Flynder No. 1 / Flundaerae
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Scene Description: Source caption: " Fragment af (†)romansk fontekumme og -fod (s. 904). Foto M. B. Fritz & Søn 1940. – Fragment des (†)romanischen Taufbeckens." [NB: these fragments were unearthed in 1937 during the excavation work for the foundations of the 1940 tower]
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Image Source: digital image of a 1940 B&W photograph by M. B. Fritz & Søn, reproduced in Danmarks kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Ringkobing_0881-0930.pdf] [accesed 8 April 2022]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 23869FLY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (fragment)
Church/Chapel: Flynder Kirke
Church Location: Agergårdvej 12, Flynder, 7660 Bækmarksbro, Denmark / Tel.: +45 97 88 12 70
Country Name: Denmark
Location: Ringkøbing, Midtjylland
Directions to Site: Located off (E) road 28 [aka Ringkøbingvej], 4-5 km N of Bækmarksbro, 11 km S of Lemvig, about 40 km N of Ringkøbing
Historical Region: Skodborg herred
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Late Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: late-Romanesque church documented 1350; present tower of 1940
Font Notes:
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Danmarks kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Ringkobing_0881-0930.pdf] [accesed 8 April 2022] reports and illustrates some fragments of a baptismal font made of granite, possibly the original of the Romanesque church here, were unearthed in the foundations work done in 1937 for the building of the 1940 tower; there is some decorative pattern on the underbowl part of one of the fragments; the source provides some of the actual measurements as well as some estimated based on those of the remains. These fragments were later located in the northwest side of the porch. [cf. BSI entry for Flynder No. 2 for the later font of this church]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.447297, 8.304708
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 26′ 50.27″ N, 8° 18′ 16.95″ E
UTM: 32V 457139 6256081
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 70 cm* [estimated from remaining fragment]
Trapezoidal Basin: 45 x 45 x 42 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Danmarks kirker