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view of church exterior

Scene Description: notice, on the facing wall, between the two windows, a small carving of a Crucifixion scene -- Photo caption: "Die Domruine (Magnuskathedrale) von Kirkjubøur/Färöer, im Hintergrund der traditionsreiche Hof aus dem 11. Jahrhundert".

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Image Source: digital photograph by Erik Christensen uploaded by JuTa [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Cathedral#mediaviewer/File:Kirkjubøur,_Faroe_Islands.JPG] [accessed 21 June 2014]

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view of church exterior

Scene Description: the changing view of the 'cathedral'; July 2013

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Søren Møller Madsen

Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 July 2013 by Søren Møller Madsen [https://plus.google.com/112317016344890118696/about] [accessed 21 June 2014]

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view of church exterior - detail

Scene Description: a Crucifixion scene built into the exterior wall of the ruins

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Image Source: original source unknown -- reproduced in http://imram.oac.ie/?q=node/100 [accessed 21 June 2014]

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view of church exterior - window

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Keith Mongan, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 January 2011 by Keith Mongan [https://plus.google.com/112317016344890118696/about] [accessed 21 June 2014]

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Image caption: "The Magnus Cathedral in 1839"

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Image Source: 1839 engraving in Barthélemy Lauvergne (1805-1871), Voyages de la Commision scientifique de Nord: en Scandinavie, en Laponie, au Spitzberg et aux Feroe, pendant les années 1838, 1839 et 1849, sur la corvette La R…" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Cathedral#mediaviewer/File:Recherche_Expedition_1839_Kirkjubøur.jpg] [accessed 21 June 2014]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 19286KIR
Church/Chapel: Kirkjubømúrurin [Magnus Cathedral]
Church Patron Saints: St. Magnus
Church Location: Kirkjubøur 175, Faroe Islands, Denmark
Country Name: Denmark
Location: Streymoy / Strømø, Faroe Islands
Directions to Site: Located on the S tip of Streymoy
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of the Faroe Islands
Date: ca. 1300?
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Church Notes: so-called 'Magnus cathedral' built by Bishop Erlendur ca. 1300; never completed; now in ruins
[NB: we have no information on the font of this ca. 1300 church]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 61.955833, -6.793333
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 61° 57′ 21″ N, 6° 47′ 36″ W
UTM: 29V 615731 6871227