Kallundborg Kirke

Fig. 32. Prætoriet i Mousmieh i Syrien. Indre. — The Prætorium at Mousmieh, Syria. Interior. IV FORBILLEDER OG HERKOMST IKallundborg Kirkes Plan og Opbygning krydses forskellige arkitektoniske Ideer. I denne Bygning har bundfældet sig Tanker, opstaaede til vidt forskellige Tider i den klassiske Oldtid, ændrede og udviklede i Middelalderens ældre Aarhun* dreder, indtil de paa mærkelig selvstændig Vis er bleven bragt i Anvendelse paa denne sjællandske Murstenskirke i Valdes marernes frodige og skabende Lid. Men Kallundborg Kirke Fig. 33. Prætoriet i Mousmieh. Plan. — The Prætorium at Mousmieh. Plan. IV PROTOTYPES AND ORIGIN IN the plan and construction of Kallundborg Church many architectonic ideas cross. In this building are blended thoughts derived from various periods of classical antiquity, modified and developed through the later centuries of the Middle Ages, until, witli a stränge and independent undere standing, thcy are given form in this Zealand brick church from the luxuriant creative period of the Valdemars. How* ever the rich variety in Kallundborg Church may not be fully understood without an analytical investigation of the basic principles on which it is composed. The church, both in plan and construction, is built, plainly enough, over a main central section and over four transepts extending from this. The central section seems to be an independent building. Here it is that the original idea of the church as a unity must be sought. Very characteristic of this section of the church is the square form, divided on a double axis into three naves in such a way that the central section forms a complété independent central construction of which the middle square section do: minâtes leaving only room for small squares in the corners and narrow rectangular sections off the central section. This composition already gives the main part of Kallundborg