Bergen No. 2
Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2004
Image and permission received
Results: 6 records
B01: design element - motifs - floral and foliage
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LB01: design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: on the columns of the stem
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2004
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2004
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph supplied by Juan Antonio Olañeta
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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
Font ID: 10021BER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 15th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Mariakyrkja / Mariakirken
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: 12thC church; much modified since
Church Address: Dreggsallmenningen 15, 5003 Bergen, Norway -- Tel.: +47 94 80 15 39
Site Location: Hordaland, Norway, Europe
Directions to Site: Off the W end of the Øvregt, in central Oslo
Ecclesiastic Region: Bjørgvin Bispedømme
Font Notes:
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Gothic-style baptismal font consisting of a trefoil-shaped basin, both inside and out, raised on a columnar base of three attached columns; the basin has mouldings at the top and bottom sides, while the space in between is decorated with clusters of foliage/floral motifs; the columns of the base are decorated with mouldings; and the lower base is roughly triangular with trimmed angles. The font appears of the type that occurs in Scandinavia between the late 13th and 15th century.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Tom & Anne Heck, and to Juan Antonio Olañeta for the images of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 32V 297470 6701491
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 60.398906, 5.323348
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 60° 23′ 56.06″ N, 5° 19′ 24.05″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: triangular, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: trefoil
Basin Exterior Shape: trefoil