Ejby / Egbye

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Results: 15 records

Apostle or saint - Apostles - 12

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Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Peter - holding keys

Scene Description: Source caption: " Ejby Kirke (Køge Kommune) i Danmark. Ejby kirke, døbefont"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2006

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Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Philip - with object?

Scene Description: Source caption: " Ejby Kirke (Køge Kommune) i Danmark. Ejby kirke, døbefont"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2006

Image Source: digital photograph 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Ejbyx(18).jpg] [accessed 26 March 2024]

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Apostle or saint - St. Canut?

Scene Description: "Den cylindriske fod er udsmykket med fire figurer: en siddende konge med spyd (Sankt Knud ?), en siddende konge med økse (Sankt Olav), Kristus og endelig en stående figur i lang kjortel. De fire figurer er adskilt af stiliserede træer" [cf. FontNotes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2006

Image Source: digital photograph 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Ejbyx(24).jpg] [accessed 26 March 2024]

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Apostle or saint - St. Olav?

Scene Description: "Den cylindriske fod er udsmykket med fire figurer: en siddende konge med spyd (Sankt Knud ?), en siddende konge med økse (Sankt Olav), Kristus og endelig en stående figur i lang kjortel. De fire figurer er adskilt af stiliserede træer" [cf. FontNotes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2006

Image Source: digital photograph 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Ejbyx(24).jpg] [accessed 26 March 2024]

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Christ

Scene Description: "Den cylindriske fod er udsmykket med fire figurer: en siddende konge med spyd (Sankt Knud ?), en siddende konge med økse (Sankt Olav), Kristus og endelig en stående figur i lang kjortel. De fire figurer er adskilt af stiliserede træer" [cf. FontNotes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2006

Image Source: digital photograph 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Ejbyx(24).jpg] [accessed 26 March 2024]

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design element - architectural - column - clustered columns - with capitals and bases

Scene Description: between the figures

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2006

Image Source: digital photograph 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Ejbyx(14).jpg] [accessed 26 March 2024]

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2006

Image Source: digital photograph 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Ejbyx(24).jpg] [accessed 26 March 2024]

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design element - motifs - vine - acanthus

Scene Description: all around below the rim

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2006

Image Source: digital photograph 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Ejbyx(14).jpg] [accessed 26 March 2024]

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view of church exterior - north portal - tympanum

Scene Description: Source caption: " Ejby Kirke (Køge Kommune) i Danmark. Tympanon mod nord"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2006

Image Source: digital photograph 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Ejbyx(11).jpg] [accessed 26 March 2024]

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view of church exterior - south portal - tympanum

Scene Description: Source caption: " Ejby Kirke (Køge Kommune) i Danmark. Tympanon mod syd"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2006

Image Source: digital photograph 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Ejbyx(08).jpg] [accessed 26 March 2024]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Ejby (Køge) fra sydøst"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bococo, 2006

Image Source: digital photograph 29 October 2006 by Bococo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:05-03-06-d3_Ejby_(Køge).jpg] [accessed 26 March 2024]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: " Ejby Kirke (Køge Kommune) i Danmark. Skibet set mod øst"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2006

Image Source: digital photograph 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Ejbyx(03).jpg] [accessed 26 March 2024]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: " Ejby Kirke (Køge Kommune) i Danmark. Ejby kirke, døbefont"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2006

Image Source: digital photograph 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Ejbyx(14).jpg] [accessed 26 March 2024]

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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Danmarks Kirker, Nationalmuseet i København

Image Source: digital image of an undated B&W photograph in Danmarks Kirker, Nationalmuseet i København [accessed 26 March 2024]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 25396EJB
Church/Chapel: Ejby Kirke
Church Location: Dalbyvej 58, Ejby, 4623 Lille Skensved, Denmark -- Tel.: 40 59 24 48
Country Name: Denmark
Location: Sjælland
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the E20, in the municipality and 8 km WNW of Køge
Ecclesiastic Region: Roskilde Stift
Historical Region: Ramsø Herred
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the NW area of the nave
Date: [ca. 1300?]
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Gothic
Church Notes: church first mentioned 1098; modified 14th and 16thC
Inventoried and illustrated in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/kob_amt_1206-1224.pdf] [accessed 26 March 2024] as a baptismal font made of Gotland limestone ca. 1300; the roughly hemispherical basin, which has no drain hole, is decorated with the standing figures of the Twelve Apostles, seprated by columns without arches; the cyclindrical base is decorated with a seated king holding a spear (St. Canut?), a seated king holding an ax (St Olav?), Christ and a standing unidentified figure; stylised trees bet ween the figures; roll moulding at each end of the base, the upper one repaired with cement, the lower one only partially visible above the flooring; the DK entry also mentions two baptismal dishes in the church, one of 1637, the other of 1801.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.490097, 12.0737
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 29′ 24.35″ N, 12° 4′ 25.32″ E
UTM: 33U 315126 6153223

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (Gotland)
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 105 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Danmarks Kirke

REFERENCES

Danmarks Kirker, Nationalmuseet i København. Accessed: 2024-03-26 00:00:00. URL: http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk.