Gelsted / Gjelsted
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Results: 45 records
LBH01:
human figure - head
Scene Description: to the right of the male exhibitionist
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2008 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Gelsted(29).jpg] [accessed 16 September 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5
LBH03:
human figure - head
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2008 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Gelsted(34).jpg] [accessed 16 September 2018]
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LBH04:
human figure - head
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2008 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Gelsted(34).jpg] [accessed 16 September 2018]
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LBS01:
design element - motifs - scroll
Scene Description: or are they snakes?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2008 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Gelsted(29).jpg] [accessed 16 September 2018]
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LBS01:
human figure - male - exposed genitals - holding penis with both hands?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2008 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Gelsted(29).jpg] [accessed 16 September 2018]
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LBS02:
animal - reptile - snake - 2
Scene Description: at the side of the naked woman
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2008 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Gelsted(30).jpg] [accessed 16 September 2018]
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LBS02:
human figure - female - exposed genitals (Luxuria? / Sheela Na Gig?)
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2008 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Gelsted(30).jpg] [accessed 16 September 2018]
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LBS03:
New Testament - Passion of Christ - Crucifixion
Scene Description: Christ on the cross; no retenue
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2008 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Gelsted(32).jpg] [accessed 16 September 2018]
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LBS04:
Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Peter - holding 1 key and book - sword present
Scene Description: cartoon-like depiction of Peter holding a key in his right hand [or, is it a flag?] and a book in his left; the sword, at the extreme right, stands vertical, as if stuck in the ground. One source suggests it may be the 'traditio legis', but there is no God, mo laws and no Paul present
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2008 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Gelsted(34).jpg] [accessed 16 September 2018]
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design element - motifs - floral or foliage
Scene Description: at the angles of the lower base, above the human heads
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2008 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Gelsted(29).jpg] [accessed 16 September 2018]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2008 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Gelsted(26).jpg] [accessed 16 September 2018]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2008 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Gelsted(26).jpg] [accessed 16 September 2018]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
Scene Description: framing the sides of the base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2008 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Gelsted(29).jpg] [accessed 16 September 2018]
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design element - motifs - vine
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2008 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Gelsted(26).jpg] [accessed 16 September 2018]
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information
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Image Source: Field notes taken on site by BSI
information
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view of base - detail
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 May 2023 by BSI
view of base - detail
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 May 2023 by BSI
view of base - detail
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 May 2023 by BSI
view of base - east side
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 May 2023 by BSI
view of basin - upper view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 May 2023 by BSI
view of church exterior - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bococo, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 November 2006 by Bococo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:06-11-04-l3_Gelsted_(Middelfart).JPG] [accessed 16 September 2018]
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view of church exterior - porch - door - wrought iron inscription
Scene Description: the ancient door is now installed as a decoration inside the porch
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 May 2023 by BSI
view of church exterior - south portal - door
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dør i våbenhuset"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2008 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Gelsted(10).jpg] [accessed 16 September 2018]
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view of church exterior - south portal - door - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dør i våbenhuset"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2008
Image Source: B&W version of a digital photograph taken 29 June 2008 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Gelsted(10a).jpg] [accessed 16 September 2018]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bococo, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 November 2006 by Bococo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:06-11-04-l1_Gelsted_(Middelfart).JPG] [accessed 16 September 2018]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 May 2023 by BSI
view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bococo, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 November 2006 by Bococo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:06-11-04-l4_Gelsted_(Middelfart).JPG] [accessed 16 September 2018]
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view of church exterior -in context - lych-gate
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kirkegårdsportal"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2008 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Gelsted(09).jpg] [accessed 16 September 2018]
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view of church interior - chancel and east end
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 May 2023 by BSI
view of church interior - crucifix
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view of church interior - looking west
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view of church interior - monument
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2008 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Gelsted(12).jpg] [accessed 16 September 2018]
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view of church interior - painting - detail
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 May 2023 by BSI
view of church interior - painting - detail
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view of church interior - pulpit and sounding board
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view of church interior - votive ship
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view of church interior - west end - painting
Scene Description: Source caption: "Svikkelhoved i Skibets vestfag"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2008 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Gelsted(16).jpg] [accessed 16 September 2018]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2008
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view of font
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 May 2023 by BSI
view of font
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view of font
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view of font - northwest side
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view of font in context - east side
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INFORMATION
FontID: 13124GEL
Church/Chapel: Gelsted Kirke [Sankt Nikolaus Kirke]
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: Kirkebakken 14, 5591 Gelsted, Denmark -- Tel.: +45 64 49 20 49
Country Name: Denmark
Location: Fyn, Syddanmark
Directions to Site: Located W of the E20, 16 km SE of Middelfart, 28 km W of Odense, formerly in the municipality of Middelfart, in Ejby since 2007
Ecclesiastic Region: Fyens Stift
Historical Region: Ejby Kommune (Fyns Amt) until 1970; afterwards in Vends Herred (Odense Amt)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Baptismal font here noted in Mackeprang (1941). The entry for this church in Wikipedia [https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelsted_Kirke] [accessed 16 September 2018] has excerpted notes from Mackeprangs entry: "Den romanske granitfont har ranker på kummen og figurer på den firkantede fod med hjørnehoveder og tovsnoning omkring felterne (Mackeprang s.141-42). I Mackeprang beskrives fodens figurfelter som Korsfæstelsen, et felt med en siddende kvinder mellem slanger (Luxuria), et felt med en siddende mand (?), og et felt hvor man ser Peter med nøgle og sværd (s.54, 56, 61). Angående tolkningen i Mackeprang skal her tilføjes, at motivet med Peter også kunne udlægges som Traditio Legis (Lovoverrækkelsen), hvor Kristus giver nøglen til Peter og bogen til Paulus, personen står med en nøgle og en bog, til højre ses et sværd, nøglen og sværdet kunne symbolisere Peter og Paulus, ja måske skal de to hjørnehoveder opfattes som apostelfyrsterne. Den siddende kvinde fører muligvis hænderne ned mod sit køn, dette motiv opfattes ofte som Luxuria, som på tympanonen i Gosmer Kirke og fonten i Vester Egede Kirke, men motivet kunne også kædes sammen med den såkaldte Sheela-na-gig i engelsk stenskulptur fra 1100-tallet, her man ser en kvinde åbne sit skød, visse engelske forskere udlægger motivet positivt som et Skabelsesmotiv i lighed med Moder Jord. Mandsfiguren ses på flere af de såkaldte Himmerlandsfonte. De såkaldte slanger omkring kvinden kunne også tolkes som hår, en lignende udsmykning ses også omkring mandsfiguren." On-ste notes: on the sides of the base we identified: 1) a female with two serpents; 2) a female with two serpents at her ears (gossip?); 3) Christ on a cross); 4)male with cross(?) and sword.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
55.4082,
9.96405
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
55° 24′ 29.52″ N,
9° 57′ 50.58″ E
UTM: 32U 561040 6140640
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 6.5-7 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 54-55 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 68.5 cm*
Basin Depth: 25 cm*
Basin Total Height: 49 cm*
Height of Base: 50 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 99 cm*
Square Base Dimensions: 52 x 56 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site
REFERENCES
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831
Mackeprang, Mouritz, Danmarks middelalderlige døbefonte, 1941