Lunde

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view of font

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_lundex22.jpg] [accessed 26 July 2023]21 October 2006
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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - columns - torsade columns

Scene Description: The design makes it look like the sides of the arches continue down all the way to the bottom of the base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2006
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_lundex22.jpg] [accessed 26 July 2023]21 October 2006
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design element - motifs - rope moulding

Scene Description: a broad rope motif that appears to squueze the font into a spindle shape
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2006
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_lundex22.jpg] [accessed 26 July 2023]21 October 2006
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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Lunde kirke (Nordfyns)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bococo, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2007 by Bococo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lunde_kirke_(Nordfyns).JPG] [accessed 26 July 2023]
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design element - motifs - piping or ribbed

Scene Description: all around
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2006
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_lundex22.jpg] [accessed 26 July 2023]21 October 2006
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04881LUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Arkitektonisk arkadetype [Benzon]
Church / Chapel Name: Lunde Kirke
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Address: Lunde, Bobjergvej 2B, 5771 Stenstrup, Denmark
Site Location: Fyn, Syddanmark, Denmark, Europe
Directions to Site: Located about 10 km N of Odense; take the 162 N for about 5 km until it forks just before Lumby, following the left road (327) for another 5 km to Lunde
Font Notes:
Illustrated and briefly described in Benzon (1973: 227-rettelsesblad) as a granite baptismal font of the Romanesque period; he typifies it as "Arkitektonik arkadetype". The font resembles a cylinder with a tall blind arcade on the side, the whole having been squeezed into a spindle shape by a large rope motif in the centre of the font. No cover present

COORDINATES

UTM: 32U 584876 6149724
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 55.48626, 10.34317
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 55° 29′ 10.54″ N, 10° 20′ 35.41″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Benzon, Gorm, Vore gamle kirker og klostre, København: Lademann, 1973, ill. and caption on p. 227-rettelsesblad