Humble

Results: 5 records

B01: design element - motifs - vine

Scene Description: on a large band on the basin side

BU01: design element - motifs - foliage

LB01: design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: in between some cross symbols

LB02: symbol - cross - Latin - 2

Scene Description: at either side of a foliage motif (?)

LBF01: human figure

Scene Description: at least two visible -though probably four altogether- on the corners of the lower base

INFORMATION

FontID: 04883HUM
Church/Chapel: Humble Kirke
Country Name: Denmark
Location: Fyn, Syddanmark
Directions to Site: Located in the lower half of Langeland island, about 15 kms S of Rudkøbing down the 305
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Sydfynske type / Øgruppen Fyn
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