Borby / Borgheby / Borbye / Borreby (Rendsburg-Eckernförde)
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Results: 65 records
B01:
New Testament - events from Resurrection to Pentecost - Harrowing of Hell - flames from Hell Mouth
Scene Description: Harrowing of Hell scene. Christ is standing, walking in profile, to the right; his right hand holds the arm of a soul behind; he stands on the body of a fallen demon and holds a processional cross; Christ wears cruciferous halo; His right hand holds the left hand of one of his ancestors, and two souls follow. At the far left of the scene is the mouth of Hell, facing upward, from which fire rises. At the extreme right of the scene is a fortified tower
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 June 1997 by BSI
B02:
New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Nativity
Scene Description: Mary lies on bed, facing the left, left hand on abdomen. Over and above, a rectangular cradle, with Jesus swaddled and facing the left. Above the child, are the ass and the ox. To the right above the Virgin Mary's head, a hand descends holding a censor. To the right of the Virgin Mary, sitting in profile, is a female figure on a Gotland chair. She rests her right hand on the headboard and holds a round object on her left knee.
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 June 1997 by BSI
B02:
New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Nativity - with attendant - detail
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B03:
New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - adoration of the kings
Scene Description: Adoration of Magi. To the right and facing the left, Madonna and Child, seated on Gotland chair, she is crowned and holds the child on her lap. Jesus in profile, wearing a halo with a cross. His left hand is on his lap and the right raised in benediction. He faces left. Above his hand, sun or star. To the left, three kings, passant to the right in profile, crowned, and holding gifts in right hands.
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B04:
New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - journey of the Wise men - arriving on horseback
Scene Description: Magi on horseback. To the right of the scene an acanthus plant and over it a star. To the left, and facing the right, the three kings on horseback, carry rings and bridle (like those on Sighraf horses).
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 June 1997 by BSI
B05:
New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Herod questioning and instructing the Kings to find Child Christ
Scene Description: To the right King Herod, seated on Gotland chair, facing right, wears a medieval helmet with nose protection and holds a sword with his left hand pointing downward. To the left of him, a castle, crenelated, lower part has one door open, two sets of double windows on upper storey.
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LBF01:
cleric - monk
Scene Description: Cleric. Tonsured and seated on Gotlandic chair; wearing a chasuble, and in pax pose.
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 8 August 2002 by BSI
LBF02:
human figure - male - crowned - seated on throne (Gotland chair)
Scene Description: a king, crowned on Gotlandic chair; holds both hands to his chest.
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 June 1997 by BSI
LBF03:
cleric - bishop - holding book
Scene Description: seen here in profile on the left; Bishop holding book to his chest. Tonsured bishop.
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 June 1997 by BSI
LBF04:
cleric - monk
Scene Description: Cleric, tonsured and siting on Gotlandic chair, holds a scroll to his chest and his right hand raised in benediction.
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 June 1997 by BSI
LBS02:
symbol - tree - Tree of life
Scene Description: Tree-like acanthus plant with a thick trunk and two levels of foliage.
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 June 1997 by BSI
LBS03:
animal - bird - drinking from chalice
Scene Description: similar to the one on the opposite side of the base; this one facing the right
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 June 1997 by BSI
LBS04:
symbol - tree - Tree of life
Scene Description: not really tree-like; more like an acanthus plant with three upper shoots
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 June 1997 by BSI
design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: in a scale-like arrangement
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 June 1997 by BSI
information
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Scene Description: the west side
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Scene Description: showing the combination of metal inser and support ring for the baptismal dish
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Scene Description: with the metal support for the baptismal dish in use
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view of church exterior - apse - north side
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Scene Description: not its original location
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INFORMATION
FontID: 00092BOR
Church/Chapel: Evangelisch-Lutherische Borbyer Kirche
Church Location: Bergstraße, 24340 Eckernförde, Germany -- Tel.: +49 4351 889944
Country Name: Germany
Location: Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein
Directions to Site: Located E of road 76, on the N side of Eckernförde harbour
Ecclesiastic Region: Erzbistum Hamburg
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, S side of the chancel [not its original position]
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Calcarius
Church Notes: church built probably ca. 1150-1180;
Noted in Kürstein (1971). Listed in Drake (2002: 183) as a baptismal font of the Calcarius workshop, on Gotland, ornamented with figures. On-site notes: this is the font mentioned by Roosval and Strombom, the work of the Calcarius workshop. Metal baptismal dish donated by Margaretha von Leuenburg, 1720 [cf. Images area and Iconographical Data for full details] - [NB: not to be mistaken with "Borrby", in Skane, which has a font also by Calcarius].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
54.477478,
9.838546
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
54° 28′ 38.92″ N,
9° 50′ 18.77″ E
UTM: 32U 554335 6036972
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone? / sandstone? (Gotland)
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted) -- chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: copper lining insert
Rim Thickness: 9-10 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 67-69 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 86-87 cm*
Basin Depth: 25-26 cm* [depth of copper insert]
Height of Basin Side: 33 cm*
Basin Total Height: 52-53 cm*
Height of Base: 46 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 98-99 cm*
Square Base Dimensions: 45-46 x 46-47 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site [NB: composite of two measurement takings by BSI]
REFERENCES
Berggren, Lars, "The Export of Limestone and Limestone Fonts from Gotland during the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries", 2002
Drake, Colin Stuart, The Romanesque Fonts of Northern Europe and Scandinavia, Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002
Kürstein, Poul, Königlicher Taufstein in der Borbyer Kirche, 1971
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
Rydbeck, Monica, Skånes stenmästare före 1200, 1936
Strömbom, Ragnhild, "Calcarius, en gotländsk stenhuggareverkstad under 1100-talets slut och 1200-talets förra hälft", XI-XIII (1942-1944), Konsthistorisk tidskrift, 1942-1944