMus G6 Adelog, oblique Adelog, head Adelog: on arch, A[NN]O*MCLXXXX*XII*; in corner (reversed), MIRE DVL / CIS HOMO DE / US ILLVM IVN / [G]E BEATIS Adelog: on arch, B[RIS] O[BIIT]*ADELOG[US]*EP[IS]C[OPUS]*; in corner, [HI]C SITUS EST / [P]RESUL ADELO / GVS VIR PIETATIS Adelog, on book, in 2 columns: GLORIA FORMA GEDVS MUNDANA PROBABILIS ALTUM; TRANSI[T] MARCET ABIT HEC MODO CLAMO TACENS ORA P[RO] ME Canon/Cellarer Bruno, d.1197-1200, sandstone Bruno, displayed on south cathedral wall Bishop Otto I (reg. 1260-1279), brass, HildMus G8 Otto I: Castle Wohldenberg Otto I: head Otto I: [IVL]II*O[BIIT]*DE BRUNSW[IC] Otto I: [HI]C*PRESVL*NOBILIS*OTTO Hermann Bredebake, d. 1339, sandstone, HildMus G9 Provost Eckhard I von Hanensee, d. 1405, brass, HildMus G12 Schonetta von Nassau (Duchess of Braunschweig) dressed as widow, d. 1436, sandstone, HildMus G14 Schonetta von Nassau, oblique from left Schonetta von Nassau, oblique from right Schonetta von Nassau, bust Schonetta von Nassau, inscription: [EVANGE]LISTE*OBIIT*S[CHONETTA] Provost Eckhard II von Hanensee, d. 1460, tin bronze, HildMus G15 Eckhard II: arms, rooster (Hahn) Canon and Archdeacon Eckhard III von Hanensee, brass, 1494, HildMus G16 Eckhard III: hands and chalice Eckhard III: Mark Eckhard III: Luke Eckhard III: Matthew Eckhard III: John Canon Dietrich von Alten (d. 1502), bronze or brass, attrib. Peter Vischer der Ältere, HildMus G20 Dietrich von Alten, oblique Dietrich von Alten, upper part of figure Canon Bruno von Alten, sandstone/black material in inscription, 1518, HildMus G21 Canon Arnold Freitag (d.1546), sandstone, upper panel, HildMus G25 Kaspar von Dechau, d. 1588, sandstone, HildMus G28 Kaspar von Dechau, oblique Joachim Engelhart von Rindtorff (d. 1667), epitaph or poss. marker for 1621 donation, brass, HildMus G45 Joachim Engelhart von Rindtorff: horned cow Theodor Adolf Baron de Lützerode, d. 1667, bronze or brass, HildMus G46 von der Recke arms, ancestry of Baron de Lützerode, 1667, bronze or brass, HildMus G46 Friedrich Joseph von Bockenvörde, d. 1688, bronze or brass, HildMus G53 unidentified funerary monument, HildMus unidentified family monument, HildMus unidentified family monument, HildMus, right figures unidentified family monument, HildMus, left figures