Rogen / Røgen

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 06431ROG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Røgen kirke
Font Location in Church: Under the chancel arch, right in the centre
Site Location: Århus / Aarhus, Midtjylland, Denmark, Europe
Directions to Site: Located about 10 km NE of Silkeborg
Font Notes:
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, il. on p. 107