Roholte

Results: 2 records

B01: symbol - tree

B02: animal - mammal - lion

Scene Description: "heraldic lion" (a/p Berggren)

INFORMATION

FontID: 09158ROH
Church/Chapel: Roholte kirke
Country Name: Denmark
Location: Roskilde, Syddanmark
Directions to Site: Located about 8-10 km SSW of Fakse, just N of the Feddet peninsula and the Præstø Fjord
Historical Region: Sjælland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Paradise font / Paradisenfunten (Group 7) [Berggren]
Cognate Fonts: The fonts at Valløby and Stralsund
Described in Berggren (2002: 171 fn38) as a baptismal font of the Paradise type (group 7 or "lily-tree" fonts), one of three -with the fonts at Valløby and Stralsund [cf. corresponding Index entries]- "made with the same template" of ornamental "trees and heraldic lions".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (from Gotland)

REFERENCES

Berggren, Lars, "The Export of Limestone and Limestone Fonts from Gotland during the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries", 2002