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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

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B02: Christ - standing - haloed - crucidferous halo

Scene Description: coukld be holding something in the right hand

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

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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

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B05: angel - archangel - St. Michael - slaying the dragon

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

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B06: Apostle or saint? - unidentified - 2

Scene Description: two figures

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

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

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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

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

Scene Description: each containing figures or scenes

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BBL01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

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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

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view of font - northwest side

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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

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view of font - northeast side

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

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

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view of font - east side

Scene Description: St. Michal fighting the dragon

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

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view of font - southeast side

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

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view of font - south side

Scene Description: Christ in Majesty

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

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view of font - southwest side

Scene Description: Christ standing, haloed

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

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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

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view of basin - northwest side

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view of basin - east side

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view of basin - southeast side

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view of basin - southwest side

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view of basin - upper view

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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

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view of church exterior - south door

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

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view of church exterior - west end

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

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view of church interior - crucifix

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

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view of church interior - chancel arch - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2010 by BSI

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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

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: the ceiling painted by Mogens Jørgensen in 1955

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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]

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information

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

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information

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

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 00212HOV

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Date Visited: 2010-08-21

Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Church / Chapel Name: Hover Kirke

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

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)

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

Site Location: Midtjylland, Jylland, Denmark, Europe

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 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

UTM: 32V 463408 6222158

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 56.143056, 8.411111

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

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, ill. and caption between pp. 24-25