Kalvslund / Kalvslunde

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design element - motifs - groove - parallel - 2

Scene Description: on the sides of the quadrangular lower base

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Danmarks kirker, 1996

Image Source: digital image of a 1995 B&W photograph in Danmarks kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/ribe/kalvslund-kirke/] [accessed 31 December 2020]

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design element - motifs - moulding

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

design element - motifs - roll moulding

design element - motifs - rope

Scene Description: at the upper rim

design element - motifs - spur or stop - 4

Scene Description: at 90-degree anglesd of the base

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Danmarks kirker, 1996

Image Source: digital image of a 1995 B&W photograph in Danmarks kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/ribe/kalvslund-kirke/] [accessed 31 December 2020]

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view of church exterior in context - northwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hjart, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 April 2020 by Hjart [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalvslund_Kirke_3.jpg] [accessed 31 December 2020]

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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Orwell123, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 May 2013 by Orwell123 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalvslund_Kirke.JPG] [accessed 31 December 2020]

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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Danmarks kirker, 1996

Image Source: digital image of a 1995 B&W photograph in Danmarks kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/ribe/kalvslund-kirke/] [accessed 31 December 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: in the northeast corner of the nave

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Danmarks kirker, 1996

Image Source: digital image of a 1995 B&W photograph in Danmarks kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/ribe/kalvslund-kirke/] [accessed 31 December 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 04873KAL
Church/Chapel: Kalvslunde kirke
Church Location: Østervej 2, Kalvslund, 6760 Ribe, Denmark
Country Name: Denmark
Location: Roskilde, Syddanmark
Directions to Site: Located 9-10 km NE of Ribe, off road 32 [aka Koldingvej], in the municipality of Esbjerg [NB: the church itself is located N of the town, very close to Rd. 32]
Ecclesiastic Region: Ribe Stift
Historical Region: Ribe herred / Ribe Amt / Sjælland
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Vestjyske type [Mackeprang] / Roskildetypen [Benzon]
Cognate Fonts: Roskilde?
Church Notes: original church ca. 1200; much modified
Noted in Mackeprang (1941) as a Romanesque granit font of the "vestjyske type". The entry for this church in Danmarks kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/ribe/kalvslund-kirke/] [accessed 31 December 2020] notes that in 1766 the font had a painted inscription signed by the priest: "Den dyre Pagt erindre dig / Som du med Christo giorde / Elsk ham, at du i Himmerig / Med ham kand Salig vorde. H. Munch"; the inscription was removed in 1890; it futher informs that the font used to be located by the north side of the choir arch, but wes moved to the northeast corner of the nave in 1953. Illustrated and briefly described in Benzon (1973: 226-rettelsesblad) as a granite baptismal font of the Romanesque period; he typifies it as "Roskildetypen". The quasi-hemispheric basin appears plain except for a large rope motif at the upper rim; the base is made up of a centre ring and a splayed bottom part, giving it a general chalice-shape. It has a half-dome copper cover and the wooden canopy above the font is 18th-century.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.3875, 8.876819
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 23′ 15″ N, 8° 52′ 36.55″ E
UTM: 32U 492196 6137920

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted) -- chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 68 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 85 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Mackeprang (1941)

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

LID INFORMATION

Material: metal, copper?
Apparatus: no
Notes: Depicted in Benzon (1973: 226-rettelsesblad) as a half-dome copper cover with a handle as finial -- the wooden canopy over the font is 18thC

REFERENCES

Benzon, Gorm, Vore gamle kirker og klostre, København: Lademann, 1973
Mackeprang, Mouritz, Danmarks middelalderlige døbefonte, 1941