Ribe No. 1 / Ripen

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Apostle or saint - haloed - holding chalice and host in left hand

Scene Description: his right hand points to the chalice; is is John?

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 23 July 2015 by Arnoldius [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ribe_Domkirke_baptismal_font_S.jpg] [accessed 6 November 2015]

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Christ - Christ in Majesty - holding cross in left hand - right hand raised in benediction

Scene Description: seated to the righ of a crowned Mary

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 23 July 2015 by Arnoldius [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ribe_Domkirke_baptismal_font_NW.jpg] [accessed 6 November 2015]

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God - Trinity (seated God the Father; Christ on the Cross; Holy Dove)

Scene Description: all haloed; painted; very poor execution

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 23 July 2015 by Arnoldius [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ribe_Domkirke_baptismal_font_S.jpg] [accessed 6 November 2015]

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Virgin Mary - crowned

Scene Description: facing partly towards the right; Christ in Majesty is in the next arch to the right

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 23 July 2015 by Arnoldius [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ribe_Domkirke_baptismal_font_E.jpg] [accessed 6 November 2015]

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angel

Scene Description: seen here in the centre of the image, one of the supports of the font

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 23 July 2015 by Arnoldius [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ribe_Domkirke_baptismal_font_E.jpg] [accessed 6 November 2015]

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angel - haloed - open wings - holding scroll - 4

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 23 July 2015 by Arnoldius [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ribe_Domkirke_baptismal_font_S.jpg] [accessed 6 November 2015]

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animal - mammal - lion - sejant-gardant - haloed - 4

Scene Description: facing forward with their front legs on a sort of shelf

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 23 July 2015 by Arnoldius [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ribe_Domkirke_baptismal_font_S.jpg] [accessed 6 November 2015]

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coat of arms - unidentified

Scene Description: three passant lions?

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 23 July 2015 by Arnoldius [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ribe_Domkirke_baptismal_font_NW.jpg] [accessed 6 November 2015]

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coat of arms - unidentified

Scene Description: a pilgrim shell?

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 23 July 2015 by Arnoldius [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ribe_Domkirke_baptismal_font_S.jpg] [accessed 6 November 2015]

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coat of arms - unidentified - with X and star

Scene Description: star and saltire?

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 23 July 2015 by Arnoldius [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ribe_Domkirke_baptismal_font_E.jpg] [accessed 6 November 2015]

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design element - architectural - arcade - pointed arches - crocketed arches - columns with capitals and bases

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 July 2015 by Arnoldius [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ribe_Domkirke_baptismal_font_NW.jpg] [accessed 6 November 2015]

Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA 3.0

design element - motifs - floral and foliage

Scene Description: painted background all around the basin

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 23 July 2015 by Arnoldius [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ribe_Domkirke_baptismal_font_S.jpg] [accessed 6 November 2015]

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symbol - unidentified

Scene Description: to the right of the coat of arms here, now showing just an incision; did the symbol fall off?

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 23 July 2015 by Arnoldius [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ribe_Domkirke_baptismal_font_NW.jpg] [accessed 6 November 2015]

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: one of two anchoring spots for an old cover [now missing?]

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 23 July 2015 by Arnoldius [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ribe_Domkirke_baptismal_font_E.jpg] [accessed 6 November 2015]

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view of church exterior - northeast portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - northeast portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - northeast portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - northeast portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - northeast portal - detail - Ecclesia - Valdemar kings - Christ

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - northeast portal - detail - lion devouring man

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - northeast portal - detail - lion devouring man

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - northeast portal - tympanum - Ecclesia - Valdemar kings - Christ

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - northeast view

Scene Description: 1873 artist's view

Image Source: Norsk bokmål: Illustrasjon hentet fra boken Nordiska taflor av ukjent forfatter og utgitt av Albert Bonnier (se, 1873), National Library of Norway [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordiska_taflor_-_no-nb_digibok_2014031428010-47.jpg] [accessed 6 November 2015]

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 27 July 2015 by Szilas [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ribe_Domkirke_exterior_2015-07-27-4.jpg] [accessed 6 November 2015]

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view of church exterior - portal

Scene Description: the so-called 'Kathoveddøren' portal

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 27 July 2015 by Szilas [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ribe_Domkirke_exterior_2015-07-27_2.jpg] [accessed 6 November 2015]

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view of church exterior - portal - door - door-knocker

Scene Description: the beautiful bronze feline head door-knocker that gives the name 'Kathoveddøren' to the portal

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 27 July 2015 by Szilas [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ribe_Domkirke_bronze_door_knocker_2015-07-27.jpg] [accessed 6 November 2015]

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view of church exterior - portal - gable

Scene Description: Source caption: "Ribe cathedral. Gable ( 13th century ) of the "cat´s head portal""

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 July 2008 by Wolfgang Sauber [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ribe_domkirke_-_Katzenkopfportal_Giebelfeld_1.jpg] [accessed 6 November 2015]

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view of church exterior - portal - gable - detail - Valdemar kings - Ecclesia - Christ

Scene Description: Source caption: "Ribe cathedral. Gable ( 13th century ) of the "cat´s head portal": Virgin Mary and Christ, beneath King Waldemar II. of Denmark ( 1170-1241 ) and Queen Dagmar ( 1186-1212 ) as founders of the church."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 July 2008 by Wolfgang Sauber [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ribe_domkirke_-_Katzenkopfportal_Giebelfeld.jpg] [accessed 6 November 2015]

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view of church exterior - portal - tympanum - Descent from the Cross

Scene Description: of the 'Kathoveddøren' portal -- ca. 1175?

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 July 2008 by Wolfgang Sauber [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ribe_domkirke_-_Katzenkopfportal_Tympanon.jpg] [accessed 6 November 2015]

Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0

view of church exterior - southeast end

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 27 July 2015 by Szilas [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ribe_Domkirke_exterior_2015-07-27.jpg] [accessed 6 November 2015]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 July 2015 by Szilas [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ribe_Domkirke_interior_2015-07-27.jpg] [accessed 6 November 2015]

Copyright Instructions: CC-Zero

view of church interior - nave - looking west - organ

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 July 2015 by Szilas [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ribe_Domkirke_interior_2015-07-27-4.jpg] [accessed 6 November 2015]

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view of church interior - painting - Peder Hegelund - bishop

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - painting - Peder Hegelund - bishop - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 May 2023 by BSI

view of font - east side

Scene Description: Source caption: "Bronzefünte von 1375 im Dom zu Ribe, Jütland, Dänemark, Ansicht der Ostseite"

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 July 2015 by Arnoldius [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ribe_Domkirke_baptismal_font_E.jpg] [accessed 6 November 2015]

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view of font - northwest side

Scene Description: Source caption: "Bronzefünte von 1375 im Dom zu Ribe, Jütland, Dänemark, Ansicht der Nordwestseite"

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 July 2015 by Arnoldius [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ribe_Domkirke_baptismal_font_NW.jpg] [accessed 6 November 2015]

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view of font - south side

Scene Description: Source caption: "Bronzefünte von 1375 im Dom zu Ribe, Jütland, Dänemark, Ansicht der Südseite"

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 July 2015 by Arnoldius [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ribe_Domkirke_baptismal_font_S.jpg] [accessed 6 November 2015]

Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA 3.0

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 February 2006 by Malene Thyssen [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ribe_domkirke_d%C3%B8befont.jpg] [accessed 10 April 2010]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 16332RIB

Church/Chapel: Ribe Domkirke / Vor Frue Maria Domkirke

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Church Location: Torvet, 6760 Ribe, Denmark -- Tel.: +45 75 42 06 19

Country Name: Denmark

Location: Sønderjylland, Syddanmark

Directions to Site: Located off the highways 11 and 24 crossroads, 25-30 km SE of Esbjerg, in SW Jutland

Ecclesiastic Region: Ribe Stift

Historical Region: Ribe amt, Sønderjyllands Amt

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Date: 1375

Century and Period: 14th century (late), Gothic

Church Notes: stave church founded by the German missionary monk (later Archbishop of Hamburg) in 860; burned down by locals ca. 890; re-built; stone cathedral 1110-1134; damaged by fire 1176;

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Listed and illustrated in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Ribe_0393-0680_02.pdf] [accessed 11 December 2024], which identifies the contents of the arcade: 1) Christ in Majesty; 2) Mary praying, seated facing Christ; 3) Dom's armas, Andrew's cross and seven-pointed star; 4) Christ on the cross; 5) charged shield; probably arms of the Steen family, donors of the font; 6) Trinity; 7) John the Evangelist with his symbol; 8) charged shield; 9) national emblem/arms with three crowns. The DK entry further notes a 1317 reference to a large candle that supported atop the font, perhaps as part of the cover? On-site visit: Bronze baptismal font consisting of a bucket-shaped basin decorated with an arcade of nine pointed crocketed arches on a floral and foliage backgroun; the arches contain: Crucifixion, coat of arms, Crowned Mary, Christ in Majesty holding a small cross in his left hand, coat of arms [cf. supra], another coat of arms but this one incised rough as if the original one had come off, figure holding a chalice [is it John?], Trinity (Father holding Crucified christ with Holy Ghost atop, another coat of arms; supported on eight (?) standing figures, four of which are angels with open wings holding scrolls, the other four sejeant-gardant lions on a ring-shaped lower base; the upper rim has the characteristic protrusions at opposite ends to secure the old cover; the font is painted. The workmanship, especially the rendering of the figures, is rather crude. The base consists of six figures, human and animal, standing on a lower ring. The upper basin rim has anchorings for a cover locking mechanism but there is no font cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.328092, 8.761624

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 19′ 41.13″ N, 8° 45′ 41.84″ E

UTM: 32U 484876 6131328

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, bronze

Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: drain hole is 9 cm in width [DK]

Diameter (includes rim): 92 cm*

Basin Total Height: 70 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 109 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * Danmarls Kirker

REFERENCES

Danmarks Kirker, Nationalmuseet i København. Accessed: 2024-12-11 00:00:00. URL: http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk.

Mackeprang, Mouritz, Danmarks middelalderlige døbefonte, 1941