Davinde
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 04878DAV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Kapitælgruppen
Church / Chapel Name: Davinde Kirke
Site Location: Fyn, Syddanmark, Denmark, Europe
Directions to Site: Located about 10 kms SE of Odense, just S of Langeskov.
Font Notes:
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Illustrated and briefly described in Benzon (1973: 227-rettelsesblad) as a granite baptismal font of the Romanesque period; he typifies it as "Kapitælgruppen" or capital-shaped font. Both basin and base are shaped like cushion capitals, four sided with rounded side panels, while the neck or upper base is polygonal (octagonal?). The inner basin well is round. One of the sides of the basin is ornamented with a Malta cross and there may be other motifs on the other sides.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one?
Font Shape: capital, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
REFERENCES
- Benzon, Gorm, Vore gamle kirker og klostre, København: Lademann, 1973, ill. and caption on p. 227-rettelsesblad