Fraugde

Results: 34 records

design element - motifs - roll moulding

design element - motifs - stop - 4

Scene Description: one on each corner of the lower base

human figure - head - 4

Scene Description: set at 90-degree angles below the upper rim of the basin

information

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2025

Image Source: Field notes taken on site by BSI

information

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2025

Image Source: Field notes taken on site by BSI

view of canopy - detail

Scene Description: early-18thC?

view of canopy - detail

Scene Description: early-18thC?

view of church exterior - east view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2024

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - south view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2024

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - south view - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2024

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2024

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2024

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - altar and retable

view of church interior - chancel and east end

view of church interior - chancel arch - painting - detail

view of church interior - chancel arch - painting - detail

view of church interior - chancel arch - painting - detail - David - Father Abraham with souls

view of church interior - chancel arch - painting - detail - David - Father Abraham with souls

view of church interior - chancel arch - painting - detail - David - Father Abraham with souls

view of church interior - chancel arch - painting - detail - Sacrifice of Isaac

view of church interior - chancel arch - painting - detail - Solomon? - David

view of church interior - chancel arch - painting - detail - Warrior spearing pagan

view of church interior - chancel arch and east side

view of church interior - crucifix

view of church interior - looking west - organ

view of church interior - painting - detail - Maltese cross in circle

view of church interior - painting - detail - Maltese cross in circle

view of church interior - pulpit and sounding board

view of church interior - pulpit and sounding board

view of font - south east side

view of font - southwest side

view of font - upper view

view of font and cover in context - southeast side

view of font in context - southwest side

INFORMATION

FontID: 04876FRA
Church/Chapel: Fraugde Kirke
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence
Church Location: Fraugde, 5220 Odense, Denmark
Country Name: Denmark
Location: Fyn, Syddanmark
Directions to Site: Located SE of Odense, on the 301, just S of the E20
Ecclesiastic Region: Fyens Stift
Historical Region: Åsum Herred
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the NE corner of the nave
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Højby-type
Cognate Fonts: Højby? / Ørsted
Church Notes: church mentioned in 1239 but probably built in the late-12thC; much modified 15thC; ca. 1200 chancel arch paintings;
Listed and illustrated in Mackeprang (1941). Illustrated and briefly described in Benzon (1973: 226-rettelsesblad) as a granite baptismal font of the Romanesque period; he typifies it as "Højbytypen". The hemispherical basin is plain except for several (four?) small human heads on the upper sides; cylindrical upper base with torus at top and bottom; square lower base/plinth with stops at the corners. Listed and illustrated in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Odense_3517-3606.pdf] [accessed 1 December 2024] as a Romanesque baptismal font of the Højby-type made of granite decorated with four human heads below the upper rim; two of the heads have been drilled from the top, presumably to set plugs for a font cover; the paint on the font was removed in 1882.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.354139, 10.487694
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 21′ 14.9″ N, 10° 29′ 15.7″ E
UTM: 32U 594322 6135208

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hemispheric
Rim Thickness: 8-13 cm**
Diameter (inside rim): 62 cm**
Diameter (includes rim): 75.5 cm* / 76-77 cm** / 90 cm** [max]
Basin Depth: 26 cm**
Basin Total Height: 65-66 cm**
Height of Base: 23-24 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 98 cm* / 89 cm**
Square Base Dimensions: 57 x 59 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Danmarks Kirker / ** BSI on-site

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood,
Notes: canopy: crown-shaped; octagonal; painted; dove below; hanging from ceiling

REFERENCES

Danmarks Kirker, Nationalmuseet i København. Accessed: 2024-12-01 00:00:00. URL: http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk.
Benzon, Gorm, Vore gamle kirker og klostre, København: Lademann, 1973
Mackeprang, Mouritz, Danmarks middelalderlige døbefonte, 1941