Odense No. 4

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Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. John - symbol - eagle - with book

Scene Description: Source caption: "Baptismal font in St. Knuds church (the cathedral) in Odense, Denmark. Made by Bernt (Berent) Bodemann from Lübeck in 1620."

Image Source: edited detail of a 7 March 2015 digital photograph by Hans A. Rosbach [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Odense_Domkirke_2015-03-07-30.jpg] [accessed 5 January 2025-

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Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Luke - symbol - ox - with book

Scene Description: Source caption: "Baptismal font in St. Knuds church (the cathedral) in Odense, Denmark. Made by Bernt (Berent) Bodemann from Lübeck in 1620."

Image Source: edited detail of a 7 March 2015 digital photograph by Hans A. Rosbach [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Odense_Domkirke_2015-03-07-34.jpg] [accessed 5 January 2025-

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Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Mark - symbol - lion - with book

Scene Description: Source caption: "Baptismal font in St. Knuds church (the cathedral) in Odense, Denmark. Made by Bernt (Berent) Bodemann from Lübeck in 1620."

Image Source: edited detail of a 7 March 2015 digital photograph by Hans A. Rosbach [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Odense_Domkirke_2015-03-07-33.jpg] [accessed 5 January 2025-

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Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Matthew - symbol - angel - with book

Scene Description: Source caption: "Baptismal font in St. Knuds church (the cathedral) in Odense, Denmark. Made by Bernt (Berent) Bodemann from Lübeck in 1620."

Image Source: edited detail of a 7 March 2015 digital photograph by Hans A. Rosbach [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Odense_Domkirke_2015-03-07-32.jpg] [accessed 5 January 2025-

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design element - motifs - foliage

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 May 2023 by BSI

information

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 May 2023 by BSI

information

Scene Description: description of the baptismal font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 May 2023 by BSI

information

Scene Description: related to the burial of St Canute in this church

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 May 2023 by BSI

information

Scene Description: related to the burial of St Canute in this church

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 May 2023 by BSI

inscription

Scene Description: identifying the maker, Berent Bodemann it [cf. Inscription Area]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 May 2023 by BSI

symbol - Christian IV

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "A photograph of Saint Canute's Cathedral on a cloudy day in Odense, Denmark."

Image Source: digital photograph 8 June 2022 by Samuel Damon [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Canute's_Cathedral.jpg] [accessed 5 January 2025]

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view of church interior - chancel - altar and retable

Scene Description: retable by Claus Berg (1475-1535)

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel - altar and retable - detail

Scene Description: retable by Claus Berg (1475-1535)

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Interiören i Odense domkyrka, Denmark"

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 26 July 2006 by Henrik Sendelbach [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Odense_domkirke_interior_contrast.jpg] [accessed 5 January 2025]

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view of church interior - pulpit and sounding board

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - tomb - St. Canute - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - tomb - St. Canute - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - tomb - St. Canute - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 May 2023 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 May 2023 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 25777ODE

Church/Chapel: Sankt Knuds Domkirke

Church Patron Saints: St. Canute [Knud den Hellige]

Church Location: Klingenberg 19, 5000 Odense C, Denmark

Country Name: Denmark

Location: Fyn, Syddanmark

Directions to Site: Located inside ring-road O2, N of the E20, at the SW tip of the Odense fjord, on the island of Fyn

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave

Date: 1620

Century and Period: 17th century (early), Late Gothic

Workshop/Group/Artisan: by Bernt Bodemann of Lübeck

Church Notes: church reported built ca. 1095; burned down 1247; re-built ca. 1300; completed 1499; tower of 1586; church restored 1870s

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Chalice-shaped baptismal font made of metal (bronze and brass) by the Bernt Bodemann of Lübeck in 1620; the date and maker are identified in the inscription below the upper rim; also inscribed on it are Christ's monogram IHS and the emblem of king Christian IV and his motto [cf. InscriptionArea]. there is a band of inicised stylised foliage below the main inscription; the neck of the vessel is made of brass, the basin and base are bronze; the square base has the seated figures of the Four Evangelists, each holding a book and accompanied by his symbol on the left. The baptismal dish was made of silver and donated to the cathedral in 1764; it bears the coats of arms of the donating families, von Bergen and Landorph [cf. ImagesArea for source material]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.3954, 10.388989

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 23′ 43.44″ N, 10° 23′ 20.36″ E

UTM: 32U 587973 6139670

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, bronze and brass

Font Shape: chalice-shaped -- round (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: rp

Basin Exterior Shape: round

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: German?

Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes and ImagesArea]

Inscription Location: on the basin side

Inscription Text: 1) "SASLIGE ERRE DE SOMTRO OG BLIFWE DOEBTE MICH GVS BERENT BODEMANN ZU LVBECK 1620" 2) "IHS" 3) [monogram of king Christian IV and his motto R[egna] F[irmat] P[ietas]

Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes and ImagesArea]