Lihme / Lime
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Results: 57 records
B01: human figure - 2 - inside building
Scene Description: unidentified scene; the two figures appear to face each other; the one on the left appears to be seated; fancy building, palace or church?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2010 by Hideko Bondesen [www.nordenskirker.dk] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lihmez(63)doebefont.JPG] [accessed 30 November 2017]
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B02: human figure - St George - warrior - with shield and sword - dragon - fighting
![[cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1171130037_compressed.png)
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2010 by Hideko Bondesen [www.nordenskirker.dk] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lihmez(62)doebefont.JPG] [accessed 30 November 2017]
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B03: hunting scene - hunter - with spear - with dog - slaying animal
![[cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1171130036_compressed.png)
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2010 by Hideko Bondesen [www.nordenskirker.dk] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lihmez(59)doebefont.JPG] [accessed 30 November 2017]
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B04: symbol - tree - Tree of life - with 2 beasts
![[cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1171130035_compressed.png)
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2010 by Hideko Bondesen [www.nordenskirker.dk] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lihmez(58)doebefont.JPG] [accessed 30 November 2017]
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B05: hunting scene - stag or deer hunting - hunter on horseback - with sword - with dog
Scene Description: the prey, at the extreme right and facing the opposite way, appears to be unaware of the chase
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2010 by Hideko Bondesen [www.nordenskirker.dk] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lihmez(56)doebefont.JPG] [accessed 30 November 2017]
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B05: hunting scene - stag or deer hunting - hunter on horseback - with sword - with dog
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2010 by Hideko Bondesen [www.nordenskirker.dk] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lihmez(55)doebefont.JPG] [accessed 30 November 2017]
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view of font - northwest side
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view of font - St George and dragon
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2010 by Hideko Bondesen [www.nordenskirker.dk] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lihmez(54)doebefont.JPG] [accessed 30 November 2017]
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view of font
Scene Description: showing the font ca. 1900
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken by I.T.H. in 1900 p. 643
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view of basin - detail - tree - animals
![partial scene: a tree [Tree of Life?] in the centre appears to be a feeding plant for two quadrupeds; the one on the left, long-horned like an antilope or ibex, is in a rampant pose to the left of the tree; another quadruped, looking more like a goat, feeds (?) on the tree on the right side [cf, FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1241207074_compressed.png)
Scene Description: partial scene: a tree [Tree of Life?] in the centre appears to be a feeding plant for two quadrupeds; the one on the left, long-horned like an antilope or ibex, is in a rampant pose to the left of the tree; another quadruped, looking more like a goat, feeds (?) on the tree on the right side [cf, FontNotes]
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 May 2023 by BSI
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view of basin - detail - hunting scene - deer
![partial scene: a reindeer (?) stands looking left to the right of the tree in the previous scene but appears to be the prey of a mounted hunter and his large mastif coming from the right [cf, FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1241207073_compressed.png)
Scene Description: partial scene: a reindeer (?) stands looking left to the right of the tree in the previous scene but appears to be the prey of a mounted hunter and his large mastif coming from the right [cf, FontNotes]
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 May 2023 by BSI
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view of basin - detail - tree - deer - dog
![partial scene: a tree [Tree of Life?] in the centre appears to be a feeding plant for two quadrupeds; the one on the left, long-horned like an antilope or ibex, is in a rampant pose to the left of the tree; another quadruped, looking more like a goat, feeds (?) on the tree on the right side [cf, FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1241207072_compressed.png)
Scene Description: partial scene: a tree [Tree of Life?] in the centre appears to be a feeding plant for two quadrupeds; the one on the left, long-horned like an antilope or ibex, is in a rampant pose to the left of the tree; another quadruped, looking more like a goat, feeds (?) on the tree on the right side [cf, FontNotes]
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 May 2023 by BSI
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view of basin - detail - hunting scene
![partial scene:a hunter spearing an unidentified animal with one end of his lance, while the other end, which appears to be the pointy one, pierces the back of a rampant long-horned animal to the right; the lancer is accompanied by a dog, which also appears to be attacking the unidentified animal to the left [cf, FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1241207071_compressed.png)
Scene Description: partial scene:a hunter spearing an unidentified animal with one end of his lance, while the other end, which appears to be the pointy one, pierces the back of a rampant long-horned animal to the right; the lancer is accompanied by a dog, which also appears to be attacking the unidentified animal to the left [cf, FontNotes]
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view of basin - detail - hunting scene
![partial scene:a hunter spearing an unidentified animal with one end of his lance, while the other end, which appears to be the pointy one, pierces the back of a rampant long-horned animal to the right; the lancer is accompanied by a dog, which also appears to be attacking the unidentified animal to the left [cf, FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1241207070_compressed.png)
Scene Description: partial scene:a hunter spearing an unidentified animal with one end of his lance, while the other end, which appears to be the pointy one, pierces the back of a rampant long-horned animal to the right; the lancer is accompanied by a dog, which also appears to be attacking the unidentified animal to the left [cf, FontNotes]
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view of basin - detail - St, George?
![a warrior fighting a long-tailed dragon with sword and shield [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1241207069_compressed.png)
Scene Description: a warrior fighting a long-tailed dragon with sword and shield [cf. FontNotes]
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view of basin - detail - building - castle? - horse rider
![a building in which two human figures face each other [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1241207068_compressed.png)
Scene Description: a building in which two human figures face each other [cf. FontNotes]
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 May 2023 by BSI
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view of basin - upper view
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design element - motifs - vine - acanthus
Scene Description: all around
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2010 by Hideko Bondesen [www.nordenskirker.dk] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lihmez(59)doebefont.JPG] [accessed 30 November 2017]
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view of church exterior - southeast end - sculpture - lion eating human - figure on back of lion
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view of church exterior - southeast end - sculpture - lion eating human
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view of church exterior - southeast end - sculpture - lion eating human
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view of church exterior - southeast end - sculpture - lion eating human
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view of church exterior - southeast end - sculpture - lion eating human
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view of church exterior - north view - detail - blind Lombard arcade - pairs of heads
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view of church exterior - north view - detail - blind Lombard arcade
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view of church exterior - north view
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view of church exterior - north view - detail
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view of church exterior - tower
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view of church exterior - gate and tower
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view of church exterior - noetheast end - detail
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view of church exterior - northeast end
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view of church exterior - northeast view
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view of church exterior - southeast view - detail
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2010 by Hideko Bondesen [www.nordenskirker.dk] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lihmez(28)Kirkerummet.JPG] [accessed 30 November 2017]
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view of church exterior - west tower - south view - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2010 by Hideko Bondesen [www.nordenskirker.dk] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lihmez(24)Taarnets_sydmur.JPG] [accessed 30 November 2017]
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view of church exterior - north view - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Lihme Kirke, (Skive Kommune), Buefrise på skibets nordmur".
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2010 by Hideko Bondesen [www.nordenskirker.dk] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lihmez(21)Buefrise_på_skibets_nordmur.JPG] [accessed 30 November 2017]
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view of church exterior - north portal
Scene Description: the blocked north portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2010 by Hideko Bondesen [www.nordenskirker.dk] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lihmez(17)Nordportal.JPG] [accessed 30 November 2017]
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view of church exterior - apse - semi-circular apse with non-supporting pilasters
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2010 by Hideko Bondesen [www.nordenskirker.dk] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lihmez(12)Apsis.JPG] [accessed 30 November 2017]
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view of church exterior - southeast end - sculpture - lion with human in mouth
![a man-eating lion [the front paws hold the man's arms and the mouth devours the man's head] at the top southeast corner where the chancel meets the apse](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1171130025_compressed.png)
Scene Description: a man-eating lion [the front paws hold the man's arms and the mouth devours the man's head] at the top southeast corner where the chancel meets the apse
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2010 by Hideko Bondesen [www.nordenskirker.dk] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lihmez(10)Korets_sydmur_med_loeve.JPG] [accessed 30 November 2017]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bococo, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 January 2006 by Bococo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lihme_kirke_(Skive).JPG] [accessed 30 November 2017]
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view of church exterior - east view - semi-circular apse
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2010 by Hideko Bondesen [www.nordenskirker.dk] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lihmez(01).JPG] [accessed 30 November 2017]
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view of font in context - southwest side
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view of font in context - northwest side
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view of church interior - ceiling - painting - detail
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view of church interior - ceiling - painting - detail
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view of church interior - ceiling - painting - detail
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view of church interior - retable
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view of font in context - west side
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view of church interior - painting - detail - St Peter with keys
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view of church interior - looking west
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view of church interior - pulpit and sounding board
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view of church interior - looking east
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view of church interior - altar and retable
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2010 by Hideko Bondesen [www.nordenskirker.dk] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lihmez(30)Altertavle.JPG] [accessed 30 November 2017]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
![with the old font partially visible on the left [north] side](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1171130022_compressed.png)
Scene Description: with the old font partially visible on the left [north] side
information
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Image Source: Field notes taken on site by BSI
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information
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view of font - St George and the Dragon
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gérard De Champeaux, 1972
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Gérard De Champeaux (1972, pl. 69)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 00494LIM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2023-05-04
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Lihme Kirke
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the chancel arch, N side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Vincent [in the 12thC]
Church Notes: church known as being dedicated to St. Vincent in 1176
Church Address: Øster Hærup Strandvej 1A, Lihme, 7860 Skive, Spøttrup, DK -- Tel.: +45 97 56 10 44
Site Location: Midtjylland, Jylland, Denmark, Europe
Directions to Site: Located SSW of Spøttrup, WNW of Skive, and in its municipality, WNW of Viborg [NB: not to be confused with Lime, in the Randers area]
Ecclesiastic Region: Viborg Stift
Historical Region: Røding herred, Viborg amt
Font Notes:
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J.P. Trap's Kongeriget Danmark (1901, Del 2, Fjerde Bind, p. 643, has a 1900 photograph of the "Lime" font, and gives the location for this "Lime" as Røding herred, Viborg amt [NB: the spelling LIHME and LIME appears to alternate in early sources; there is another LIME, with a medieval church and font, in Randers amt]. This font is illustrated in De Champeaux (1972: pl. 69). Baptismal font of granite, consisting of a round almost cylindrical basin, but with a slight bulge towards the lower sies and underbowl, raised on a round-to-square lower base; the base has a roll moulding at the top, and motifs at the corners of the square lower end; the basin has a moulding just below the upper rim, a set of scenes below, and a band of acanthus vine at the lower end; the scenes include [L->R] 1)a building in which two human figures face each other, 2)a warrior fighting a long-tailed dragon with sword and shield, 3)a hunter spearing an unidentified animal with one end of his lance, while the other end, which appears to be the pointy one, pierces the back of a rampant long-horned animal to the right; the lancer is accompanied by a dog, which also appears to be attacking the unidentified animal to the left; 4)a tree [Tree of Life?] in the centre appears to be a feeding plant for two quadrupeds; the one on the left, long-horned like an antilope or ibex, is in a rampant pose to the left of the tree; another quadruped, looking more like a goat, feeds (?) on the tree on the right side; 5)a reindeer (?) stands looking left to the right of the tree in the previous scene but appears to be the prey of a mounted hunter and his large mastif coming from the right; there are no partitions or frames separating the scenes; one source has suggested the scenes may be related to the legent of Set, Adam and Eve's third child, but it may be a far-fetched interpretation given the lack of references to Set and Eve's trek to the Lost Paradise; the base has a roll moulding at the top, and motifs at the corners of the square lower end. The carving is shallow, as it is most of the granite fonts of this area and period. There is no cover present.
COORDINATES
UTM: 32V 483592 6272522
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 56.596667, 8.732778
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 56° 35′ 48″ N, 8° 43′ 58″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 10 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 77 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 98-99 cm*
Basin Depth: 39 cm*
Basin Total Height: 64 cm*
Height of Base: 36 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm*
Square Base Dimensions: 52 x 57 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site
REFERENCES
- Champeaux, Gérard de, Introduction au monde des symboles, La Pierre-qui-vire, Yonne: Zodiaque, 1972, pl. 69