Humble

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04883HUM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Sydfynske type / Øgruppen Fyn
Church / Chapel Name: Humble Kirke
Site Location: Fyn, Syddanmark, Denmark, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the lower half of Langeland island, about 15 kms S of Rudkøbing down the 305
Font Notes:
Illustrated and briefly described in Benzon (1973: 227-rettelsesblad) as a granite baptismal font of the Romanesque period; he typifies it as "Sydfynsk type af øgruppen". The font is basically chalice-shaped with a hemispheric basin, a cylindrical upper base and a splayed square lower base. The basin sides are covered in a broad band of vine motif; the underbowl has foliage motif; the upper cylindrical base is plain but the lower has human figures at the corners (at least two) and cross symbols and foliage ornamentation on the panels.

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, ill. and caption on p. 227-rettelsesblad