Stavanger
Image copyright © Suzanne Meyers Sawa, 2016
Image and permission received (e-mail of 3 July 2016)
Results: 29 records
design element - architectural - arch-head - 8
Scene Description: triangular arches externally with cinquefoil intrados
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Arnstein Rønning, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 October 2010 by Arnstein Rønning [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Font_Stavanger_domkirke.JPG] [accessed 18 May 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: deeply carved all over the basin sides and underbowl
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Arnstein Rønning, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 October 2010 by Arnstein Rønning [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Font_Stavanger_domkirke.JPG] [accessed 18 May 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
design element - motifs - roll moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Arnstein Rønning, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 October 2010 by Arnstein Rønning [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Font_Stavanger_domkirke.JPG] [accessed 18 May 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - detail
Scene Description: set of friezes from the exterior of the original Romanesque building -- Photo caption: "Toppplaten av kapitel i Stavanger Domkirke sett fra vest, sør og øst. Fra ca 1100-1150 / Ornaments from the Stavanger Cathedral. From about 1100-1150"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Arne Kvitrud, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 December 2010 by Kvitrud [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Syndebukk-topp.JPG] [accessed 18 May 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - detail
Scene Description: a carving from the original Romanesque building -- Photo caption: "Kentaur i Stavanger domkirke fra ca 1120"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Arne Kvitrud, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 December 2010 by Kvitrud [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stavangerkentaur.jpg] [accessed 18 May 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - east view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Zairon, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 July 2012 by Zairon http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Stavanger_domkirke#mediaviewer/File:Stavanger_Dom_St._Svithun_Fassade_2.JPG
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Vitold Muratov, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph created Summer 2005 by Vitold Muratov [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Stavanger_domkirke#mediaviewer/File:Ставангер.Домкирхе.jpg] [accessed 18 May 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - south portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nina Aldin Thune, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 September 2005 by Nina Aldin Thune [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stavanger_Domkirke_-_05.jpg] [accessed 18 May 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mathieu Marquer, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 February 2013 by Mathieu Marquer [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stavanger_domkirke_IMG_5880.jpg] [accessed 18 May 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2013 by John Wilkes for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Picture from the work "Norge fremstillet i billeder" 1848 by Chr. Tønsberg. Stavanger, Stavanger municipality, Rogaland county, Norway. The gothic cathedral is clearly seen in the center of the picture."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Chr. Tønsberg's "Norge fremstillet i billeder" (1848) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stavanger033.jpg] [accessed 3 July 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-PD-MarkPD / OldPD-Art (PD-old default) / PD-Art (PD-old)
view of church interior
Scene Description: Source caption: "between 1939 and 1949"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken between 1939 and 1949, in the Nasjonalbiblioteket [National Library of Norway] [URN no-nb_digifoto_20151020_00272_NB_MIT_FNR_03464_B] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stavanger_domkirke_-_no-nb_digifoto_20151020_00272_NB_MIT_FNR_03464_B.jpg] [accessed 3 July 2016]
Copyright Instructions: PD Norway
view of church interior - baptism
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Suzanne Meyers Sawa, 2016
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 30 June 2016 by Suzanne Meyers Sawa
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 3 July 2016)
view of church interior - capital
Scene Description: south wall
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Arne Kvitrud, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 September 2009 by Kvitrud [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bukkehodene.JPG] [accesseed 18 May 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church interior - chancel and east end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Suzanne Meyers Sawa, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 June 2016 by Suzanne Meyers Sawa
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 18 July 2016)
view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: view west from the altar, across the chancel -with the font visible on the right, down all the way to the west entrance
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Suzanne Meyers Sawa, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 June 2016 by Suzanne Meyers Sawa
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 18 July 2016)
view of church interior - nave - capital
Scene Description: south side of the nave
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Arne Kvitrud, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 September 2009 by Kvitrud [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Livstrekapitelet.JPG] [accesseed 18 May 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Zairon, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 July 2012 by Zairon http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Stavanger_domkirke#mediaviewer/File:Stavanger_Dom_St._Svithun_Fassade_3.JPG
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church interior - nave - looking east
![Source caption: "Bildet er hentet fra Nasjonalbibliotekets bildesamling. Anmerkninger til bildet var: Fotograf : ukjent Stavanger, Stavanger, Rogaland [...] between 1939 and 1949]"](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1160703011_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Bildet er hentet fra Nasjonalbibliotekets bildesamling. Anmerkninger til bildet var: Fotograf : ukjent Stavanger, Stavanger, Rogaland [...] between 1939 and 1949]"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken between 1939 and 1949, in the Nasjonalbiblioteket [National Library of Norway] [URN no-nb_digifoto_20151020_00272_NB_MIT_FNR_03464_B] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stavanger_domkirke_-_no-nb_digifoto_20151020_00272_NB_MIT_FNR_03464_B.jpg] [accessed 3 July 2016]
Copyright Instructions: PD Norway
view of church interior - nave - looking west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Zairon, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 July 2012 by Zairon http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Stavanger_domkirke#mediaviewer/File:Stavanger_Dom_St._Svithun_Fassade_7.JPG
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church interior - nave - looking west
Scene Description: with the old organ above, on the west gallery
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Suzanne Meyers Sawa, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 June 2016 by Suzanne Meyers Sawa
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 18 July 2016)
view of church interior - nave - south side - capital - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Man og bukk. Detalj fra Livstre-, Syndebukk- eller Ragnarokkapitélet i det sørlig sideskipet i Stavanger Domkirke."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Arne Kvitrud, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 December 2010 by Arne Kvitrud [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mann-og-bukk.JPG] [accessed 3 July 2016]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church interior - nave - south side - capital - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Slosskampscenen. Dekorasjon av kapitel i det sørlige sideskipet i Stavanger Domkirke."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Arne Kvitrud, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 December 2010 by Arne Kvitrud [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mann-og-bukk.JPG] [accessed 3 July 2016]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church interior - organ
Scene Description: the modern organ at the east end of the nave
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Suzanne Meyers Sawa, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 June 2016 by Suzanne Meyers Sawa
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 18 July 2016)
view of church interior - pulpit
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Suzanne Meyers Sawa, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 June 2016 by Suzanne Meyers Sawa
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 18 July 2016)
view of church interior - pulpit and sounding board
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Suzanne Meyers Sawa, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 June 2016 by Suzanne Meyers Sawa
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 18 July 2016)
view of font
Scene Description: notice the groove on the inside of the upper basin rim, probably made to accommodate a round cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2013 by John Wilkes for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font
Scene Description: Photo caption: "Døpefont i Stavanger domkirke. Gotisk, trolig perioden 1250-1300 / Baptismal font in Stavanger Cathedral, Norway. Probably periode 1250-1300"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Arnstein Rønning, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 October 2010 by Arnstein Rønning [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Font_Stavanger_domkirke.JPG] [accessed 18 May 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Suzanne Meyers Sawa, 2016
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 30 June 2016 by Suzanne Meyers Sawa
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 3 July 2016)
INFORMATION
FontID: 19212STA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Stavanger domkirke St. Svithun / Dom St. Svithun
Church Patron Saints: St. Swithun [aka Swithin]
Church Location: Haakon VIIs gate 2, 4600 Stavanger, Norway -- Tel.: +47 51 53 96 51 / +47 51 84 04 00
Country Name: Norway
Location: Rogaland, Vestlandet
Directions to Site: Located in the centre of town [Gamle Stavanger], off Kongsgata, N of the Byparken pond
Ecclesiastic Region: Stavanger bispedømme [temporarily Diocese of Kristiansand]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the chancel, N side ^not its original position¸¸
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes and to Suzanne Meyers Sawa for their photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: construction of the original Romanesque building said to have started 1100, completed 1150; damaged by fire in 1272; re-built as Gothic; renovations/restorations in 1860/1939-64/1999
Font Notes:
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Stone baptismal font consisting of a round basin decorated with a deeply-carved set [eight?] of triangular arch-heads, the spaces above and below profusely decorated with foliage; raised on a cylindrical pedestal base decorated with roll mouldings at both ends, and a round-to-square lower base. No cover present. The font is now located towards the west end of the chancel, north side, obviously not its original position.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.969393, 5.73246
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 58′ 9.82″ N, 5° 43′ 56.86″ E
UTM: 32V 312153 6541236
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Notes: upper basin has inside groove probably made to accommodate a round cover