Vemmelev

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B01: human figure - male - bearded - standing - holding crozier - right hand over genitalia

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 May 2023 by BSI

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

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 May 2023 by BSI

B02: Old Testament - Abraham and Isaac - sacrifice of Isaac

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B02: Old Testament - Abraham and Isaac - sacrifice of Isaac

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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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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information

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information

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view of basin - upper view

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of church interior - chancel and east end

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view of church interior - crucufix

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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 - symbols of Evangelists

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view of church interior - detail - Christ as Jew

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view of church interior - looking west

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view of church interior - pulpit

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view of church interior - retable

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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 - Crucifixion - Ascent of Christ - 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 - votive ship

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view of font and baptismal dish

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INFORMATION

FontID: 04875VEM

Church/Chapel: Vemmelev kirke

Church Location: Slagelse Landevej 121, 4241 Vemmelev, Denmark -- Tel.: +45 21 65 18 05

Country Name: Denmark

Location: Roskilde, Syddanmark

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 Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, E side

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Slagelsetypen [Mackeprang]

Cognate Fonts: Slagelse?

Church Notes: 11th-13thC church documented 1370 in the Roskildebispens Jordebog

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.3605, 11.25949

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 21′ 37.8″ N, 11° 15′ 34.16″ E

UTM: 32U 643224 6137233

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

Diameter (includes rim): 73 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * Danmarks Kirker

REFERENCES

Danmarks Kirker, Nationalmuseet i København. Accessed: 2024-12-18 00:00:00. URL: http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk.

Benzon, Gorm, Vore gamle kirker og klostre, København: Lademann, 1973

Mackeprang, Mouritz, Danmarks middelalderlige døbefonte, 1941