Kallundborg Kirke

eller Kapeller i Centralform stærkt benyttede ved verdslige og gejstlige Stormænds Borge og Gaarde, og Danmark har paa dette Omraade kun fulgt almindelig europæisk Sæd og Skik. Føjes dertil den i sig selv borgagtige Karakter, den taarn< rige Kirke frembød, og de Antydninger af fortifikatoriske En- keltheder, der endnu hist og her spores i Kirkens Byggemaas de, kan man med Tryghed karakterisere den nuværende Kais lundborg Kirke som Esbern Snares Borgkirke, beregnet fors trinsvis til ham selv og hans Husstand. Det er ogsaa i denne Sammenhæng værd at lægge Mærke til, at der i vestre Kors? arm hverken er Vinduer over Portalen eller i Vesttaarnets to Skraasider mod Vest. Dette tyder paa, at der her — over Pors talen — har været et Pulpitur af Træ, bestemt for Borgens Herskab, et Herskabskor med særlig Opgang, svarende til lignende i saa mange andre af Datidens Kirkebygninger. V. L. 13th centuries. Here the central form was much used for churches and chapels built in connection with the manor of both noblemen and clergy, and in this matter Denmark has only followed the general European custom and fashion. Add to this the very castleslike appearance, which the manystowered Kallundborg Church presented, and the traces of fortifications observable in details in the construction of the church, and we are safe in characterising the Kallundborg Church of tosday as the castle^church of Esbern Snare, built for his own private devotion’s and for his household. In this connection it is important to note that in the western transept there are neither windows over the entrance, nor in the west tower in the two walls sloping toward the west. This might indicate that here — over the entrance— was a wooden gab lery, intended for the seigneurial family, and a room with a special entrance reserved for their use, similar to what is found in so many churches of that time. V. L.