Hedal / Hedal i Sør-Aurdal / Hedalen
Image copyright © Michel Claveyrolas, 2017
Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 September 2017)
Results: 15 records
animal - fabulous animal or monster - dragon - 4
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nina Aldin Thune, 2001
Image Source: digital photograph taken in the summer 2001 by Nina Aldin Thune [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hedal_font.jpg] [accessed 13 November 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-2.5
design element - motifs - floral and foliage
Scene Description: all over the tall cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michel Claveyrolas, 2017
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken by Michel Claveyrolas
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
design element - motifs - moulding - graded
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michel Claveyrolas, 2017
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken by Michel Claveyrolas
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
design element - motifs - zigzag - in a square
Scene Description: all around the upper side of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michel Claveyrolas, 2017
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken by Michel Claveyrolas
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
design element - motifs - zigzag - in a square
Scene Description: similar motif to the one at the upper basin side, but much larger, repeated around the stem of the base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michel Claveyrolas, 2017
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken by Michel Claveyrolas
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
design element - patterns - ribbed
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michel Claveyrolas, 2017
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken by Michel Claveyrolas
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view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Edmund Schilvold, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 September 2010 by Edmund Schilvold [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Høstdag_ved_Hedalen_stavkirke.jpg] [accessed 12 November 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michel Claveyrolas, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Michel Claveyrolas
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 September 2017)
view of church exterior - portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of a ca. 1853 drawing by Georg Andreas Bull of the main portal in Hedalen stave church [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hedal_stavkirke_portal.jpg] [accessed 12 November 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-PD-Mark / PD Old / PD-Art (PD-old default) / PD-Art (PD-old)
view of church exterior - portal - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Foto av utskjæringene som danner portalen/inngangen til stavkirken i Hedal"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Edmund Schilvold, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 September 2010 by Edmund Schilvold [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Den_utrolige_portalen_til_Hedalen_stavkirke.jpg] [accessed 12 November 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church exterior - portal - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Francis, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 September 2007 by Francis [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norway_Hedal_Stavkirke.jpg] [accessed 12 November 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-2.0
view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Fylkesveien ender (eller skifter nummer) ved Hedalen stavkirke."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jan-Tore Egge, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 August 2015 by Jan-Tore Egge [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FV243P_Hedalen_stavkirke.jpg] [accessed 12 November 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church interior - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Fra det unike interiøeret i Hedalen stavkirke. Figuren av Jomfru Maria og Jesus-barnet forteller om førreformatorisk tid."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Edmund Schilvold, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 October 2010 by Edmund Schilvold [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Madonna_og_krusifiks_i_Hedalen_stavkirke.jpg] [accessed 12 November 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church interior - statue - Madonna and Child
Scene Description: the Madonna in the church now is a replica of the original
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nina Aldin Thune, 2001
Image Source: digital photograph taken in the summer 2001 by Nina Aldin Thune [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hedal_madonna_kopi.jpg] [accessed 13 November 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-2.5
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michel Claveyrolas, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Michel Claveyrolas
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 September 2017)
INFORMATION
FontID: 06384HED
Church/Chapel: Hedal kirke [aka Hedalen stavkyrkje]
Church Location: Hedalsvegen, 3528 Hedalen, Norway
Country Name: Norway
Location: Austlandet, Oppland
Directions to Site: Located off road 243, in the municipality of Sør-Aurdal, in the SE area of the region, near the border with Buskerud
Ecclesiastic Region: Hamar bispedømme
Historical Region: Valdres hd.
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, near the colourful pulpit
Date: ca. 1175-1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque / Early-Gothic?
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Gudbrandsdalstype [Solhaug]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Michel Claveyrolas for his photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: "Stave" church; original church mid-12thC (ca. 1163?), documented by 1327; expanded late-17th or early 18thC; restored 1902;
The font cover of this "stave" church is described and illustrated in Blindheim (1965: 38 and fig. 157); it is a high conical cover topped with a knob finial; below it, "a knot at the top and four dragons running down from this point. The intervals are filled with plant ornamentation." Noted in Norges Kikrker [www.norgeskirker.no/wiki/Hedalen_stavkirke] [accessed 13 November 2016] with reference to Solhaug (kat.nr. 56), soapstone Romanesque font of the "Gudbrandsdalstype"; consisting of a hemispherical basin with a patterned upper side ; the motif is zig-zag framed in a rectangle, with a patern of flat rins around the sides and underbowl; metal reinforcement ring around the upper rim; large drain holes in the bottom and the side; raised on a stem decorated with a pattern similar to the one noted at the upper basin sides but in a larger format, and a lower base with graded moulding. Patches of red paint on the font. Large drain holes in the bottom and the side. The font cover in Hohler (Kat. nr.. 66) with possible date in the mid-13th century; tall conical lid with three panels separated by mouldings carved in the shape of descending dragons; foliage including palmettes decorates the panels; measurements of the cover in Hohler (ibid.): 96 cm tall, with diameter of 66 cm.
The font itself appears as a hemispherical basin ornamented with large flat ribs and a variation of what looks like zig-zag in a square at the upper rim side; it is mounted on a round pedestal base the upper part of which has the same motif as the upper basin side, while the lower base has a graded moulding pattern. The wooden cover is provided with two large ring handles.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
60.6225,
9.690833
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
60° 37′ 21″ N,
9° 41′ 27″ E
UTM: 32V 537806 6720939
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, soapstone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 66 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 88 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Solhaug (Kat. nr. 56)
LID INFORMATION
Date: 1175-1200? / 1250? / Romanesque
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. Font notes]
REFERENCES
Blindheim, Martin, Norwegian Romanesque Decorative Sculpture, 1090-1210, London: Alec Tiranti, 1965
Solhaug, Mona Bramer, "Norske middelalderfonter av tre", 22, Hikuin Moesgard, 1995, pp. 127-146, 21 ill.; r["References"]