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design element - motifs - roll moulding
view of basin - upper view
view of church exterior - northeast view
view of church exterior - southeast view
view of church exterior - west tower - southeast view
view of font
INFORMATION
FontID: 21591FLO
Church/Chapel: Fløng kirke
Church Location: Fløng Byvej 16, Fløng, 2640 Hedehusene, Denmark -- Tel.: +45 46 56 27 49
Country Name: Denmark
Location: Hovedstaden, Sjælland
Directions to Site: Located off (N) highway 21, just N of Hedehusene, in the municipality of Høje-Taastrup, 7 km ENE of Roskilde
Ecclesiastic Region: Helsingør stift
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, near the pulpit
Date: ca. 1200? [basin only]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century [basin only], Medieval / composite
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Roskildetypen
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Bo Kartmann for his photographs of this font
Church Notes: original church ca. 1100; tower added ca. 1200; re-built ca. 1500
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Noted and illustrated in Danmarks Kirker [www.danmarks-kirker.dk/helsingor/flong_hel.htm] [accessed 22 December 2017]. Noted and illustrated in [https://www.floengkirke.dk/kirken-og-sognet/kirken/floeng-kirkes-historie/] [accessed 22 December 2017]: "Fløng Kirkes romanske døbefont af granit stammer fra 1100-tallet, og menes at være lige så gammel som Fløng Kirke. Dåbsfadet er fra 1753 og af tin ligesom dåbskanden. Døbefonten var tidligere udstyret med et udskåret låg af træ. Det hænger nu under prædikestolen." The font consists of a round slightly tapering basin of reddish granite decorated with a single rope moulding at the upper rim; round splaying base of a lighter-coloured granite, and probably a later replacement of the original base, decorated with a roll moulding atop. No cover present [the wooden cover referred to above no longer used on the font; mid-18th century metal baptismal dish now in use.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
55.661667,
12.180736
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
55° 39′ 42″ N,
12° 10′ 50.65″ E
UTM: 33U 322662 6172029
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [earlier wooden cover [cf. FontNotes]]