Tveje Merlose / Tveje Merløse

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2023 by BSI

information

Scene Description: information on a watercolour rendering of a painting discovered under the plaster; the original painting is now gone; only the watercolour reproductions remain under glass

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2023 by BSI

information

Scene Description: information on a watercolour rendering of a painting discovered under the plaster; the original painting is now gone; only the watercolour reproductions remain under glass

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2023 by BSI

information

Scene Description: information on a watercolour rendering of a painting discovered under the plaster; the original painting is now gone; only the watercolour reproductions remain under glass

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2023 by BSI

information

Scene Description: information on a watercolour rendering of a painting discovered under the plaster; the original painting is now gone; only the watercolour reproductions remain under glass

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2023 by BSI

information

Scene Description: information on a watercolour rendering of a painting discovered under the plaster; the original painting is now gone; only the watercolour reproductions remain under glass

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2023 by BSI

information

Image Source: Field notes taken on site by BSI

view of basin - upper view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - northeast view

Image Source: digital image of a 1893 B&W photograph by Otto Conr. Greve, reproduced in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Holbaek_2953-3011.pdf] [accessed 11 July 2023]

Copyright Instructions: Assumed PD

view of church exterior - northeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - south view - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast end

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast view - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - southwest end

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - southwest end - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - west façade

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - west view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - alms box

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel arch

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel arch and east end

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - east end

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - looking west

Scene Description: the paintings on the west wall are faint but they appear to be related to the Baltic Crusades (HST)

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - monument

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - monument - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - monument - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - monument - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - painting - detail

digital image of a watercolour rendering of a painting discovered under the plaster; the original painting is now gone; only the watercolour reproductions remain under glass

Scene Description: digital image of a watercolour rendering of a painting discovered under the plaster; the original painting is now gone; only the watercolour reproductions remain under glass

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - painting - detail

Scene Description: digital image of a watercolour rendering of a painting discovered under the plaster; the original painting is now gone; only the watercolour reproductions remain under glass

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - painting - detail

Scene Description: digital image of a watercolour rendering of a painting discovered under the plaster; the original painting is now gone; only the watercolour reproductions remain under glass

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - painting - detail

Scene Description: digital image of a watercolour rendering of a painting discovered under the plaster; the original painting is now gone; only the watercolour reproductions remain under glass

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - painting - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - painting - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - west end - door

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2023 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2023 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 24765TVE

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Tveje Merløse Kirke

Church Location: Tveje-Merløse 22, 4300 Holbæk, Denmark -- Tel.: +45 59 43 24 53

Country Name: Denmark

Location: Nordsjælland, Sjælland

Directions to Site: Located off (W) road 57 [aka Valdemar Sejrsvej], in the municipality and 2-3 km S of Holbæk

Ecclesiastic Region: Roskilde Stift

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel, N side

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century (?) [basin only], Romanesque [basin only]

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Roskildetype

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the church warden for the help and information provided during our visit

Church Notes: church probably 1125-1150; modified later Middle Ages; restored and renovated 19thC

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted and illustrated in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Holbaek_2953-3011.pdf] [accessed 11 July 2023] as a baptismal font on a later, 1894, base, both made of granite; the cracked basin had a metal cinch all around but it was later removed; the font was located in the tower space in 1860 but was later moved to the Roskilde Museum (inv. nr. 98-55). The entry for this church in the LEX Danmarks Nationalleksikon [https://lex.dk/Tveje_Merløse_Kirke] [accessed 28 December 2024] reports a baptismal font of granite of the Roskildetype: "https://lex.dk/Tveje_Merløse_Kirke] [accessed 28 December 2024]. The font corresponding to the DK entry [cf. supra] is located inside the church at this time [26 May 2023].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.692694, 11.698639

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 41′ 33.7″ N, 11° 41′ 55.1″ E

UTM: 32U 669618 6175179

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

Rim Thickness: 13-15 cm**

Diameter (inside rim): 49-51 cm**

Diameter (includes rim): 79 cm* / 77-79 cm**

Basin Depth: 26 cm**

Basin Total Height: 43 cm**

Height of Base: 40 cm** [modern]

Font Height (less Plinth): 83 cm** [inludes modern base]

Notes on Measurements: * Danmarks Kirker / ** BSI on-site

REFERENCES

Danmarks Kirker, Nationalmuseet i København. Accessed: 2024-12-28 00:00:00. URL: http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk.