Vester Egede

Image copyright © Jens Vagn Mørkeberg Christiansen, 2021

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: Source caption: " Vester Egede Kirke i Danmark. Vester Egede kirke, døbefont" -- the head and hair or hat of Luxuria are carved upside down on the broad moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2007

Image Source: digital photograph 25 February 2007 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Vesteged(08).jpg] [accessed 5 September 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5

view of church exterior - northwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Vester Egede kirke [...] fra nordvest"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bococo, 2006

Image Source: digital photograph 25 February 2006 by Bococo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vester_Egede_kirke_(Faxe).JPG] [accessed 5 September 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Vester Egede Kirke. I baggrunden Gisselfeld Kloster" -- the title of the painting is " Landskab med kirketårn ved Vester Egede" -- showing the old church in 1832; it was re-built in 1876

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]

Image Source: digital photograph of February 2012 by Orf3us of a 1832 painting (oil and cardboard on paper) [MIN3249] by Martinus Rørbye in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, København [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vester_Egede_Kirke_(Rørbye).JPG] [accessed 5 September 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-PD-Mark

view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Vester Egede Kirke i Danmark. Skibet set mod øst"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2007

Image Source: digital photograph 25 February 2007 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Vesteged(05).jpg] [accessed 5 September 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5

view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: " Vester Egede Kirke i Danmark. Vester Egede kirke, døbefont"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2007

Image Source: digital photograph 25 February 2007 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Vesteged(11).jpg] [accessed 5 September 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5

view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: " Vester Egede Kirke i Danmark. Vester Egede kirke, døbefont"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2007

Image Source: digital photograph 25 February 2007 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Vesteged(06).jpg] [accessed 5 September 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5

view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jens Vagn Mørkeberg Christiansen, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph by Jens Vagn Mørkeberg Christiansen [http://mørkeberg.dk/Lokalhistorie/Landsbyen Vester Egede/Images VE/2009_08_Vester Egede Kirke Doebefont.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2021]

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view of font - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: " Vester Egede Kirke i Danmark. Vester Egede kirke, døbefont"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2007

Image Source: digital photograph 25 February 2007 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Vesteged(07).jpg] [accessed 5 September 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5

view of font - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: " Vester Egede Kirke i Danmark. Vester Egede kirke, døbefont"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2007

Image Source: digital photograph 25 February 2007 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Vesteged(09).jpg] [accessed 5 September 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5

virtues and vices - cardinal sins - Lust (Luxuria, Libido)

Scene Description: carved upside down and with two odd-looking beasts at her breast: a dragon and an a lion according to DK [cf. FontNotes] [NB: the image has been rrotated 180 degrees]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jens Vagn Mørkeberg Christiansen, 2021

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph by Jens Vagn Mørkeberg Christiansen [http://mørkeberg.dk/Lokalhistorie/Landsbyen Vester Egede/Images VE/2009_08_Vester Egede Kirke Doebefont.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2021]

Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing

virtues and vices - cardinal sins - Lust (Luxuria, Libido)

Scene Description: carved upside down and with two odd-looking beasts at her breast: a dragon and an a lion according to DK [cf. FontNotes] [NB: the image has been rrotated 180 degrees]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Søren Nancke-Kroghe, 1974

Image Source: edited detail of a digital image of an illustration in Søren Nancke-Kroghe's Træ-kvinden: Hvem er den dame?, in ICO Den iconographiske Post, 3, 1974: 3-12

Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

INFORMATION

FontID: 00248EGE
Church/Chapel: Vester Egede Kirke
Church Location: Birkedommervej 34, 4690 Haslev, Denmark -- Tel.: +45 25 30 14 94
Country Name: Denmark
Location: Sjælland, Sjælland
Directions to Site: Located off (N) county road 54, W of highway E47, 3 km W of Rønnede, 6 km S of Haslev, 10 km W of Faxe, 12-13 km ENE of Næstved
Ecclesiastic Region: Roskildes Stift
Historical Region: Præstø amt, Naestved
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: original(?) church first documented 1370; present church of 1876
Described and illustrated in Danmarks Kirker (1935: VI, 2: 595-596) and Norn (1999: 52-[53]): a cylindrical Romanesque font with a large relief of Luxuria ["Yppigheden"] with two beasts at her breasts, one described as a winged dragon, the other a lion; although the carving is rather crude, there are two interesting aspects of this work: Luxuria appears upside down and her body has been matched to the contour of the basin and base so that her head and neck is sculpted on the fat ring of the base, while the breasts and the serpents form part of the lower basin sides [="Font - af granit, romansk, af én sten. Den høje kummes glatte sider er stejle, med bred rundstav over foden. På den nedre del og strækkende sig ned over rundstaven findes et relief, der ikke hæver sig over fontens yderflader og som besynderligt nok står på hovedet. Det forestiller 'Luxuria' (yppigheden) en kvinde, der bærer volutsvungne horn, og hvis hænder ses ved relieffets overkant. Af hendes bryster suger to uhyrer, det ene en vinget drage med lang, snoet øglehale, hvis spids er kløvet, det andet en firføddet løve, med højre bagben strakt langt bagud og med kvastformet halespids. Fontefoden er kort, kegledannet, med rundstav langs gulvkanten. Intet afløb. Fontens underste flade har en udhugget omkring 5 tommer bred, rund tap."] Noted and illustrated in Søren Nancke-Kroghe's Træ-kvinden: Hvem er den dame? (ICO Den iconographiske Post, 3, 1974: 3-12).

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.265833, 11.962778
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 15′ 57″ N, 11° 57′ 46″ E
UTM: 32U 688240 6128375

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: tub-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining [the inner basin is actually filled with gravel]

REFERENCES

Jensen, Chr. Axel, Danmarks Kirker: Præstø Amt, København: G.E.C. Gads Forlag, 1933-1935
Norn, Otto, Frelsens Horn, Herning: Poul Kristensens Forlag, 1999