Ystad No. 1

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view of church interior - altar and retable

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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

Scene Description: 15thC retable in a north aisle altar -- it is described in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sankta_Maria_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200066231.jpg] [accessed 25 August 2024] as "Altarskåp av trä, dörrar och några figurer borta. Rik förgyllning från omkring 1400-talet. Troligtvis nordtyskt arbete."

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view of church interior - retable - detail

Scene Description: 15thC retable in a north aisle chapel -- it is described in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sankta_Maria_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200066231.jpg] [accessed 25 August 2024] as "Altarskåp av trä, dörrar och några figurer borta. Rik förgyllning från omkring 1400-talet. Troligtvis nordtyskt arbete."

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view of church interior - retable - detail

Scene Description: 15thC retable in a north aisle chapel -- it is described in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sankta_Maria_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200066231.jpg] [accessed 25 August 2024] as "Altarskåp av trä, dörrar och några figurer borta. Rik förgyllning från omkring 1400-talet. Troligtvis nordtyskt arbete."

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INFORMATION

FontID: 09047YST
Church/Chapel: S:ta Maria kyrka / Mariakyrkan
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Stortorget 2A, 271 43 Ystad, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 411 692 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Skåne, Skåne län
Directions to Site: Located off the E65, in the Ystad medieval city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Lund Stift
Historical Region: Herrestads hd, Malmöhus län, Skåne
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a N aisle chapel, towards the W end
Date: 1611
Century and Period: 17th century(early), Late Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Svenska Kyrkan staff at Ystad Marienkyrka for providing access to photograph inside the church
Church Notes: 13thC church; much modified since
Chalice-shaped baptismal font of bronze bearing an inscription that identifies the donation date, 1611, the donor, burgomaster Hans Tillufson, and the Lubeck maker, Reiholdt Benning. Tynell (1913-1921: 54) reports a medieval baptismal font that existed in this church; that font had disappeared by the time of the church inventory carried out in 1830.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.429167, 13.818611
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 25′ 45″ N, 13° 49′ 7″ E
UTM: 33U 425239 6143185

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, bronze
Font Shape: chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 1 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 57 cm*
Basin Depth: 6 cm* [of insert] / [39-40 cm* total depth]
Basin Total Height: 39 cm*
Height of Base: 60 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 99 cm*

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Danish
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: around the basin sides
Inscription Text: "ANNO 1611 GAFF BORGOMESTER HANS TILLVFSON DENNE FVNDT TIL VOR FRVE KIRCKE * / * VDI * YDSTED * AFF - REINHOLDT BENNING * VDI LVBECK *"
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REFERENCES

Tynell, Lars, Skånes medeltida Dopfuntar, Stockholm: Cederquists Grafiska Aktiebolag, 1913-1921