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B01: Christ - Christ in Majesty

Christ in Majesty in the centre of a mandorla cross-haloed sitting on a patterned rainbow, his feet on a plain rainbow; he holds a book and a folded cloth in his left hand, the right hand raised in benediction; to the left of the mandorla is an angel in porfile, hands out but not touching the mandorla
Scene Description: Christ in Majesty in the centre of a mandorla cross-haloed sitting on a patterned rainbow, his feet on a plain rainbow; he holds a book and a folded cloth in his left hand, the right hand raised in benediction; to the left of the mandorla is an angel in porfile, hands out but not touching the mandorla
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B02: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation - Mary to the right, Gabriel to the left - dove above Mary's head

Annunciation to Mary: Gabriel stands to the left,in profile, facing right, haloed, with both wings displayed, right hand raised in benediction. To the Right is Mary, her left hand holding a book, the right hand at waist level with palm open; Mary wears a head covering, haloed with dove above her and open wings.
Scene Description: Annunciation to Mary: Gabriel stands to the left,in profile, facing right, haloed, with both wings displayed, right hand raised in benediction. To the Right is Mary, her left hand holding a book, the right hand at waist level with palm open; Mary wears a head covering, haloed with dove above her and open wings.
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B03: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Visitation - embracing

Visitation: two female figures embracing, both haloed and wearing head covers.
Scene Description: Visitation: two female figures embracing, both haloed and wearing head covers.
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B04: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Nativity - Joseph's Doubts

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B04: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Nativity - Christ child lying on the manger - angel above - Joseph sitting in a chair

Nativity:banana-shaped bed, curved with Mary, whose left hand rests on her abdomen, the right hand supporting her head; above the bed is a rectangular cradle with baby Jesus all swaddled up; the child's head is to the left; ox and donkey above, eight-pointed star of Bethlehem beween them; rays project diagonally from the cradle onto Mary's bed; in the upper right-hand corner angel dives from a cloud down with open wings, one of which touches Mary's bed; Joseph dreams in his Gotland chair in the bottom right corner; none of the figures are haloed.
Scene Description: Nativity:banana-shaped bed, curved with Mary, whose left hand rests on her abdomen, the right hand supporting her head; above the bed is a rectangular cradle with baby Jesus all swaddled up; the child's head is to the left; ox and donkey above, eight-pointed star of Bethlehem beween them; rays project diagonally from the cradle onto Mary's bed; in the upper right-hand corner angel dives from a cloud down with open wings, one of which touches Mary's bed; Joseph dreams in his Gotland chair in the bottom right corner; none of the figures are haloed.
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B05: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation to Joseph in a dream

Joseph's Dream seen here in the bottom left corner of the image. Joseph is seated in a Gotland chair, holding his forehead with his right hand, elbow on his knee; and above him an angel descends from the cloud, the left wing folded back and right one extended and touching Mary's bed.
Scene Description: Joseph's Dream seen here in the bottom left corner of the image. Joseph is seated in a Gotland chair, holding his forehead with his right hand, elbow on his knee; and above him an angel descends from the cloud, the left wing folded back and right one extended and touching Mary's bed.
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B06: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - visit of the three Wise Men to King Herod - Part 1

to the right of the Annunciation to the Shepherds is the scene of the Magi before Herod; the Magi walk in profile towards Herod [see the nest image for the other part of the scene]
Scene Description: to the right of the Annunciation to the Shepherds is the scene of the Magi before Herod; the Magi walk in profile towards Herod [see the nest image for the other part of the scene]
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B06: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation to the shepherds

Annunciation to the Shepherds, seen here to the right of seated Joseph. On the left a shepherd in profile wearing a hooded garment, open right hand raised to a round star in the sky; his left hand holds the wrist of an older seated shepherd whose right hand and head are raised toward the first shepherd; in the foreground a calf looks up to the star in the sky; in the upper right corner of the image an angel bursts from a cloud, his face very close to the face of a third shepherd standing in profile facing the right below; he wears a hooded garment like the first shepherd; his right hand is raised to the side of his head, and he holds a stick or staff in his left hand
Scene Description: Annunciation to the Shepherds, seen here to the right of seated Joseph. On the left a shepherd in profile wearing a hooded garment, open right hand raised to a round star in the sky; his left hand holds the wrist of an older seated shepherd whose right hand and head are raised toward the first shepherd; in the foreground a calf looks up to the star in the sky; in the upper right corner of the image an angel bursts from a cloud, his face very close to the face of a third shepherd standing in profile facing the right below; he wears a hooded garment like the first shepherd; his right hand is raised to the side of his head, and he holds a stick or staff in his left hand
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B07: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - visit of the three Wise Men to King Herod - Part 2

the Magi [only two visible in this image] walk toward a crowned enthroned figure on the right; his left hand holds a covered recptacle [a chalice?]; his right hand appears to be raised [the carving is worn here]; is the scene deliberately ambiguous so that the seated figure appears to be Christ-like? Trompe l'oeil? -- in the left of the image the three Magi walk carrying gifts, part of the Adoration scene fully visible in the next image
Scene Description: the Magi [only two visible in this image] walk toward a crowned enthroned figure on the right; his left hand holds a covered recptacle [a chalice?]; his right hand appears to be raised [the carving is worn here]; is the scene deliberately ambiguous so that the seated figure appears to be Christ-like? Trompe l'oeil? -- in the left of the image the three Magi walk carrying gifts, part of the Adoration scene fully visible in the next image
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B08: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - adoration of the kings

Adoration of the Magi: three crowned figures wearing short mantles and fancy footware carry gifts, walking towards the right, where the Madonna is enthroned with the Child on her lap; both haloed; the child holds a scroll of folded cloth in his left hand, the right pointing to the Magi
Scene Description: Adoration of the Magi: three crowned figures wearing short mantles and fancy footware carry gifts, walking towards the right, where the Madonna is enthroned with the Child on her lap; both haloed; the child holds a scroll of folded cloth in his left hand, the right pointing to the Magi
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Image Source: digital image of a 1911 B&W photograph by M.M., in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Maribo_0584-0592.pdf] [accessed 24 May 2021]
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angel - holding book - seated in arches - 6

There are six arches on the underside of the bowl with six angels sitting holding a book; large acanthus plamts in the spandrels. A good example of the use of a model.
Scene Description: There are six arches on the underside of the bowl with six angels sitting holding a book; large acanthus plamts in the spandrels. A good example of the use of a model.
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design element - motifs - braid - 3-strand

all around; unlike the one at the upper rim this one is well preserved
Scene Description: all around; unlike the one at the upper rim this one is well preserved
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design element - motifs - foliage or plant - acanthus - 6

one in each of the spandrels of the arcade
Scene Description: one in each of the spandrels of the arcade
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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - columns with capitals and bases - 6

a book-bearing angel in each arch
Scene Description: a book-bearing angel in each arch
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design element - motifs - braid

most of the detail is now eroded but it may have been originally as well executed as the one at the lower end of the basin
Scene Description: most of the detail is now eroded but it may have been originally as well executed as the one at the lower end of the basin

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Madonna and Child in the Adoration of the Magi scen
Scene Description: Madonna and Child in the Adoration of the Magi scen
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Adoration of the Magi
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Adoration of the Magi
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Adorations: Shepherds (left), Magi (right)
Scene Description: Adorations: Shepherds (left), Magi (right)
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Adoration of the Shepherds
Scene Description: Adoration of the Shepherds
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Joseph's Dream
Scene Description: Joseph's Dream
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Joseph's Dream
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Nativity
Scene Description: Nativity
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Nativity
Scene Description: Nativity
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Nativity
Scene Description: Nativity
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Visitation
Scene Description: Visitation
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Annunciation and Visitation
Scene Description: Annunciation and Visitation
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Annunciation and Visitation
Scene Description: Annunciation and Visitation
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Majestas Domini
Scene Description: Majestas Domini
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design element - motifs - foliage or plant - acanthus - 4

a large one on each side, between the heads
Scene Description: a large one on each side, between the heads
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animal - reptile - snake

although damaged in some spots the moulding-like thread is probably two bodies of snakes ondulating along up and down the sides
Scene Description: although damaged in some spots the moulding-like thread is probably two bodies of snakes ondulating along up and down the sides
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animal - head - 4

the four heads often found on the original bases of this workshop (bear, lion, etc.), including one with a muzzle-like decorative interlace on the sides of the face, a motif also present in some of the medieval fonts of Gotland
Scene Description: the four heads often found on the original bases of this workshop (bear, lion, etc.), including one with a muzzle-like decorative interlace on the sides of the face, a motif also present in some of the medieval fonts of Gotland
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design element - motifs - roll moulding - patterned

a pattern of narrow double round arch-heads all around
Scene Description: a pattern of narrow double round arch-heads all around
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 00086LOJ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 1997-07-04; 2023-05-22
Font Date: ca. 1250?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Majestatis or Tryde master
Church / Chapel Name: Løjtofte Kirke / Lille Lojtofte kirke
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel, against the N wall
Church Notes: very small church chiefly Gothic now but the Romanesque chancel remains;
Church Address: Sportsvej 6, 4900 Nakskov, Denmark -- Tel.: +45 54 93 54 00
Site Location: Lolland, Sjælland, Denmark, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) local road 289 [aka Nakskovej], about 5 km NW of Nakskov, on the NW side of the island
Ecclesiastic Region: Lollands-Falster Stift
Historical Region: Lollands [Laalands] Nørre Herred
Additional Comments: painted font (reddish traces remain, especially on the underbowl)
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Maribo_0584-0592.pdf] [accessed 24 May 2021] as a baptismal font made of Gotland sandstone by Magister Majestatis; the sides of the basin are framed in rope mouldings; the scenes contained are Majestas Domini, Annunciation to Mary, Visitation, Nativity, Annunciation to the Shepherds, Three Magi before Herod and Adoration of the Magi; the underbowl has an arcade of six round arches supported on short columns; in each arch an angel kneels at a prayer desk; the base has four stylised lion heads and palmette motifs below a knotted rope [="knudetov"]; traces of paint; outer diameter of basin 74 cm; DK quotes Mackeprang as source. The baptismal dish in use is identified as Baroque Netherlandish work from ca. 1650. On-site notes: cylindrical mounted sandstone baptismal font probably of the 12th or 13th century; the cylindrical basin has figural ornamentation on a low- to medium-relief; the scenes include a Majestas Domini in a mandorla -the signature scene of this master- as well as scenes of the Annunciation, Visitation, Joseph's dream, Nativity, Annunciation to the shepherds, the Magi before Herod and Adoration of the Magi; the underbowl has an arcade of round arches with angels in prayer; the base is a round pedestal with four protruding animal heads and plnt motifs in between the heads. The font is in a fair state of conservation. [cf. Images and Iconographical Data areas for full details]

COORDINATES

UTM: 32U 639270 6083535
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54.879444, 11.170833
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 52′ 46″ N, 11° 10′ 15″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: chalice-shaped, cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin & base
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 7-9 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 56-57 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 72-74 cm* / **
Basin Depth: 30 cm*
Height of Basin Side: 32 cm*
Basin Total Height: 46 cm*
Height of Base: 32 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 78 cm*
Font Height (with Plinth): 84 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site [NB: measurements are a composite of two takings by BSI] / ** Danmarks Kirker

REFERENCES

  • Borelius, Aron, "Problemet Majestatis", Norrköpings museum. Berättelse över verksamheten jämte bifogade skrifter, [Norrköping?]: [Norrköpings Museum?], 1949, p. 96-114
  • Løken, Henriette Christie, "Nytestamentlige billedsykluser tolket på bakgrunn av dåpsritualets utvikling", 1995-1996, 1998, pp. 95-100; p. 95-100
  • Mackeprang, Mouritz, Danmarks middelalderlige døbefonte, 1941, p. 369
  • Nordström, Folke, Mediaeval Baptismal Fonts: An Iconographical Study, Stockholm: Universitetet i Umeå, 1984, p. 81, 111
  • Roosval, Johnny, Die Steinmeister Gottlands: Eine Geschichte der führenden Taufsteinwerkstätte des schwedischen Mittlealters, ihre Voraussetzungen und Begleit-Erscheinungen, Stockholm: A.-B. C.E. Fritzes K. Hofbokhandel, 1918, p. 56, 153-154, Taf. L
  • Rydbeck, Monica, Skånes stenmästare före 1200, 1936, p. 240, 253-255, 269-271