Langa / Langå

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B01: design element

unfinished work [cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: unfinished work [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 09163LAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (basin only)
Church/Chapel: [unfinished basin -- never used]
Country Name: Denmark
Location: Midtjylland, Jylland
Directions to Site: Located just on the 525, , 12-13 km SW of Randers
Historical Region: Århus amt
Font Location in Church: [unknown]
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Paradise font / Paradisenfunten
Font Notes:
Described in Berggren (2002: 173) as an example of unfinished font: "here the work was broken off after the stoneworker had incised the outline of a typical paradise frieze into the surface of the smooth, round bowl and had just carved out the first convex field". [cf., for instance, Index entries for Suderbys and Sæbø for other examples of unfinished fonts]

COORDINATES

UTM: 32V 555189 6250179

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one[unfinished basin only]
Font 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