Orbaek / Orbæc / Ørbæk

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animal - mammal - quadruped - 2 - face to face - fighting?

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 July 2002 by BSI

animal - mammal - stag - hunted by dogs

Scene Description: This stag has a cross on its back, probably in reference to the legend of St. Hubert, although the cross ought to be between the antlers, rather than on the middle of its back; the dogs behind it are shown running and their mouths open as if barking

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 July 2002 by BSI

design element - motifs - piping - 4

Scene Description: at the four angles

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 July 2002 by BSI

design element - motifs - rope

Scene Description: the upper part of the side panels is ornamented with a rope motif

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 July 2002 by BSI

design element - motifs - vine

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 July 2002 by BSI

human figure - head - 4

Scene Description: at 90-degree angles

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 July 2002 by BSI

view of basin - upper view

Scene Description: the ring inside the basin helps to support the metal baptismal dish used for baptisms now -- notice the thick lead plug from an old font cover

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 July 2002 by BSI

view of church exterior - crypt - window

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 July 2002 by BSI

view of church exterior - south view

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 July 2002 by BSI

view of church exterior - south view - porch and portal

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 July 2002 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 July 2002 by BSI

view of font

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view of font base - east side

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view of font base - south side

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view of font in context

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view of font in context

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INFORMATION

FontID: 04882ORB

Church/Chapel: Ørbæk Kirke

Church Location: Hovedgaden 42, 5853 Ørbæk, Denmark -- Tel.: +45 65 33 11 04

Country Name: Denmark

Location: Fyn, Syddanmark

Directions to Site: Located at the crossroads of highway 8 and road 301, about 10 kms SW of Nyborg, about 30 km ESE of Odense

Ecclesiastic Region: Fyens Stift

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, N side of the chancel

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Storebæltstypen

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Illustrated and briefly described in Benzon (1973: 227-rettelsesblad) as a granite baptismal font of the Romanesque period; he typifies it as "Storebæltstypen". The font has a hemispherical basin ornamented with a vine at the top side and four heads at 90-degree angles just below it; the base is cushion-capital shaped, the rounded panels framed at top with rope motif; one of the panels shows a scene in which a stag with a cross on its back -a sort of "Cervus Dei"- is chased by barking dogs (the scene is probably related to the legend of St. Hubert).

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.2542544, 10.6711783

UTM: 32U 606182 6124295

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

Number of Pieces: two?

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Notes on Measurements: no measurements taken

REFERENCES

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