Sandholt-Lyndelse

Results: 6 records

B01: design element - motifs - vine

well-executed, with rounded tendrils, all around the base
Scene Description: well-executed, with rounded tendrils, all around the base

BBL01: design element - motifs - beaded-tape

all around trhe lower side of the basin
Scene Description: all around trhe lower side of the basin

BBU01: design element - motifs - rope

very worn
Scene Description: very worn

BU01: design element - motifs - rope

LB01: design element - motifs - rope

at the junction of the neck and the lower base
Scene Description: at the junction of the neck and the lower base

LB02: design element - motifs - loop

all around the splayed lower base
Scene Description: all around the splayed lower base

INFORMATION

FontID: 04879SAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Sandholt-Lyndelse Kirke
Country Name: Denmark
Location: Fyn, Syddanmark
Directions to Site: Located 25-30 kms SW of Odense; the church is actually in Lyndelse, with Sandholt (castle? manor?) just S of it
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Midtfynsk rankertype
Font Notes:
Illustrated and briefly described in Benzon (1973: 227-rettelsesblad) as a granite baptismal font of the Romanesque period; he typifies it as "Midtfynsk ranketype". Chalice-shaped and ornamented with non-figural motifs: the basin has a worn rope motif at the upper rim; the centre of the basin sides has a large vine all around it, while the lower side has a dotted-tape pattern and the underbowl a rope motif; the neck of the base is plain but is framed by the rope motif of the underbowl at top and another such motif where it meets the splayed lower base, the latter being ornamented with large loop motifs on it.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Benzon, Gorm, Vore gamle kirker og klostre, København: Lademann, 1973