Asnaes
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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - pointed arches
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Image Source: Berggren (2002: 158 pl. 12)
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BBU01: design element - motifs - scotia
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Berggren, 2002
Image Source: Berggren (2002: 158 pl. 12)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Berggren, 2002
Image Source: Berggren (2002: 158 pl. 12)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
FontID: 09138ASN
Church/Chapel: Asnaes kirke
Country Name: Denmark
Location: Vestsjalland, Sjælland
Directions to Site: Located 18 km NW of Holbæk
Historical Region: Holbæk amt, Sjælland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Paradise font / Paradisenfunten? (group 5) [Berggren]
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font of the "Paradise" font ["Paradisfunt"] type. Illustrated in Berggren (2002: 158 pl. 12): hemispherical basin decorated with a scotia at the upper basin side, and a blind arcade of pointed arches all around the sides and underbowl. The base consists of an upper cylindrical portion with a ring moulding at the top, raised on a round splaying out lower volume, both plain. [NB: the upper volume of the base shows a repaired diagonal crack right through it]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, [from Gotland]
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted) -- chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Berggren, Lars, "The Export of Limestone and Limestone Fonts from Gotland during the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries", 2002