Original Inscriptions:

• at the top edge of the lunette:

'Patri op(timo) Henricus Schmitburg Lips(i)e(n)sis iurium doctor fieri fecit an(no) ab incar(natione) do(mini) MDXVIII' [Heinrich Schmitburg of Leipzig, LLD, had this made for his dearest father in the year of the Lord's incarnation, 1518]

• beneath the lunette:

'Miseraciones eius super omnia opera eius Psalmo 144' [His tender mercies are over all his works, Psalm 144 (Vulgate, verse 9)]

• as the top border of the Mandorla, twice (right upside down):

'Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth' (the letters 'oth' are relaced by a symbol of an orb) [Holy is the Lord God of Hosts, Isaiah 6:3]

• above the group led by the Virgin: (Greek: Hē sōteria tou theou hēmōn)

[Salvation belongs to our God Revelation, 7:10]

• above the group with John the Baptist:

'Salvacio ex agno' [Salvation from the Lamb]

• left near the soul of the deceased:

'Et si peccavi tamen te Deus meus nunq(uam) negavi' [And if I have sinned, yet have I never denied thee, my God]

• right next to the minister:

'Peniteat te peccati veniam pete: et spera misericordiam' [May you repent of your sin, seek pardon and hope in mercy]

• at the end of the bed:

'Desperandu(m) tibi prorsus cu(m) o(mn)ia Dei mandata negligenter mea vero auxiliante femina strenue s(em)p(er) peregisti' [You should despair completely since you have been negligent in performing of God's commandments, yet with my wife's help [I have performed them] eagerly]

• the notary writes:

'Testator offert anima(m) Deo corpus terrae bona proximis'