Roskilde
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Results: 73 records
LBF01:
Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Matthew - holding open book
Scene Description: there are no symbols present to identify the Evangelist, but his name is written on the right page of the open book
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Image Source: photograph taken in 2002 by BSI
LBF01:
Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Matthew - holding open book - detail
Scene Description: there are no symbols present to identify the Evangelist, but his name is written on the right page of the open book
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LBF02:
Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Mark - holding open book
Scene Description: there are no symbols present to identify the Evangelist, but his name is written on the right page of the open book
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Image Source: photograph taken in 2002 by BSI
LBF02:
Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Mark - holding open book - detail
Scene Description: there are no symbols present to identify the Evangelist, but his name is written on the right page of the open book
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Image Source: photograph taken in 2002 by BSI
LBF03:
Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Luke - holding open book
Scene Description: there are no symbols present to identify the Evangelist, but his name is written on the right page of the open book
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Image Source: photograph taken in 2002 by BSI
LBF03:
Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Luke - holding open book - detail
Scene Description: there are no symbols present to identify the Evangelist, but his name is written on the right page of the open book
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Image Source: photograph taken in 2002 by BSI
LBF04:
Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. John - holding open book
Scene Description: there are no symbols present to identify the Evangelist, but his name is written on the right page of the open book; unlike the other three Evangelists, John is represented here without facial hair
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LBF04:
Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. John - holding open book - detail
Scene Description: there are no symbols present to identify the Evangelist, but his name is written on the right page of the open book
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Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. John - with book
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Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Luke - with book
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Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Matthew - with book
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Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Matthew - with book
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design element - motifs - moulding
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design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: multiple mouldings down the stem and lower base -- southwest view of the base
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design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: multiple mouldings down the stem and lower base
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information
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information
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inscription - detail
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inscription - detail
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inscription - detail
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inscription - partial
Scene Description: Mark 16:16 [cf. Font notes and Inscription area]
view of basin - interior
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view of basin - upper view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2023 by BSI
view of basin and baptismal dish - upper view
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view of basin and baptismal dish - upper view
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view of church exterior - north view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mariusz Paździora, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 July 2004 by Mariusz Paździora [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roskilde_katedra_mpazdziora.JPG] [accessed 5 November 2015]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - northwest end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 May 2010 by Christoffer G. Thomsen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:10maj2010_0123.JPG] [accessed 5 November 2015]
Copyright Instructions: Released by its author into the public domain
view of church exterior - south view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Roskilde domkirke från Rådhustorvet"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 February 2006 by Väsk [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roskilde_domkirke_från_Rådhustorvet_corr.jpg] [accessed 5 November 2015]
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view of church interior - altar and retable
Scene Description: Antwerp, 1560; said to have been made originally for Gdańsk
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Reinhard hirth, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2008 by Reinhard hirth [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roskilde-01.JPG] [accessed 5 November 2015]
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view of church interior - altar and retable
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view of church interior - baptismal dish - detail
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view of church interior - baptistery chapel
Scene Description: showing the modern font
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view of church interior - chancel - painting - Saint Lucius - bishop - Saint Olav
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view of church interior - chancel - painting - detail - Christ - Instruments of Passion
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view of church interior - chancel - painting - detail - Saint Olav
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view of church interior - chancel and east end - altar
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view of church interior - choir - stalls - detail - Adoration of Magi - 1st king has removed his crown
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view of church interior - choir - stalls - detail - Baptism of Christ
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view of church interior - choir - stalls - detail - Massacre of the Innocent
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view of church interior - choir - stalls - detail - Nativity of Christ - Mary nursing Child
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view of church interior - choir - stalls - detail - Presentation in the Temple
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view of church interior - choir - stalls - detail - St. Michael slaying the dragon
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view of church interior - choir - stalls - detail - armoured soldier on horseback - battle
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view of church interior - looking east - altar
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view of church interior - nave - ceiling - painting - detail
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christian Bickel, 2005
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 20 May 2005 by Christian Bickel [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roskilde_Dom02.jpg] [accessed 5 November 2015]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Slaunger, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 March 2015 by Slaunger [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_nave_in_Roskilde_Cathedral,_Denmark,_2015-03-31-4816.jpg] [accessed 5 November 2015]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west - chancel arch
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view of church interior - pulpit and sounding board
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view of church interior - pulpit and sounding board
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view of church interior - southwest chapel - detail
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view of church interior - southwest chapel - detail
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view of church interior - southwest chapel - detail
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view of church interior - southwest chapel - detail
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view of church interior - southwest chapel - detail
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view of church interior - southwest chapel - detail
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view of church interior - southwest chapel - detail
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view of church interior - southwest chapel - detail
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view of church interior - southwest chapel - detail
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view of church interior - southwest chapel - detail
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view of church interior - southwest chapel - detail
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view of church interior - southwest chapel - detail - Crucifixion
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view of church interior - southwest chapel - detail - Saint Jerome
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view of church interior - southwest chapel - detail - St. Augustine - St. Christopher and Child
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view of church interior - southwest chapel - detail - saint
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view of church interior - southwest chapel - detail - saints
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view of church interior - southwest chapel - detail - saints - St. John the Baptist - St. Lawrence
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view of font
Scene Description: the modern font
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view of font
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view of font - upper view
Scene Description: he modern font
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view of font in context
Scene Description: showing the modern font
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view of font in context
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view of font in context - southwest view
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INFORMATION
FontID: 16333ROS
Church/Chapel: Roskilde Domkirke
Church Patron Saints: St. Luke
Church Location: Domkirkepladsen 3, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
Country Name: Denmark
Location: Roskilde, Syddanmark
Directions to Site: Located on the island of Zealand / Sjælland
Ecclesiastic Region: Roskildes Stift
Historical Region: Sjælland
Font Location in Church: Inside the cathedral, in the nave, near the chancel
Date: 1602
Century and Period: 17th century (early),
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Credo font
Church Notes: stave church dedicated to the Holy Trinity here ca. 960; demolished for the construction of new church in 1026, completed 1080; expanded through the 12th, 13th and 15thC; damaged in 1443 fire; further expansions and renovation through the centuries
Listed and illustrated in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/kob_amt_1267-1755_02.pdf] [accessed 12 December 2024] as a baptismal font made of bronza and dated 1602; the DK notes the foundry stamp on it is unknown, but the coats of arms are idenified as those of Frederich Gotske and Jacop Wind. The DK entry notes two other fonts, of granite, but it is quite likely they were acquired in the 19th century from elsewhere, one from a bricklayer and another from a Wulfsberg merchant, not belonging originally to the cathedral. On-site notes: bronze baptismal font dated 1602; it consists of a round basin with a pronounced lip rim, below which is an inscription with the Credo (Mark 16:16); moulded stem and wide round lower base that has four seated figures at 90-degree angles; three of the figures are almost identical, with well-cut beards but the fourth looks younger and has no beard; their identification is made clear by the right page of the book they each hold, clearly stating the Evangelist's name. [NB: there may have been a church in this location since the 10th century, but we have no information on its earlier font(s)].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
55.642778,
12.08
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
55° 38′ 34″ N,
12° 4′ 48″ E
UTM: 33U 316239 6170190
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
metal, bronze
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 4-4.5 cm**
Diameter (inside rim): 85 cm**
Diameter (includes rim): 93-94 cm**
Basin Depth: 40 cm**
Basin Total Height: 52 cm**
Height of Base: 32-33 cm** [4 figs.]
Font Height (less Plinth): 104 cm* / **
Notes on Measurements: * Danmarks Kirker / ** BSI on-site
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Notes: (Mark 16:16) Latin Vulgate
Inscription Location: 1. beneath the upper rim
2. on the sides of the upper base
3. on the right page of the open book held by each seated figure
3. incised on the lower end of the seated figures, front side
Inscription Text: 1. "QVicvnqve CREDIDERIT ET BAPTIZATVS FVERIT SALVVS ERIT -- VERO NON CREDIDERIT CONDEMNABITVR"
2. "ANNO 1602"
3. "EVANGELISTE * S * [mattevs] / EVANGELISTE * S * MARCVS / EVANGELISTE * S * LVCAS / EVANGELISTE * S * IOHANHES"
3. "IHC"
Inscription Source: Images Area
REFERENCES
Danmarks Kirker, Nationalmuseet i København. Accessed: 2024-12-12 00:00:00. URL: http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk.