Munkbrarup / Munkebrarup
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B01: hunting scene - lion hunting - hunters - 3 (part 1)
Scene Description: the hunter on the left thrusts its lance into the lion who has hold of the second hunter as he stabs the lion with his sword
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B02: hunting scene - lion hunting - hunters - 3 (part 2)
Scene Description: the hunter stabs the lion that has hold of him
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B03: hunting scene - lion hunting - hunters - 3 (part 3)
Scene Description: the full body of the lion
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B04: hunting scene - lion hunting - hunters - 3 (part 4)
Scene Description: the third hunter stabs the hind quarters of the lion with the sword in his right hand, the left holding the scabbard
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B05: human figure - male - crwoned - king - seated - with sword in the left hand - right hand raised in benediction
Scene Description: inscribed in a arch; seats on top of a blind arcade of round arches
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B06: design element - motifs - interlace - knot - acanthus knot
Scene Description: inscribed in a round arch; on a row of blank arches or scallops, a row of crenellation and a blind arcade of round arches
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B07: human figure - male - hunter - on foot - blowing horn - with sword
Scene Description: inscribed in a round arch
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B08: design element - motifs - plant or tree
![it appears to be part of the scenery, rather than a symbol [Tree of Life, etc.]; there are other such forming part of the hunting scene](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1100820039_compressed.png)
Scene Description: it appears to be part of the scenery, rather than a symbol [Tree of Life, etc.]; there are other such forming part of the hunting scene
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B09: design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - columns with capitals and bases
Scene Description: the arcade has only two and a half arches: it starts to the right of the hunter stabbing the hind quarters of the lion in the hunting scene; the first full arch houses the seated king; the second full arch houses an acanthus knot, a set of small arches below, a short band of crenellation and a blind arcade below, all in one panel
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BBU01: design element - motifs - vine - acanthus
Scene Description: also visible here, ion the lower left, is the tip of the lion's tail
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BS01: animal - mammal - lion - head
Scene Description: in the spandrel to the right of the seared king
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LB01: design element - motifs - vine - acanthus
Scene Description: unfinished; it appears on two and and half of the lower base sides; the other one and a half sides are blank
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LBF01: human figure - grotesque or fantastic - atlante or orant
Scene Description: the figure appears human, though the head is too large for the body
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LBF02: human figure - grotesque or fantastic - seated - elbows on knees - hands holding face or pulling beard - phallic
Scene Description: the seated figure may be more simian than human; an erect phallus appears between its legs
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LBF03: animal - fabulous animal or monster - sejant - phallic
Scene Description: not human; phallus apparent
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LBF04: animal - fabulous animal or monster - sejant
Scene Description: very worn; appears to be seated, with hands held low in front
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view of font - detail
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view of basin - detail
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view of basin - detail
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view of basin - upper view
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: one of the hunters
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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - columns with capitals and bases - torsade pattern
Scene Description: the arcade is incomplete; it starts on the side under the hunter blowing his horn and stops about half-way under the seated king; the legs of the man being devoured by the lion are overlayed on it as well
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view of basin
Scene Description: the metal tripod inside the basin supports the brass basin used for baptism
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view of basin - interior - detail
Scene Description: there appears to have been a centre drain hole, now blocked
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view of basin - interior
Scene Description: with the metal tripod that supports the brass basin used for baptisms
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view of basin - interior
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view of church exterior - north portal - tympanum - traditio legis
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view of church exterior - north portal
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view of church exterior - south portal - east side - detail
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view of church exterior - south portal - west side - detail
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view of church exterior - south portal - tympanum - traditio legis
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view of church exterior - south portal
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of church exterior - north porch
Scene Description: vapenhus
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view of church exterior - south portal - arch - detail - Samson fighting the lion
Scene Description: Samson fighting the lion
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view of church exterior - south portal - arch - Samson fighting the lion
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view of church exterior - south portal - tympanum - traditio legis - SS Peter and Paul with Christ
![Christ in Majesty; Peter with the keys; [?] with a scroll](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1100820008_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Christ in Majesty; Peter with the keys; [?] with a scroll
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view of church exterior - south portal
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view of church exterior - column base - arcade
Scene Description: the granite has held well the exposure to the elements
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view of church exterior - column base - worn arcade
Scene Description: base of a pillar: the sandstone badly worn by the exposure to the elements
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view of church exterior - door - detail - ironwork
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view of church exterior - churchyard, cemetery - detail
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view of church exterior - east end - detail
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of church interior - looking west - organ
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view of church interior - pulpit and sounding board
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view of church interior - looking east
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Scene Description: to the left (north), just inside the chancel
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view of church interior - rood cross - triumphal cross
Scene Description: side altar
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view of church interior - altar - large rood cross with Christ and symbols of Evangelists
Scene Description: side altar
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view of church interior - pulpit
Scene Description: the 17th-century pulpit and sounding board
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: notice both doorways, north and south
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Scene Description: notice the unfinished vine on the left side of the lower base
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 04707MUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2010-08-20; 2023-05-13
Font Date: ca. 1200?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: somewhat similar to the font in Nieblum
Church / Chapel Name: St. Laurentius-Kirche zu Munkbrarup
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the presbitery, NE end
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Address: An der Kirche 3, 24960 Munkbrarup, Germany -- Tel.: +49 4631 8714
Site Location: Schleswig-Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (S) road 199 [aka Nordstrasse], 8-10 km ENE of Flensburg, 10 km NNW of Sørup]
Ecclesiastic Region: Erzbistum Hamburg
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Blindheim (1965). Described and illustrated in Carlsson (1976) as a monolithic bucket-shaped font with a slightly narrower base and a wider lower base; the basin side has a hunting scene in which a large lion is stabbed by two men, one of which has the top of his head in the mouth of the lion; the stem of the base is decorated with a blind arcade the columns of which have torsade pattern; the lower base has leaf motif on the sides and corner figures, one of which is described in Carlsson (ibid.) as "a phallic man pulling his beard or chin." [cf. also an article by Inger-Lise Kolstrup, "Munkbrarupfontens udsmykning" in ROMANSKE STENARBEJDER (Højbjerg, DK: Folaget Hikuin, 1989): p. 139-154 - ***to be analysed and added]. On-site notes: the round basin has a hunting scene that includes three active hunters: the hunter on the left spears the lion; the hunter in the centre thrusts his sword into the lion's body as the animal holds him and has his head partially in its mouth; the third hunter thrusts his sword in the hind quarters of the lion; next is a seated crowned figure holding a sword in his left hand while the right is raised in benediction(or an ordering gesture?); he sits on a blind arcade of round arches; an acanthus knot inscribed in a round arch, on a row of blank arches or scallops, a row of crenellation and a blind arcade of round arches; inscribed in the next arch, a hunter on foot, armed with a sword and blowing his horn; the stem has an arcade of round arches, partly unfinished; the round-to-square lower base has an unfinished vine or interlace on the sides; at the angles are four figures, not quite human, though two of them may be grotesque characters; one is an atlante; the other one is seated, elbows on knees, its face on its hands, and an erect phallus between its legs; another seated figure, perhaps simian, has also a distinct phallus between its legs. The granite font is in fair shape of conservation, with some rust coloration around the upper rim. There is no cover. A metal tripod is used to support the brass basin used for baptism; there appears to be a drain hole, now blocked. There is no cover.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the church pastor for his help in accessing the church and in documenting the font in our May 2023 visit
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 536143 6072950
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54.802417, 9.56225
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 48′ 8.7″ N, 9° 33′ 44.1″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: possible centre drain; now blocked?
Drainage Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Rim Thickness: 7-9 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 71-73 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 89-90 cm*
Basin Depth: 38 cm*
Basin Total Height: 63-64 cm* / 87 cm*
Height of Base: 24-26 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 86-88 cm*
Font Height (with Plinth): 111-113 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site [NB: composite of two measurements; insconsistancy relates to how the 'base/plinth' is included in the total]
REFERENCES
- Blindheim, Martin, Norwegian Romanesque Decorative Sculpture, 1090-1210, London: Alec Tiranti, 1965, p. 26 and fig. 87
- Carlsson, Frans, The Iconology of Tectonics in Romanesque Art, Hässleholm: AM-Tryck, 1976, p. 56, 92 and pl. 108
- Davies, J.G., The Architectural Setting of Baptism, London: Barrie and Rockliff, 1962, p. 81
- Hoffmann, Erich, "Die Kuppa des Taufsteins von Munkbrarup: eine bildliche Aussage über den 'Märtyrertod' Knud Lavars", 2001, pp. 115-120; p. 115-120
- Holsting, S., "Munkbrarupfontens hemmelighed?", 4, 2, ICO – Iconographisk Post. Nordisk tidskrift för bildtolkning – Nordic Review of Iconography, 1973, pp. 12-18, 3 fig.; p. 12-18, fig. 1, 2 and 3.
- Kolstrup, Inger-Lise, "Munkbrarupfontens udsmykning", Skandinaviske symposium om romanske stenarbejder, september 1985 i Viborg, Viborg: Hikuin, 1989, p. 139-154
- Sauermann, Ernst, Die Mittelalterlichen Taufsteine der Provinz Schleswig-Holstein, 1904, p. 59