Fredericia

Results: 14 records

B01: Virgin Mary - Madonna and Christ-child - child crowned

Crowned child sits on Mary's lap/knee
Scene Description: Crowned child sits on Mary's lap/knee

B02: human figure - male - standing - bishop?

it appears to wear a crown and hold a bishop's staff, but the coarseness of the granite does not allow for clear details
Scene Description: it appears to wear a crown and hold a bishop's staff, but the coarseness of the granite does not allow for clear details

B03: human figure - female - standing - wearing long skirt - hands on her stomach - Eve?

wearing a long pleated skirt; Mackeprang suggests identification as Eve
Scene Description: wearing a long pleated skirt; Mackeprang suggests identification as Eve

B04: human figure - male - short hair - standing - hands on his stomach - Adam?

Mackeprang sees a round object held in his hands and suggests it is an apple, therefore identifies him as Adam
Scene Description: Mackeprang sees a round object held in his hands and suggests it is an apple, therefore identifies him as Adam

B05: symbol - plant - acanthus plant - Tree of life?

five levels of branches - no animals visible
Scene Description: five levels of branches - no animals visible

B06: blank

the arch is totally empty [one too many?]
Scene Description: the arch is totally empty [one too many?]

B07: symbol - plant - acanthus plant - Tree of life? - with 3 birds - doves? - storks?

the schematich nature of the granite carving makes this "tree" look like a wine-press; Mackeprang suggests Tree of Life with storks' nest; one of the animals on the top, the other two holding the lower trunk/stalk with their claws (?)
Scene Description: the schematich nature of the granite carving makes this "tree" look like a wine-press; Mackeprang suggests Tree of Life with storks' nest; one of the animals on the top, the other two holding the lower trunk/stalk with their claws (?)

B08: angel - holding sword

short hair, wings on the sides
Scene Description: short hair, wings on the sides

B09: human figure - male? - wearing cape?

a rather hieratic figure totally wrapped in a cloak or cape?
Scene Description: a rather hieratic figure totally wrapped in a cloak or cape?

B10: human figure - female? - 2 - embracing?

possibly a Visitation scene
Scene Description: possibly a Visitation scene

B11: symbol - plant - Tree of life?

a plant or tree with many branches and curling folds
Scene Description: a plant or tree with many branches and curling folds

BBL01: design element - motifs - rope

all around the edge of the lower rim side
Scene Description: all around the edge of the lower rim side

BBU01: design element - motifs - rope

all around the upper edge of the rim side
Scene Description: all around the upper edge of the rim side

LB01: design element - motifs - foliage?

unclear whether or not all four sides are the same - source not clear
Scene Description: unclear whether or not all four sides are the same - source not clear

INFORMATION

FontID: 05406FRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Trinitatis kirke [originally from Ullerup kirke]
Church Location: Kirkepold 3C, Ullerup, 6400 Sønderborg, Denmark -- Tel.: +45 74 46 18 58
Country Name: Denmark
Location: Vejle, Syddanmark
Directions to Site: Fredericia is located 23 km ENE of Kolding, on the western coast of Jutland. [Ullerup is located about 5 km S of Thyregod, 30-35 km WNW of Vejle]
Ecclesiastic Region: Haderslev Stift
Historical Region: Fredericia købstad, Elbo herred, Vejle amt
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Arkadenfontene [Mackeprang]
Cognate Fonts: Similar, though not identical, to the fonts at Anst and Vamdrup
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in De danske kirker (Bd. 16, Sydøstjylland: 14-16) as a cylindrical mounted Romanesque baptismal font in granite dated to ca. 1200. Also described and illustrated in Mackeprang as the smallest of the group of "arkadenfontene" [=arcade fonts], very similar -though not identical- to the fonts at Anst and Vamdrup, also in Jutland; the basin is cylindrical with a rope motif at both upper and lower rims; between them, an arcade of round arches [eleven in this font], most of which contain either figures or symbols identified as: 1)Madonna with a crowned Christ child on her lap; 2)bishop; 3)female figure with hands to the stomach; 4)male figure, also both hands on the stomach [Mackeprang suggests identification as Eve and Adam, the round object in the male's hand, the apple]; 5)[acanthus plant/Tree of Life?]; 6)[blank]; 7)Tree of Life with storks' nest and one bird on it, two below on the stalk; 8)angel armed with sword; 9)[human figure wrapped in cloak?]; 10)Mary and Elizabeth: Visitation scene; 11)[plant/tree/Tree of Life?]. Mackeprang points out the similarity of this program with Vamdrup's. Though not mentioned in either source, the base consists of a plain upper cylindrical part, and a lower square volume ornamented with foliage motifs on the sides.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.965694, 9.6625
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 57′ 56.5″ N, 9° 39′ 45″ E
UTM: 32U 542415 6091175

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Horskjær, Erik, De danske Kirker, København: G. E. C. Gads Forlag, [1960?- ]
Mackeprang, Mouritz, Danmarks middelalderlige døbefonte, 1941
Møller, Elna, Danmarks kirker: Ribe Amt, København: Nationalmuseet - Poul Kristensens Forlag, 1979-