Vemmelev
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B01: human figure - male - bearded - standing - holding crozier - right hand over genitalia
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B01: human figure - male - bearded - standing - holding crozier - right hand over genitalia
Scene Description: naked upper body showing belly button; garment worn from waist down; feet showing; the staff held in his left hand appears to be a crozier
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B02: Old Testament - Abraham and Isaac - sacrifice of Isaac
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B02: Old Testament - Abraham and Isaac - sacrifice of Isaac
![the figure on the left raises his weapon over the bound figure on the right: is it a prisonner execution? [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1241218049_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the figure on the left raises his weapon over the bound figure on the right: is it a prisonner execution? [cf. FontNotes]
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view of font and baptismal dish
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view of basin - upper view
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design element - motifs - rope
Scene Description: below the upper rim of the basin
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of church interior - detail - Christ as Jew
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view of church interior - votive ship
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view of church interior - looking west
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view of church interior - crucufix - detail - Christ's feet - symbol for St Matthew
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view of church interior - crucufix
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view of church interior - crucufix - symbols of Evangelists
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view of church interior - pulpit
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view of church interior - retable - detail - Crucifixion - Resurrection of Christ
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view of church interior - retable - detail - Nativity with angel and midwife
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view of church interior - retable - detail - date 1612 - coat of arms - 3 crowned lions - red hearts
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view of church interior - retable - detail - Nativity - Crucifixion - Ascent of Christ - Resurrection of Christ
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view of church interior - retable
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view of church interior - chancel and east end
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 04875VEM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2023-05-15
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Slagelsetypen [Mackeprang]
Cognate Fonts: Slagelse?
Church / Chapel Name: Vemmelev kirke
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, E side
Church Notes: 11th-13thC church documented 1370 in the Roskildebispens Jordebog
Church Address: Slagelse Landevej 121, 4241 Vemmelev, Denmark -- Tel.: +45 21 65 18 05
Site Location: Roskilde, Syddanmark, Denmark, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off road 150, S of the E20, in the municipality and 7 km WSW of Slagelse, on the E shore of the Storebælt
Ecclesiastic Region: Roskilde Stifs
Historical Region: Slagelse Herred
Font Notes:
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Listed and illustrated in Mackeprang (1941) as a baptismal font of granite of the "Slegelsetypen". The entry for this church in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Soroe_0737-0743.pdf] [accessed 18 December 2024] identifies the scene on the tub-shaped granite font as the Sacrifice of Isaac ["Isaks Ofring"], and the figure on the opposite side as a man wearing a short robe, holding a crozier ["Krumstav"] from his body. Illustrated and briefly described in Benzon (1973: 226-rettelsesblad) as a granite baptismal font of the Romanesque period; he typifies it as "Slagelsetypen". The cylindrical basin has a rope motif at the upper rim; on the side, a scene: on the left a warrior in coat-of-armour raises his right arm holding what appears to be a short-bladed knife or sword over the head of a human with bound hands who appears to cringe at the threat [cf. supra]. The short round base is ornamented with a broad rope motif. On-site notes: NW side: a bearded man stands full front, the left arm raised with staff; the right hand appears to hold his penis -- E side: the figure on the left holds a basket(?) in one hand while on the other holds an object over the other figure's head.
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 643224 6137233
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 55.3605, 11.25949
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 55° 21′ 37.8″ N, 11° 15′ 34.16″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: no drainage system
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 73 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Danmarks Kirker
REFERENCES
- Danmarks Kirker, Nationalmuseet i København. URL: http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk.
- Benzon, Gorm, Vore gamle kirker og klostre, København: Lademann, 1973, ill. and caption on p. 226-rettelsesblad
- Mackeprang, Mouritz, Danmarks middelalderlige døbefonte, 1941, p. 54. 57, 77-78, 79, 105 and fig. 43