Bergen No. 4
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Scene Description: the modern font [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 April 2014 by John Wilkes
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - southwest end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 April 2014 by John Wilkes
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19211BER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church / Chapel Name: Bergen domkirke [formerly Olavskirken]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Olaf [aka Olaf II Haraldsson, Óláfr Haraldsson, Olav, Olav Haraldsson, Olave, Olof]
Church Notes: original Olavskirken built in the reign of Håkon Håkonsson (king Haakon IV) (1204-1263); destroyed by fire in 1248, 1270 and 1463, being re-built each time; the present building dates to the mid-17thC, as the earlier reconstructions were also destryoyed by further fires.
Church Address: Domkirkeplassen 1, 5003 Bergen, Norway -- Tel.: +47 55 59 32 70
Site Location: Hordaland, Norway, Europe
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bjørgvin
Additional Comments: disappeared fonts? / destroyed fonts? (the ones from the 13thC and successive churches destroyed by fire [cf. ChurchNotes])
Font Notes:
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The present font is modern, probably from the 19th-century renovation of the cathedral by Christian Christie; it consists of a quatrefoil-shaped basin raised on a central shaft and four clustered colonnettes at 90-degree angles, and a moulded lower base. [NB: we have no information on any of the previous fonts here, some [many? all?] of which were destroyed by successive fires].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes for his photographs of this church and modern font
COORDINATES
UTM: 32V 297831 6700908
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 60.393863, 5.330467
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 60° 23′ 37.91″ N, 5° 19′ 49.68″ E