Horne in Faaborg-Midtfyn
Image copyright © J. E. Walkowitz, 2006
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view of church exterior - north view
Scene Description: the east and west wings were added to the 12th-13thC(?) round church in the late-Gothic period
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J. E. Walkowitz, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 July 2006 by J. E. Walkowitz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JEWHorn.jpg] [accessed 25 December 2020]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Illustrasjon hentet fra boken Nordiska taflor av ukjent forfatter og utgitt av Albert Bonnier (se, 1867)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of a ca. 1867 engraving in Bonnier, in the Nasjonalbiblioteket [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordiska_taflor_-_no-nb_digibok_2014031426012-188.jpg] [accessed 25 December 2020]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Anlace, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 July 2006 by Anlace [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Horne_church_down.jpg] [accessed 10 August 2010]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: the top of the later font by Thorvaldsen is visible at the far end of the left side benches
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Anlace, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 July 2006 by Anlace [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hornechurchaltar.jpg] [accessed 25 December 2020]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: the modern font by Bertel Thorvaldsen in the northeast corner of the church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph 13 December 2020 ny Hideko Bondesen [www.nordenskirker.dk/Tidligere/Horne_kirke/Horne_kirke.htm] [accessed 25 December 2020]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: the medieval font by the gallery stairs
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph 13 December 2020 ny Hideko Bondesen [www.nordenskirker.dk/Tidligere/Horne_kirke/Horne_kirke.htm] [accessed 25 December 2020]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 16846HOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Horne Kirke
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence?
Church Location: Søren Lundsvej 42, 5600 Faaborg, Denmark
Country Name: Denmark
Location: Fyn, Syddanmark
Directions to Site: Located off highway 8, 2 km S of Hvedholm Manor, in the municipality of Faaborg-Midtfyn, 4-5 km W of Faaborg, about 40 km SW of Odense
Ecclesiastic Region: Fyens Stift
Historical Region: Fyns Amt / Sønderjyllands Amt
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: only medieval round church in Denmark; modified 15thC with east and west extensions
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of granite consisting of a round basin with two thick parallel mouldings around the upper half -the lower one appears to be a rope moulding, raised on a slightly splaying quadrangular base; it appears to be disused now [2010]. No cover present. This church has also a modern [19thC?] font by Bertel Thorvaldsen at the opposite end, in the left side of the chancel.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.106167, 10.174111
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 6′ 22.2″ N, 10° 10′ 26.8″ E
UTM: 32U 574906 6107235
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining