Sorup No. 1 / Sørup / Sörup / Sörup in Angeln

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B01: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Massacre of the Innocents

Scene Description: the arrest of Chrsit --> the Massacre of the Innocents

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

B01: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Massacre of the Innocents

Scene Description: King Herod in the Massacre of the Innocents scene --> the third Magi/King on horseback

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

B01: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Massacre of the Innocents

Scene Description: showing (L-->R): Arrest of Chrisr --> Massacre of the Innocents --> Herod

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

B01: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Massacre of the Innocents

Scene Description: Massacre of the Innocents; to the right, Herod, sitting on Gotland chair, with helmet and nose protection,his legs crossed; he faces left and holds a sword pointing downward; to the left of Herod is a soldier in profile, facing left, holding a child by the hair with the left hand while right hand holds a sword to the child's neck; at the far left is another soldier, facing right, about to decapitate a swaddled infant; another swaddled baby lies on the ground

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 June 1997 by BSI

B01: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Massacre of the Innocents - Herod gives orders

Scene Description: showing (L-->R): Massacre of the Innocents --> Herod --> Arrival of the Magi

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

B01: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Massacre of the Innocents - detail of Herod

Scene Description: detail of the Massacre of the Innocents scene: King Herod seats in a Gotland chair, holding a large sword; his legs crossed at the knees

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

B01: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Massacre of the Innocents - detail of Herod

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

B02: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - journey of the Wise men - arrival on horseback

Scene Description: the three Magi/Kings on horseback

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

B02: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - journey of the Wise men - arrival on horseback

Scene Description: showing (L-->R): Herod --> Arrival of the Magi

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

B02: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - journey of the Wise men - arrival on horseback

Scene Description: showing (L-->R): Herod --> Arrival of the Magi --> Adoration of the Magi

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

B02: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - journey of the Wise men - arrival on horseback

Scene Description: showing (L-->R): Arrival of the Magi --> Adoration of the Magi

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

B02: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - journey of the Wise men - arrival on horseback

Scene Description: Magi arriving at the Adoration of the Magi - or do they depart? On horseback, crowned and holding bridle with rings. At the end of the magi, a tree with star on top - a bannar or star? All the figures face to the right.

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 June 1997 by BSI

B02: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - journey of the Wise men - arrival on horseback - detail of palm tree

Scene Description: showing (L-->R): Herod --> Arrival of the Magi

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

B03: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - adoration of the kings

Scene Description: the first of the Magi/Kings on horseback and the star that guides him --> the Adoration of the Magi/Kings scene

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

B03: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - adoration of the kings

Scene Description: showing (L-->R): Adoration of the Magi

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

B03: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - adoration of the kings

Scene Description: showing (L-->R): Adoration of the Magi --> Crucifixion

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

B03: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - adoration of the kings

Scene Description: On the right sits Madonna and Child, enthroned, crowned, in profile, sitting on Gotland chair, with child in profile position; her feet rest on a stool; the child's left hand holds his mantle; he is crowned; the three kings are crowned, richly robed and holding gifts up in both hands; a star is partially visible at upper left corne of the image

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 June 1997 by BSI

B03: New Testament - childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - adoration of the kings - detail of Madonna and Child; followed by Crucifixion scene

Scene Description: the first of the Magi/Kings and the Madonna and Child --> Crucifixion

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

B04: New Testament - Passion of Christ - Crucifixion

Scene Description: showing (L-->R): Adoration of the Magi --> Crucifixion --> Arrest of Christ

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

B04: New Testament - Passion of Christ - Crucifixion

Scene Description: Crucifixion. Christ on the cross, full frontal, fully robed, wears a crown; the cross is against a jewelled quadrangular patch in the background; under each arm is a kneeling figure, facing, in profile; to the right of the cross, a standing figure in profile, Maria; to the left of the cross, also stanting, John -- at the far ends, on the left, enthroned Madonna and Child; on the right is a scene from the Passion, the Arrest of Christ

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 June 1997 by BSI

B04: New Testament - Passion of Christ - Crucifixion - Donors kneeling by cross

Scene Description: the Madonna and Child from the Adoration scene --> Crucifixion --> arrest of Christ

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

B04: New Testament - Passion of Christ - Crucifixion - Donors kneeling by cross

Scene Description: the Crucifixion scene: standing, Mary on the right, John the Evangelist on the left? two kneeling figures

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

B05: New Testament - Passion of Christ - arrest of Christ

Scene Description: the arrest of Christ

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

B05: New Testament - Passion of Christ - arrest of Christ

Scene Description: showing (L-->R): Crucifixion --> Arrest of Christ --> Massacre of the Innocents

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

B05: New Testament - Passion of Christ - arrest of Christ

Scene Description: Christ, cross-haloed, in the middle, full-frontal, facing the right, captured by soldiers wearing pointed (?) hats or helmets; he is held by the right arm by the figure on the right, and above the elbow by the figure on the left -- at the extreme left is a partial view of the Criucifixion, Mary standing near the cross; at the extreme right is a partial view of the Massacre of the Innocent

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 June 1997 by BSI

LBF01: cleric - bishop - wearing mitre - orant

Scene Description: at a corner of the base, beneath the Adoration of the Magi scene on the basin; seated on Gotland chair bishop holds up both hands in prayer to his chest; a pair of facing firds are partially visible on the right side

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 June 1997 by BSI

LBF02: human figure - grotesque or fantastic - seated - elbows on knees - hands holding face or pulling beard

Scene Description: Troll or dwarf-like figure is the last corner figure of this base; this could be the one identified in Carlsson as an ape pulling its beard; is it Satan?

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 June 1997 by BSI

LBF03: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Peter - holding 2 keys and scroll

Scene Description: St.Peter holding scroll with left and the keys with his right hand.

LBF03: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Peter - holding 2 keys and scroll

Scene Description: the seated figure of St. Peter appears to to hold two keys in the right hand, a rolled scroll (?) in the left

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

LBF03: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Peter - holding 2 keys and scroll

Scene Description: seated St. Peter has lost his nose

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

LBF03: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Peter - holding 2 keys and scroll

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

LBF04: animal - mammal - lion - rampant - fighting an aspis or dragon

Scene Description: the animal on the left is a lion, as the tail pointing up between its legs suggests; the animal on the right, an aspis or dragon, has its back to the seated bishop

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 June 1997 by BSI

LBS01: symbol - tree - Tree of life - with 2 birds

Scene Description: on the base: at the left angle a seated orant bishop --> in the centre a pair of facing birds perched on an acanthus plant join their beaks --> at the right angle a grotesque seated figure, elbows on knees, hands holding its chin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

LBS01: symbol - tree - Tree of life - with 2 birds

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

LBS01: symbol - tree - Tree of life - with 2 birds

Scene Description: two facing birds, one has the beak inside the other's, as if feeding, stand on what appears to be an acanthus plant; on the left is the seated orant bishop; on the right the trol-like figure

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 June 1997 by BSI

LBS02: animal - bird - swan - drinking from chalice

Scene Description: on the base side: at the left angle the seated grotesque figure described in Side 1 --> in the centre a swan(?) or pelican (?) drinks from a chalice-shaped vessel --> at the right angle a seated St. Peter holding his key(s)

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

LBS02: animal - bird - swan - drinking from chalice

Scene Description: one of the eagles precariously hanging onto the lower rim of the basin; below, the beaded-tape ring moulding; on the base a swan or pelikan drinks from a chalice between a grotesque seated figure on the left and a seated St. Peter on the right

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

LBS02: animal - bird - swan - drinking from chalice

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

LBS02: animal - bird - swan - drinking from chalice

Scene Description: or pelican?

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 June 1997 by BSI

LBS03: animal - mammal - lion - rampant-regardant

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

LBS03: animal - mammal - lion - rampant-regardant

Scene Description: on the base side: at the left angle St. Peter sits holding his key(s) --> in the centre a fierce-looking rampant regardant lion bites its own tail --> at the right angle the back of a bear-like animal appears to have small wings

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

LBS03: animal - mammal - lion - rampant-regardant

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

LBS04: animal - fabulous animal or monster - aspis or dragon

Scene Description: one the basin side: at the left angle the bear-like animal fights the fabulous animal on the centre (aspis? dragon?) --> at the right angle a seated figure in orant pose, either a bishop or a king

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

LBS04: animal - fabulous animal or monster - aspis or dragon

Scene Description: fights with the bear-like animal on the left angle

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

LBS04: animal - fabulous animal or monster - aspis or dragon

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

animal - bird - eagle

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 June 1997 by BSI

design element - motifs - roll moulding - beaded-tape

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

design element - motifs - roll moulding - beaded-tape

Scene Description: below the underbowl, the beaded-tape moulding all around; zoomachia scene below, with a seated bishop on the right

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 June 1997 by BSI

design element - patterns - scalloped

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

information

Image Source: Field notes taken on site by BSI

information

Image Source: Field notes taken on site by BSI

view of base

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 June 1997 by BSI

view of base

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 June 1997 by BSI

view of base - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

view of base - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

view of base - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

view of base - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

view of basin - interior

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

view of basin - interior

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 June 1997 by BSI

view of basin - underbowl - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

view of basin - upper view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - apse

view of church exterior - churchyard - stone

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - east end

view of church exterior - east view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - gravestone - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - gravestone - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - north portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

view of church exterior - north portal - detail

view of church exterior - north portal - detail of column base - Samson and the lion

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

view of church exterior - north portal - detail of column bases

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

view of church exterior - north portal - detail of column bases

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

view of church exterior - north portal - tympanum - traditio legis - St Peter - Christ - St Paul

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

view of church exterior - north portal - tympanum - traditio legis - St Peter - Christ - St Paul

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

view of church exterior - north side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

view of church exterior - south porch

view of church exterior - south portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - south portal

view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - south portal - east side - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - south portal - east side - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - south portal - tympanum

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - south portal - tympanum

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - south portal - west side - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast end

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast end

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast end

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast end

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast view - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast view - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - tower - west side

view of church exterior - west portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - tympanum

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - tympanum - traditio legis - St Peter - Christ - St Paul

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - tympanum - traditio legis - St Peter - Christ - St Paul

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view of church exterior - west portal - tympanum - traditio legis - St Peter - Christ - St Paul - detail of keys

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

view of church interior - altar - detail - rood cross

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

view of church interior - altar - rood cross

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel arch and pulpit door

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view of church interior - looking west

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - looking west

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view of church interior - pulpit

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view of church interior - pulpit - door

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view of church interior - pulpit - door - detail

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view of church interior - pulpit - door - detail

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view of church interior - pulpit - sounding board

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view of church interior - pulpit and sounding board

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

view of church interior - pulpit and sounding board

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - wall - painting - vine

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: on basin side: Adoration of the Magi --> Crucifixion

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: on the basin side: Crucifixion --> Jesus apprehended

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: on the basin side: Jesus apprehended --> Massacre of the Innocents

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: on the basin side: journey of the Magi: arrival on horseback

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: on the basin side: arrival of the Magi on horseback --> Adoration of the Magi

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2023 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: om the basin side: Madonna and Child (part of the Adoration of the Magi scene) --> Crucifxion -- > Arrest of Christ

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 June 1997 by BSI

view of font in context

Scene Description: at the NE corner of the nave, just west of the chancel arch

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2010 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 June 1997 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 00089SOR

Church/Chapel: Evangelisch-lutherischen St. Marien-Kirche in Sörup

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Church Location: Schulstraße 1, 24966 Sörup, Germany

Country Name: Germany

Location: Schleswig-Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein

Directions to Site: Located near Munkbrarup, 17 km SE of Flensburg, 23 km NE of Schleswig

Historical Region: Angeln (Halbinsel) / Angel

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the N side of the nave, W of the choir and apse.

Date: ca. 1220? [Carlsson]

Century and Period: 13th century (early?), Late Romanesque

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Calcarius

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the churchwardens for providing access to photograph during our visits

Church Notes: original church ca. 1132 (?); tower added ca. 1500 with the original west portal built into it;

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Listed in Drake (2002) as a baptismal font from the Calcarius workshop. On-site notes [four BSI visits: 1997, 2002, 2010, 2023]: beautiful cylindrical Romanesque font, the base square; the font, which is in excellent condition, has also a very interesting iconographic program: scenes from the Life of Christ cycle (the three Magi, Massacre of the Innocents, arrest of Christ, Crucifixion, etc.) ornament the basin sides; the underbowl has eagles "climbing" up, their claws grappling the lower moulding of the basin sides; the base is square and has human figures at the corners (bishop, St. Peter, devil?, etc.), and animal motifs on the sides of the base, one scene of a fight between a rampant lion (on the left) and a dragon (on the right); another is identified in Carlsson (1976) as "an ape pulling his beard" [NB: the figure is actually human; seen from the side of the pair of birds there is sight of some of his clothing; is it a troll or dwarf?]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.7152, 9.6686

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 42′ 54.72″ N, 9° 40′ 6.96″ E

UTM: 32U 543071 6063305

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: chalice-shaped -- cylindrical (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: [the drain hole may have been covered and is not visible now, but there are traces of scraping in the centre of the basin; perhaps cemented over]

Rim Thickness: 9-10 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 60 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 78-79 cm*

Basin Depth: 31-35 cm*

Height of Basin Side: 38 cm*

Basin Total Height: 54-56 cm*

Height of Base: 44-45 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 99-100 cm*

Square Base Dimensions: 44 x 44-45 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * BSI on site [NB: measurements are a composite of two takings by BSI]

REFERENCES

Berggren, Lars, "The Export of Limestone and Limestone Fonts from Gotland during the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries", 2002

Carlsson, Frans, The Iconology of Tectonics in Romanesque Art, Hässleholm: AM-Tryck, 1976

Davies, J.G., The Architectural Setting of Baptism, London: Barrie and Rockliff, 1962

Drake, Colin Stuart, The Romanesque Fonts of Northern Europe and Scandinavia, Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002

Jonkanski, Dirk, Dorfkirchen in Schleswig-Holstein: mit Fotos von Friehelm Schneider, Kiel: Wachholtz Verlag, 2000

Nordström, Folke, Mediaeval Baptismal Fonts: An Iconographical Study, Stockholm: Universitetet i Umeå, 1984

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

Strömbom, Ragnhild, "Calcarius, en gotländsk stenhuggareverkstad under 1100-talets slut och 1200-talets förra hälft", XI-XIII (1942-1944), Konsthistorisk tidskrift, 1942-1944