Odense No. 1

INFORMATION

FontID: 05140ODE

Church/Chapel: [now in S. Jørgens Kirke, in Svendborg [orig. from the church of S. Albani, Odense]

Country Name: Denmark

Location: Fyn, Syddanmark

Font Location in Church: [NB: now in S. Jørgens Kirke, in Svendborg]

Century and Period: , Late Romanesque

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described in Bøggild Johanssen (1998- : Bd. 18-19, 1747, 1808, 1874) as a late-Romanesque baptismal font of Gotland limestone originally from the S. Albani church in Odense. The same source relates that when the parish and incomes of S. Albani were transferred to the Gråbrødre Klosterkirke (Greyfriars Monastery church), the font went with them; in 1590 this font was sold to S. Jørgens Kirke, in Svendborg.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (Gotland limestone)

REFERENCES

Bøggild Johannsen, Birgitte, Danmarks Kirker: Odense Amt, København: Nationalmuseets Forlag, 1998-