Rogen / Røgen
Results: 2 records
B01: design element - patterns - scrollwork
Scene Description: all over the basin side
BBU01: human figure - head - 2
Scene Description: one at each end of the upper rim side
INFORMATION
FontID: 06431ROG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Røgen kirke
Country Name: Denmark
Location: Århus / Aarhus, Midtjylland
Directions to Site: Located about 10 km NE of Silkeborg
Font Location in Church: Under the chancel arch, right in the centre
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
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Illustrated in Udvalgte Middelalderkirker i Østjylland (1997: 107) as a hemispherical mounted baptismal font of the Romanesque period; tha basin is ornamented with two heads -located at opposite angles, at the rim sides- and low-relief scroll pattern all over the outer basin surface. The base is quadrangular.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Udvalgte Middelalderkirker i Østjylland, Højbjerg, DK: Århus amt Erhvervsafdelingen, 1997