Praesto No. 2 / Præstø
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 11402PRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2010-08-28
Font Date: 1621
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(early), Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Præstø Kirke
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Site Location: Storstrøm, Sjælland, Denmark, Europe
Directions to Site: Located at the S side of the Præstø Fjord, 2 km from Nysø -- on Adelgade 129, Præstø [Coordinates: 55.1166667° 12.05° ]
Historical Region: formerly Præstø amt
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Danmarks Kirker (1933). On-site notes: wooden baptismal font of octagonal chalice shape; painted and with an inscription that inckudes the names of the donors (?) and the date of the font, 1621; the wooden font would support a metal insert where the water would be held. [cf. Index entry for Praesto No. 1 for an earlier Romanesque font made of granite]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: wood
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage System: no drainage system
Drainage Notes: [basin insert required]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Danish
Inscription Location: one runs below the upper rim of the basin; several sets of initianls on the basin sides
Inscription Text: 1. "IACOP CHRISTOPHERSØN [...] 1621"
[full transcription not available]
2. "NIS / HES / WCI / KSD / BID"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Jensen, Chr. Axel, Danmarks Kirker: Præstø Amt, København: G.E.C. Gads Forlag, 1933-1935, Præstoø amt, I. Halvbind: 36-37 and fig. 12