Hover

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B01: Apostle or saint? - haloed - seated - at a table - unidentified - 3

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

B02: Christ - standing - haloed - crucidferous halo

Scene Description: coukld be holding something in the right hand

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

B03: Christ - Christ in Majesty - cruciferous halo - holding cross in left hand - right hand raised in benediction

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

B04: Virgin Mary?

Scene Description: seated female figure gestures towards Christ in the previous arch

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

B05: Apostle or saint - St. Michael - slaying the dragon

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

B06: Apostle or saint? - unidentified - 2

Scene Description: two figures

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

B07: Apostle or saint? - female? - orant - unidentified

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

B08: Apostle or saint? - haloed - standing - holding book in the left hand - riight hand raised - before an altar? - unidentified

Scene Description: or is it Christ?

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

B09: design element - architectural - arch-head - round - 8

Scene Description: each containing figures or scenes

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

BBL01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

BS01: symbol - cross

on at least three of the spandrels of the arcade; this one is to the right of the St. Michael and the dragon scene; the shape of the crosses varies

Scene Description: on at least three of the spandrels of the arcade; this one is to the right of the St. Michael and the dragon scene; the shape of the crosses varies

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

information

Image Source: digital image of field notes taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

Copyright Instructions: NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

information

Image Source: digital image of field notes taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

Copyright Instructions: NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

view of base

Scene Description: note how the bottom of the base is buried in the flooring [probably no more than an inch or so]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

view of basin - east side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

view of basin - northwest side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

view of basin - southeast side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

view of basin - southwest side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

view of basin - upper view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

view of church exterior - south door

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast view

view of church exterior - tower

Scene Description: detached bell tower; modern

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

view of church exterior - west end

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel arch - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

view of church interior - crucifix

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - looking east - chancel

Scene Description: the font partly visible on the left, just west of the chancel arch

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: the ceiling painted by Mogens Jørgensen in 1955

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

view of font - east side

Scene Description: St. Michal fighting the dragon

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

view of font - north side

Scene Description: on the right, a figure in orant position; female?

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

view of font - northeast side

Scene Description: on the left, two figures, apparently haloed

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

view of font - northwest side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

view of font - south side

Scene Description: Christ in Majesty

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

view of font - southeast side

Scene Description: female haloed figure seated and pointing towards the enthroned Christ in the previous arch

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

view of font - southwest side

Scene Description: Christ standing, haloed

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

view of font - west side

Scene Description: scene with three haloed figures at a table

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 00212HOV

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Hover Kirke

Church Location: Hover, Hovervej 95, 6971 Spjald, Denmark

Country Name: Denmark

Location: Midtjylland, Jylland

Directions to Site: Located E of road 11, N of road 15, about 20 km NE of Ringkøbing, in the municipality Ringkøbing-Skjern, in W Jutland

Ecclesiastic Region: Haderslev Stift

Historical Region: formerly Törrild Herred

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end of the nave, N side, just W of the chancel arch

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Church Notes: early-12thC(?) Romanesque church has 16thC mural paintings; also, the ceiling painted in a non-figurative, abstract manner by Mogens Jørgensen in 1955 (Karlsson, 1981, caption to an ill. between pp. 24-25)

Font Notes: Click to view

Chalice-shaped font has square lower base. The basin has figures/scenes framed by round arches (description based on ill. in Hartling, 1964, between pp. 24-25). Nordstrom (1984) says the Legend of St. Nicholas is represented. On-site notes: the carving on rough granite does not help with the identification; at least two of the scenes incklude Christ; does not really include the usual elements of the St. Nicholas legend; even if the table were a bed, the figures are haloed, which would not make much sense in the context of the St. Nicholas legend . A scene of Christ in Majesty, on the south side; Christ standing, on the southwest side; St. Michael slaying the dragon, on the east side; these three scenes are the only fairly certain identifications of the eight the basin contains. The base is round-to-square, and part of it is buried in the flooring, probably not much, the depth of the tiles, about an inch or so. The inside of the basin well is filled with sand, so we could not look for evidence of a drain [some of these granite fonts of the area do not have any drainage]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.143056, 8.411111

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 8′ 35″ N, 8° 24′ 40″ E

UTM: 32V 463408 6222158

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

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

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

Rim Thickness: 10-11 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 60-61 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 82 cm

Basin Depth: [cf. FontNotes]

Basin Total Height: 75 cm

Height of Base: 27 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 102 cm [there could be an additional inch or so buried in the flooring]

Square Base Dimensions: 45 x 45 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI on site

REFERENCES

Hartling, Poul, Danish Church, [København?]: Det danske Selskab, 1964