Trondenes

INFORMATION

FontID: 02469TRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Trondenes
Church Location: UTM 33W 562993 7635985
Country Name: Norway
Location: Troms
Font Location in Church: On the left side, just into the chancel arch.
Century and Period: 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: Little remains of the original 12-13th century church; the new one was done in 1911 by arquitect Nils Ryjord (Simonsen, 1980, p. 8-14)
Font Notes:
Dark-grey, lead-coloured plain font has cauldron-like basin without rim or any other decoration; the middle part, also cylindrical, as is the base, has a large torus on its upper part; it all appears made from one block of granite, except the lower base which slopes away from the joint and widens to about the same width as the basin (description based on Simonsen, 1980, ill. p. 19, 21)

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 68° 49′ 40.8″ N, 16° 33′ 46.8″ E
UTM: 33W 563025 7635279

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite?
Font Shape: Unknown
Basin Exterior Shape: Unknown

REFERENCES

Simonsen, Povl, Trondenes Kirke, Harstad: Grafisk Forum, 1980