Brons / Brøns
Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2006
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view of font and baptismal dish
Scene Description: Source caption: "Brøns Kirke i Danmark. Døbefont"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_brons42.jpg] [accessed 1 March 2022]
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human figure - head - 4
Scene Description: Source caption: "Brøns Pfarrkirche. Romanischer Taufstein ( 12.Jhdt. )."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Wolfgang Sauber, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph 19 July 2008 by Wolfgang Sauber [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brøns_kirke_-_Romanischer_Taufstein.jpg] [accessed 1 March 2022]
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design element - motifs - varied
Scene Description: a broad band of
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Wolfgang Sauber, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph 19 July 2008 by Wolfgang Sauber [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brøns_kirke_-_Romanischer_Taufstein.jpg] [accessed 1 March 2022]
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design element - architectural - arch-head - round - intersecting
Scene Description: a band of
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Wolfgang Sauber, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph 19 July 2008 by Wolfgang Sauber [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brøns_kirke_-_Romanischer_Taufstein.jpg] [accessed 1 March 2022]
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design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Wolfgang Sauber, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph 19 July 2008 by Wolfgang Sauber [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brøns_kirke_-_Romanischer_Taufstein.jpg] [accessed 1 March 2022]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Brøns Kirke"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hjart, 2021
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 21 February 2021 by Hjart [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brøns_Kirke_02.jpg] [accessed 1 March 2022]
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Brøns Kirke"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hjart, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 21 February 2021 by Hjart [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brøns_Kirke_04.jpg] [accessed 1 March 2022]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Brøns Kirke i Danmark. Skib mod øst, nordvæg"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_brons15.jpg] [accessed 1 March 2022]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5
human figure - head - 4
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_brons42.jpg] [accessed 1 March 2022]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5
symbol - cross - in a circle - radiant circle
Scene Description: seen here on the right side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_brons42.jpg] [accessed 1 March 2022]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5
INFORMATION
Font ID: 23790BRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Late Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Brøns Kirke
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the NE corner of the nave
Church Notes: present stone church built ca. 1200(?)
Church Address: Hovedvejen 3A, 6780 Skærbæk, Denmark -- Tel.: +45 74 75 31 14
Site Location: Sønderjylland, Syddanmark, Denmark, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off road 11 [aka Hovedvejen/Ribevej], 2-3 km N of Astrup, in the municipality and 7-8 km NW of Skærbæk, 15 km SSW of Ribe
Ecclesiastic Region: Ribe Stift
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of granite consisting of a tub-shaped basin with four human heads set at 90-degree angles at the upper rim sides; between the heads is a broad and busy pattern of varied motifs, below which is a set of round intersecting arch-heads that rest on a moulded lower rim; the underbowl tapers down with a single moulding atop; round-to-square pyramidal base with human heads at the corners; one of the sides between the heads has a cross in a radiant circle. No cover present.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 482550 6116336
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 55.1933, 8.725897
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 55° 11′ 35.88″ N, 8° 43′ 33.23″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: tub-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round