Kallundborg Kirke

1'-’w.; hig. 11. Vcstportal. — Western entrance. uden Granitkarm og Tympanon, og med Sidernes Murstenspro« filer fortsat helt ned til Jordlinjen (men forneden af nye Mun- kesten fra 1870). Ved Fjernelse af alt nyere Murværk fandtes Rester af den oprindelige Underkarmssten af en blaagraa haard Kalksten, og i Murværket fandtes meget tydelige Af« tryk dels af Sidekarmsstenene, der havde udgjort een Længde, dels af Tympanonstenen og af Granitsoklerne under Sidernes Murstensprofiler 3. Da Granitkarm og Tympanon i Vestporta« len er oprindelige og uden nogen Slags Udsmykning, er søndre Korsarms Portals Granitdele ved den sidste Restaurering ud« førte paa samme Maade. Portalens Murstensprofiler bestaar af Formsten; det halvcirkelformede Buestik er halvstens og omgivet af et Fladskifte, hvorom igen et Rulskifte med Flad« skifte; Stikket fortsætter sig ind paa den skraa Taarnmur. Indvendig har Portalen skraa Smige i Sider og Bue; Buesmigen er pudset indtil en halv Sten fra Buekanten. I Modsætning til de to andre Portaler har denne ikke haft indvendige Huller for Stængebomme 4. Foran denne Portal var det nu forsvund« ne gotiske Vaabenhus, som det ses paa et gammelt Maleri af Kirken før 1827 (Fig. 16). Nordportalen (P. VIII og Fig. 10) er paa de ældre Opmaa« lingsplaner vist med et ret stort Fremspring fra Taarnmuren, og alt tyder paa, at det er den oprindelige Portal man har bort« hugget ved Restaureringen i 1870. Ved at fjerne alt nyere Mur« værk saa man de friske Brud af det borthuggede Fremspring, hvis Sidelinjer tydeligt kunde følges; endvidere fandtesiJorden det oprindelige Kampestensfundament bevaret, ligesom tyde« lige Aftryk i Murværket af de oprindelige Granitkarme med Tympanon viste, at Portalens Karmparti havde ligget betydelig the tympanum of the west portal are original and show no decoration whatever, under the last restoration the granite parts of the entrance to the south transept were made in the same way. The profiles of the entrances consist of mould bricks. The semi«circular scheme«arch is of half«bricks and is surrounded by a flat«course about which again is an edge« course with a flat«course. The arch continues into the oblique wall of the tower. On the inside the entrance has oblique sides and arch. Underneath, the arch is plastered as far as half a brick from the edge of the arch. In contrast to the other two entrances, this one has not had inside holes for the wooden bars 4. In front of this entrance was the Gothic porch, now destroyed, and which is seen in an old painting of the church prior to 1827 (Fig. 16). Older drawings (Plate VIII and Fig. 10) show the north en« trance to have been in a rather large projection from the wall of the tower. Everything seems to indicate that this entrance, untouched until then, was removed under the restoration in 1870. By removing the new walls the fresh marks from hewing away the projection appeared and the lines of its sides could be plainly traced. In the ground was found the original hard« stone foundation, and in the walls clear marks of the original granite casement with tympanum, all of which proved that the casement of the entrance lay much further forward than it was placed under the restoration in 1870. Older drawings plainly showed the profiles in which an original remaining mould«brick was found in the oldest walls. As according to the older drawings, this was the only form of profile used in this entrance, the projection of the entrance could be exactly determined and corresponds moreover to the foun« dations. Closer investigations of the original wall above the entrance behind the new shell«wall, revealed various ver« tical grooves and hewn headers showing that the upper part of the projection was completed by corbel«steps similar to crenellated gothic gables,—all of whose joints could be ex« actly determined. Under restoration the surfaces of the steps have been given a covering of bricks as it was impossible to determine whether they were covered in this way, with lead, or with tiles. On the inside the entrance has oblique sides and the arch plastered. In the bevels of the sides holes were found for bars 5. Before the restoration of 1870 the west entrance too, was placed in a projection which was considerably larger than the one on the north transept. However already at that time this had been changed to an entrance in Baroque style, which per« haps made the question of its genuineness doubtful. When the masonry was removed the same conditions were found as at the north entrance. The side lines of the projection, the upper contours and parts of the foundation were preserved in such condition that the entrance could be restored to its original form, which, in the detail of the corbel«steps, differed somewhat from the north entrance (Pl. VIII and Fig. 11). It ap« peared, moreover, that the granite slabs of the tympanum and the jambs were original, and were embedded undisturbed in their place in the original wall. However, in 1870 the granite seems to have been hewn and the corners bevelled. At this en« trance, too, we were fortunate enough to find in the old walls a 10