Geiranger

Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2014

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view of church exterior

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph taken May 2014 by John Wilkes

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: the church in the context of the Geirangerfjorden

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]

Image Source: 1904 sepia photograph by Kirkhorn / T316_01_0041 / Kulturminnebilder [http://kulturminnebilder.ra.no/fotoweb/default.fwx?search=T316_01_0041] [accessed 18 May 2014]

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view of church interior - chancel

Scene Description: the modern font in the foreground: a metal jug on a wooden pedestal

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Frode Inge Helland, 2007

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 October 2007 by Frode Inge Helland [http://kunsthistorie.com/fagwiki/Geiranger_kirke] [accessed 18 May 2014]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: the modern font in the presbitery

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kirkesøk.no, 2014

Image Source: "Photo: Kirkesøk.no" [www.kirkesok.no/eng/kirker/Geiranger-kyrkje] [accessed 18 May 2014]

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kirkesøk.no, 2014

Image Source: "Photo: Kirkesøk.no" [www.kirkesok.no/eng/kirker/Geiranger-kyrkje] [accessed 18 May 2014]

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view of font - upper view

Scene Description: the modern baptismal vessels

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Frode Inge Helland, 2007

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 October 2007 by Frode Inge Helland [http://kunsthistorie.com/fagwiki/Geiranger_kirke] [accessed 18 May 2014]

Copyright Instructions: Reproduced under the provisions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License

INFORMATION

FontID: 18438GEI
Church/Chapel: Geiranger kyrkje
Church Location: 6216 Geiranger, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
Country Name: Norway
Location: Møre og Romsdal
Directions to Site: Located at the head of the fjord of the same name [Geirangerfjorden, in Storfjorden], near Ålesund, in the municipality of Stranda
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Møre
Date: ca. 1450?
Century and Period: 15th century (mid?), Late Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes for his photograph of this church
Church Notes: present building is 1842; original church ca.1450 demolished and re-built in 1731, but burned down in 1841 [source: Kirkesøk.no [www.kirkesok.no/eng/kirker/Geiranger-kyrkje] [accessed 18 May 2014]
The present font, located in the presbitery, is modern, a wooden pedestal base for the pewter jug and dish ["Døpefonten fra 1842 er i tre med fat og mugge i tinn med korsdekorasjon"; source [http://kunsthistorie.com/fagwiki/Geiranger_kirke] [accessed 18 May 2014]]. [NB: we have no information on the font from the mid-15th century church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 62.0988, 7.2071
UTM: 32V 406370 6886554