Knudsker

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 09014KNU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Sankt Knuds Kirke, Knudsker
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Address: Stavelund 19, 3700 Rønne, Denmark -- Tel.: +45 56 95 32 95
Site Location: Hovedstaden, Sjælland, Denmark, Europe
Directions to Site: Located near the W coast of Bornholm, about 3-4 km E of Rønne
Ecclesiastic Region: Bisdom Kopenhagen
Font Notes:
Described in Heales (1889: 38) as a baptismal font of the early period [i.e., Romanesque, or "Norman" in Heales' English dating scheme], a plain one. The font is illustrated in a 3 August 2024 digital photograph by HelgeRieder [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:01knutsKirkeH8a.jpg] [accessed 20 June 2025]: "Romanischer Taufstein Sankt Knuds Kirke (Bornholm)"

COORDINATES

UTM: 33U 484200 6106691
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 55.10668, 14.75235
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 55° 6′ 24.05″ N, 14° 45′ 8.46″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Heales, Alfred, The Ecclesiology of Gotland, Other than Wisby ; and the Churches of Bornholm, London: Printed in Roworth & Co., Newton Street, High Holborn, 1889, p. 38