Oslo No. 1 / Aker / Ansloa / Asloa / Christiania / Kristiania
Image copyright © Anne & Tom Heck, 2004
Image and permission received (e-mail of 28 August 2004)
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human figure - head - 4
Scene Description: on the stem of the base, at 90-degree angles
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Anne & Tom Heck, 2004
Image Source: Tom & Anne Heck
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 28 August 2004)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Anne & Tom Heck, 2004
Image Source: Tom & Anne Heck
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 28 August 2004)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Anne & Tom Heck, 2004
Image Source: Tom & Anne Heck
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 28 August 2004)
INFORMATION
FontID: 10020BER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Museum and Inventory Number: Historisk Museum (Oslo)
Church/Chapel: [original church unknown]
Country Name: Norway
Location: Oslo
Directions to Site: Fredericks Gate 2, Oslo
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Tom and Anne Heck for their images of this font
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font probably of the 12th or 13th century in the Museum of History, Bergen; it consists of a plain cylindrical basin with rounded underbowl, equally plain; it is raised on truncated-cone base adorned with human heads set at 90-degree angles, and a wider lower base, also round and plain.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round