Malmo No. 2 / Malmö

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coat of arms - RL [Rasmus Ludvigsen]

Scene Description: Rasmus Ludvigsen, a Malmö city council member and donor of the font

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 29 May 2015 by Hajotthu [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malmö_St._Petri-Kirche_Krämarkapellet_03.JPG] [accessed 11 July 2021]

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human figure - seated - holding book - 4

Scene Description: set at 90-degree angles around the base

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 29 May 2015 by Hajotthu [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malmö_St._Petri-Kirche_Krämarkapellet_03.JPG] [accessed 11 July 2021]

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inscription

Scene Description: text not available but it relates to the donation of the font to the church

scene [unidentified] - 6

Scene Description: six of the panels have Biblical scenes; the one on the right here appears to be Noah and the Ark

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 29 May 2015 by Hajotthu [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malmö_St._Petri-Kirche_Krämarkapellet_03.JPG] [accessed 11 July 2021]

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view of church interior - baptistery

Scene Description: Source caption: "Krämarekapellet, strax norr om det 105 meter höga stora tornet i Malmö Sankt Petri kyrka."

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 2 November 2006 by Sven Rosborn [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Petri_church_Malmo_Sweden_20.jpg] [accessed 11 July 2021]

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view of font

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 29 May 2015 by Hajotthu [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malmö_St._Petri-Kirche_Krämarkapellet_03.JPG] [accessed 11 July 2021]

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view of font and canopy, baldachin in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "„Handwerker-Kapelle“ in der Kirche mit Deckenfresken aus der Zeit vor der Reformation"

Image Source: digital photograph 29 May 2015 by Hajotthu [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malmö_St._Petri-Kirche_Krämarkapellet_01.JPG] [accessed 11 July 2021]

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view of font and cover in context

Image Source: digital photograph 1 August 2022 by Roy Smith

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Colin Smith (e-mail of 23 October 2022)

view of font cover in context

Scene Description: Source caption: " „Handwerker-Kapelle“ in der St. Petri-Kirche mit Deckenfresken aus der Zeit vor der Reformation"

Image Source: digital photograph 29 May 2015 by Hajotthu [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malmö_St._Petri-Kirche_Krämarkapellet_02.JPG] [accessed 11 July 2021]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Grabplatten in der „Handwerker-Kapelle“ in der St. Petri-Kirche"

Image Source: digital photograph 29 May 2015 by Hajotthu [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malmö_St._Petri-Kirche_Krämarkapellet_03.JPG] [accessed 11 July 2021]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 05271MAL

Church/Chapel: Sankt Petri kyrka

Church Patron Saints: St. Peter

Church Location: Göran Olsgatan 4, 211 22 Malmö, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 40 27 90 43

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Skåne, Skåne län

Directions to Site: Sankt Petri kyrka is located in the Carolikvarteren of central Malmö

Ecclesiastic Region: Lunds Stift

Historical Region: Oxie härad, Malmöhus län

Font Location in Church: Baptistery chapel / Kræmmerkapellet

Date: 1601

Century and Period: 17th century(early), Baroque

Cognate Fonts: Font at Gårdstånga nearby

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Roy Smith for his photograh of the font and cover

Church Notes: Church dates from 14th and 15th century; beautiful mural paintings, etc.

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

An illustration in Källström and Askmark (1948: pl. 73) shows an octagonal mounted baptismal font ornamented with scenes, figures, etc. Dated to 1601 in Södeberg (1987: 141). Uncorroborated information: the font, like the pulpit, was made by Daniel Thomisen, commissioned by Rasmus Ludvigsen, a Malmö city council member. The font consists of an octagonal basin with pronounced mouldings, and rounded underbowl; six of the sides of the basin have Biblical scenes on them (one is the scene with Noah and the Ark), one has an inscription on the donation of the font and the eighth has the emblem of the donor; on an octagonal base populated with book-holding human figures. Above the font is a very ornamented double-volume canopy over the font, 17th century, as well? It has figures, demi-figures and heads, columns etc.; painted and gilded, with Latin inscription s at two levels; suspended from the ceiling. [cf. Index entry for Malmo No.1 for the earlier font, now in the museum]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.606944, 13.003611

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 36′ 25″ N, 13° 0′ 13″ E

UTM: 33U 374238 6164143

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Notes: two other inscriptions on the canopy

Inscription Text: [text not available -- related to the donation of the font to the church]

LID INFORMATION

Date: 17th century?

Apparatus: yes

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Källström, Olle, Altare och funt, Stockholm: Svenska kyrkans diakonistyrelses bokförlag, 1948

Söderberg, Margareta, Sverige Bonniers kulturguide, Stockholm: Bonniers, 1987