Kirkjubour No. 1 / Kirkjubø / Kirkjubøar / Kirkjubøur

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view of church interior - bench-end

back side of one of the old [15thC?] bench ends formerly from this church, now at the Føroya Fornminnissavn [National Museum of the Faroe Islands]. The museum caption title below notes that the three crowns in the upper circle represent the union of the three Nordic kingdoms -- Photo caption: "Pultavangi P. Uttan sæst Ólavur Heilagi yvir abbatahalgimenninum Brendanus. Innan tær tríggjar krúnurnar hjá norðurlendsku uniónini og ein skjøldur við einum veðri – Føroya vápin." [visit the Føroya Fornminnissavn site [http://savn.fo/00053/00472/00520/00276/] [accessed 21 June 2014] for the rest of the listed and illustrated bench ends of this church].
Scene Description: back side of one of the old [15thC?] bench ends formerly from this church, now at the Føroya Fornminnissavn [National Museum of the Faroe Islands]. The museum caption title below notes that the three crowns in the upper circle represent the union of the three Nordic kingdoms -- Photo caption: "Pultavangi P. Uttan sæst Ólavur Heilagi yvir abbatahalgimenninum Brendanus. Innan tær tríggjar krúnurnar hjá norðurlendsku uniónini og ein skjøldur við einum veðri – Føroya vápin." [visit the Føroya Fornminnissavn site [http://savn.fo/00053/00472/00520/00276/] [accessed 21 June 2014] for the rest of the listed and illustrated bench ends of this church].
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Føroya Fornminnissavn, 2014
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view of church interior - bench-end

Side of one of the old [15thC?] bench ends formerly from this church, now at the Føroya Fornminnissavn [National Museum of the Faroe Islands]. The museum caption title below appears to identify St. Olav, inside the upper circle, and Abbot Brendanus [aka St. Brendan, aboot of Birr, aka Brendanus Biorra] below -- Photo caption: "Pultavangi P. Uttan sæst Ólavur Heilagi yvir abbatahalgimenninum Brendanus. Innan tær tríggjar krúnurnar hjá norðurlendsku uniónini og ein skjøldur við einum veðri – Føroya vápin." [visit the Føroya Fornminnissavn site [http://savn.fo/00053/00472/00520/00276/] [accessed 21 June 2014] for the rest of the listed and illustrated bench ends of this church].
Scene Description: Side of one of the old [15thC?] bench ends formerly from this church, now at the Føroya Fornminnissavn [National Museum of the Faroe Islands]. The museum caption title below appears to identify St. Olav, inside the upper circle, and Abbot Brendanus [aka St. Brendan, aboot of Birr, aka Brendanus Biorra] below -- Photo caption: "Pultavangi P. Uttan sæst Ólavur Heilagi yvir abbatahalgimenninum Brendanus. Innan tær tríggjar krúnurnar hjá norðurlendsku uniónini og ein skjøldur við einum veðri – Føroya vápin." [visit the Føroya Fornminnissavn site [http://savn.fo/00053/00472/00520/00276/] [accessed 21 June 2014] for the rest of the listed and illustrated bench ends of this church].
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Føroya Fornminnissavn, 2014
Image Source: [http://savn.fo/00053/00472/00520/00276/] [accessed 21 June 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

INFORMATION

Font ID: 19285KIR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Ólavskirkjan
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Olaf [aka Olaf II Haraldsson, Óláfr Haraldsson, Olav, Olav Haraldsson, Olave, Olof]
Church Address: Kirkjubøur 175, Faroe Islands, Denmark
Site Location: Streymoy / Strømø, Faroe Islands, Denmark, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on the S tip of Streymoy
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of the Faroe Islands
Font Notes:
[NB: we have no information on the font of this 12th-century church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 29V 615715 6871258