Reykjahlid / Reykjahlíð
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view of church exterior - north view
Scene Description: the church in the lava field that resulted from the 1724-1729 eruptions
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Erik Christensen, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2006 by Erik Christensen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reykjahlíð.1.jpg] [accessed 17 September 2016]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated
view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 August 2007 by TommyBee [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myvatn10.JPG] [accessed 17 September 2016]
Copyright Instructions: PD-self
view of church exterior in context - east view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andreas Tille, 1998
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 6 August 1998 by Andreas Tille [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ReykjahlidhChurch.jpg] [accessed 17 September 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: the interior of the modern church re-built mid-20thC -- Source caption: "Reykjahlíðarkirkja er í Skútustaðaprestakalli í Þingeyjarprófastsdæmi. Reykjahlíð var bær og kirkjustaður en nú smáþorp og mikill ferðamannastaður við Mývatn norðaustanvert. Kirkjan, sem nú stendur, var byggð 1958-1962. Hún tekur 120 manns í sæti. Skírnarsá, sem Jóhannes Björnsson á Húsavík skar út auk myndskurðar á prédikunarstólnum. Batikmyndirnar í kórnum eru eftir Sigrúnu Jónsdóttur."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 August 2007 by TommyBee [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myvatn11.JPG] [accessed 17 September 2016]
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view of context
Scene Description: Reykjahlíð and Búrfell at the foot of the Krafla
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hansueli Krapf, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 April 2014 by Hansueli Krapf [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2014-04-28_17-41-42_Iceland_-_Mývatni_Reykjahlíð.JPG] [accessed 17 September 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of font and baptismal dish
Scene Description: the baptismal dish is dated 1485; the font is from the church at Hólar
INFORMATION
FontID: 20737REY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Reykjahlíðarkirkja
Church Location: Reykjahlíð, Norðurland eystra, Iceland
Country Name: Iceland
Location: Norðurland eystra, Norðausturkjördæmi
Directions to Site: Located on the shores of Lake Mývatn, in the N of Iceland; in the municipality of Skútustaðahreppur
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Hólar
Church Notes: the earlier parish church was engulfed by lava in the 18thC; re-built 1958-1962
Font Notes:
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A baptismal dish and the basin of a font are illustrated in a 1835 engraving from Joseph-Paul Gaimard; the baptismal dish is noted as being dated 1485, from the parish church at Reykjahlíð. [NB: we have no information on the whereabouts of the font of the original church here; the present font is modern the work of artist Jóhannes Björnsson, from Húsavík].
COORDINATES
UTM: 28W 412178 7281520