Helsingor No. 2 / Helsingør / Elsinor

Results: 12 records

angel - cherub - head - 4

animal - mammal - feline - claw - 4

Scene Description: at the bottom of the pedestal base

design element - patterns - gadrooned

Scene Description: on the sides and underbowl

design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: very stylised, on the four sides

human figure - female - bust - 4

Scene Description: holding garlands hanging from ring handles

view of church exterior - courtyard

view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: a view of Helsingør showing the Domkirke on the left and Sankt Mariæ Kirke, of more modest proportion, on the right

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bjoertvedt, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 May 2012 by Bjoertvedt [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DK_Helsingör_Domkirke_and_Sct_Marie_Kirke_IMG_5901.jpg] [accessed 17 November 2016]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church interior - alms box

view of church interior - ceiling - painting

Scene Description: of the many beautiful paintings decorating the interior of the church

view of church interior - nave - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nico-dk, 2007

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 August 2007 by Nico-dk [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sankt_Mariae_Helsingoer-_Midterskibet.jpg] [accessed 17 November 2016]

Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated / CC-BY-2.5

view of church interior - nave - looking west

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nick-D, 2015

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 September 2015 by Nick-D [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interior_of_Sankt_Mariæ_Kirke_in_September_2015.jpg] [accessed 17 November 2016]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of font and cover

INFORMATION

FontID: 20798HEL
Church/Chapel: Sankt Mariæ Kirke [aka Vor Frue Kloster]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Sct Anna Gade 38, 3000 Helsingør, Denmark -- Tel.: +45 49 21 17 74
Country Name: Denmark
Location: Frederiksborg, Sjælland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel
Date: 1584
Century and Period: 16th century(late),
Church Notes: original Carmelite Priory priory established 1430, destroyed in a fire in 1450; re-built ca. 1500; disused, became a church for the German community on town ca. 1577; became parochial 1819; fully restored 1900-1907; renovated 1997
The present baptismal font in this church is described and illustrated in Denmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Frederiksborg_0290-0509.pdf] [accessed 17 November 2016], is made of a grey sandstone, probably imported from the Netherlands; it consists of a shallow round basin with a gadrooned pattern on the sides ond underbowl, with four female busts holding garlands attached to fake ring handles, arranged at 90-degree angles on the basin sides, below a lip moulding at the upper rim; the baluster-shaped pedestal has ribbed pattern on the sides, with cherub heads at the top, and feline claws at the bottom. The DK entry (ibid.) notes that this font was at some point at the Helsingør Domkirke, where it is documented in 1644, but was probably moved here in the 1800s. The brass cover and baptismal dish are probably also late-16th century, of the time when the church was used by the German community of Helsingør.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.036944, 12.613333
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 2′ 13″ N, 12° 36′ 48″ E
UTM: 33V 351307 6212761

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 88 cm*
Font Height (with Plinth): 103 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Denmarks Kirker 9cf. FontNotes]

LID INFORMATION

Material: metal, brass
Apparatus: no