Forslev / Foerslev / Førslev

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animal - mammal - lion - passant - facing each other - 2

Scene Description: not identical; both with one front paw raised

Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 May 2023 by BSI

design element - architectural - arcade - trefoiled arches - 12

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design element - motifs - floral - bud - 3

Scene Description: in the spandrels of the basin

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design element - motifs - floral - rosette

Scene Description: in one of the spandrels of the basin

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human figure - head - crowned - 3

Scene Description: small ones

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human figure - male - bearded - crowned - with ax and orb-and-cross - St. Olav?

Scene Description: Identified as St. Olav in DK, Mackeprand and Liden; the crowned and bearded figure holds up the ax in his right hand and the orb-and-cross in his left

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human figure - male? - wearing medallion (or broach) - hands on breast

Scene Description: with a rosette-like motif at either side of his head

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information

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information

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view of basin

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view of basin

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view of basin - interior

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view of church exterior - north view - detail

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view of church exterior - north view - detail

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view of church exterior - north view - detail

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view of church exterior - north view - detail

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view of church exterior - northeast view - detail

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of church interior - altar and retable

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view of church interior - chancel - painting - detail

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view of church interior - chancel - painting - detail

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view of church interior - chancel - painting - detail

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view of church interior - chancel - painting - detail - Annunciation to Mary - Visitation

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view of church interior - chancel - painting - detail - Annunciation to Mary - Visitation - Joseph - Nativity

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view of church interior - chancel - painting - detail - Ascent of Christ

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view of church interior - chancel - painting - detail - Ascent of Christ - two coat of arms

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view of church interior - chancel - painting - detail - Christ and Doubting Thomas

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view of church interior - chancel - painting - detail - Christ and three Marias

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view of church interior - chancel - painting - detail - Christ with orant pose

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view of church interior - chancel - painting - detail - Joseph - Nativity

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view of church interior - chancel - painting - detail - king with sword and sceptre

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view of church interior - chancel - painting - detail - male and king - donors?

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: showing the font in the bottom-left corner of the image

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view of church interior - looking west

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view of font

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view of font

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view of font

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view of font

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view of font - detail

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INFORMATION

FontID: 05409FOR

Church/Chapel: Førslev kirke

Church Location: Førslevvej, Førslev, 4700 Fuglebjerg, Denmark

Country Name: Denmark

Location: Vestsjælland, Sjælland

Directions to Site: Located off (S) road 22, just S of Fluglebjerg, 25-30 km E of Korsør

Historical Region: Øster Flakkebjerg herred, Sorø Amt

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the NE corner of the nave

Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Gothic

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Falsterbogruppen / Fröjel-Falsterbo

Cognate Fonts: several other such fonts at Kirke Helsinge, Magleby and Ølst, and the fragments of a basin at Kirke Stillinge

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Noted in the Kirkehistoriske samlinger (1853-1856) as a baptismal font carved with a programme somewaht similar to the one in Kirke Helsinge; the description mentions animals and figural motifs on its basin, one of which probably king Olav. Described and illustrated in Danmarks kirker: Sorø (Bd. 2: 1004, 1005) as an octagonal baptismal font of Gotland limestone from the 14th century; the octagonal basin is ornamented with figures, animals and other motifs in mid-relief: 1) crowned St. Olav with an ax [in his right hand] and a orb-and-cross [in his left hand]; 2-3) symmetrically arranged -but not identical- stylised lions, one of which has the tail end in a palmette shape; 4-6) trefoil arches with little crowned heads in the spandrels of the arcade; 7)similar arch with a rosette and three small buds in the spandrels; 8) human figure (male?) wearing a rosette-shaped broach (?) on his chest, his hands on his chest framing the broach; to the left and right of the head, a little rosette motif. The base is of two parts: the upper is a prismatical octagon, the lower end slightly wider than the upper; the lower part is also octagonal but splays widely toward the bottom. Described and illustrated also in Mackeprang (1941: 387ff), who identifies twelve trefoil arches as well the St. Olav figure and dates the font to the 15th century together with the ones identified as part of the "Fabeldyrsfonte" [=fabled animal fonts] / "Fröjel-Falsterbo" group of fonts. Lidén (1998: 72) goes with Mackeprang's date and considers these fonts the first ones where the appearance of St. Olav can be ascertained.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.276097, 11.5774

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 16′ 33.95″ N, 11° 34′ 38.64″ E

UTM: 32U 663719 6128543

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (from Gotland)

Number of Pieces: three?

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Drainage Notes: [NB: basin interior appears to have been filled in]

Rim Thickness: 8-9 cm**

Diameter (inside rim): 84-91 cm**

Diameter (includes rim): 100 cm* / 101-110 cm**

Basin Total Height: 54 cm**

Height of Base: 68 cm**

Font Height (less Plinth): 122 cm**

Notes on Measurements: * Danmarks kirker / ** BSI on-site

REFERENCES

Danmarks Kirker, Nationalmuseet i København. Accessed: 2024-12-02 00:00:00. URL: http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk.

Hermansen, Victor, Danmarks kirker: Sorø Amt, København: G.E.C. Gads Forlag, 1936-1938

Lidén, Anne, "Nordisk stenskulptur med Olavsmotiv: Kritik och tolkning kring dopfunten i Löderup", 1995-1996, 1998, pp. 66-81; r["References"]

Mackeprang, Mouritz, Danmarks middelalderlige døbefonte, 1941

Selskabet for Danmarks kirkehistorie, Kirkehistoriske samlinger, Kjöbenhavn: Trykt hos J.D. Qvist, 1852