Lille Lyngby
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view of font - upper view
Scene Description: with the brass baptismal dish on it
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen [www.nordenskirker.dk/Tidligere/Lille_Lyngby_kirke/Lillyngby(15).JPG] [accessed 17 December 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5
human figure - warrior - on horseback
Scene Description: the rider and ride are not proportionate; the horse, if that is what is meant to be, would be the size of a large dog in comparison to the human rider
Old Testament - the time of Samson - the book of Judges - Samson - fighting a lion
Scene Description: Samson riding the lion
design element - motifs - rope moulding - 2
Scene Description: braid-like
Old Testament - story of David - with harp
angel - showing wings
Scene Description: this side is much damaged
view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen [www.nordenskirker.dk/Tidligere/Lille_Lyngby_kirke/Lillyngby(01).JPG] [accessed 17 December 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen [www.nordenskirker.dk/Tidligere/Lille_Lyngby_kirke/Lillyngby(09).JPG] [accessed 17 December 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5
INFORMATION
Font ID: 00170LIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 1997-07-07
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?
Church / Chapel Name: Lille Lyngby Kirke
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, by the S doorway
Church Address: Lille Lyngbyvej 23, 3320 Skævinge, Denmark
Site Location: Frederiksborg, Sjælland, Denmark, Europe
Directions to Site: Located near Arresø, in the municipality of Hillerød [in Skævinge until 2007], Nordsjælland
Ecclesiastic Region: Helsingør stift
Historical Region: Strø herred, Frederiksborg amt
Font Notes:
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On-site notes: the font is carved from granite; it has a double rope motif carved around the upper edge of the basin; the basin is quatrefoil-shaped, with four figures/scenes carved on angled the sides of the basin; from left to right: King David with his Harp, an angel, a rider on a very small quadruped, and Samson and the Lion; the bowl does not have a drainage hole in it and the base is a separate piece; the font is very plain and the figures are primitive; the side with the angel is badly damaged. No font cover presnt.
COORDINATES
UTM: 33U 321418 6204338
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 55.951158, 12.139796
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 55° 57′ 4.17″ N, 12° 8′ 23.27″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: chalice-shaped, quatrefoil, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: quatrefoiled
Basin Exterior Shape: quatrefoiled
Drainage System: no drainage system
Drainage Notes: No drainage system.
Rim Thickness: 12-15 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 40-63 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 67-90 cm
Height of Basin Side: 45 cm
Basin Total Height: 50 cm
Height of Base: 30 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 85 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site
REFERENCES
- Nordström, Folke, Mediaeval Baptismal Fonts: An Iconographical Study, Stockholm: Universitetet i Umeå, 1984, p. 56f.