Holmedal
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Scene Description: the modern font in the modern church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Norges Kirker, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph 13 June 2006 in Norges Kirker [https://norgeskirker.no/wiki/Fil:Holmedal_kyrkje,_Kvinnherad_Døpefont_1.jpg] [accessed 3 October 2022]
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view of church exterior in context - northwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Holmedal kyrkje, juni 2017" -- the present church was built in 1882 1.7 km from the site of its medieval predecesor
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Harald Sætre, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 14 June 2017 by Harald Sætre [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holmedal_kyrkje.jpg] [accessed 3 October 2022]
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view of church exterior in context - ruins
Scene Description: Source caption: "Gamle kyrkjestad Holmedal" -- the site and ruins of the medieval church, located 1.7 km from the present church [old site coordinates: 5.92068148, 59.7955791]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roger Grimelid, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph by Roger Grimelid in KULTURMINNESØK [https://www.kulturminnesok.no/] [accessed 3 October 2022]
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view of font base in context
Scene Description: the base of the medieval font seen here beside the pulpit
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Norges Kirker, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph 13 June 2006 in Norges Kirker [https://norgeskirker.no/wiki/Fil:Holmedal_kyrkje,_Kvinnherad_Prekestol_1.jpg] [accessed 3 October 2022]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: the modern font inside the modern church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kirkesøk, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph in Kirkesøk [https://kirkesok.no/kirke/121100501/] [accessed 3 October 2022]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 24336HOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Gotland font
Church / Chapel Name: Holmedal Kirke / Kyrkje
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church, by the side of the pulpit
Church Notes: early stave church probably 13thC; medieval church documented 1360; present church of 1882 built 1.7 km SW of the original site; renovated 1982
Church Address: Holmedalsvegen, 5453 Utåker, Norway
Site Location: Vestland, Vestlandet, Norway, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off county road 48, just S of Utåker town centre, in the municipality of Kvinnherad, on the E coast, roughly equidistant between Bergen (NNW) and Stavanger (SSE)
Ecclesiastic Region: Bjørgvin Bispedømme
Font Notes:
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Listed and illustrated in Solhaug (2001) as the base (stem and lower base) surviving from a 13th-century baptismal font made of limestone and imported from Gotland; the upper end of the pedestal base shows a centre drain hole. No cover present. Mentioned in Gravgaver [https://www.gravgaver.no/gotland-dopefonter.htm] [accessed 2 October 2022] as one of twelve medieval fonts imported from Gotland into Norway: "Borre (av kummen er kun fragmenter bevart), Eidanger (kun fot), Fon (nederste del av kummen), Hidra (skaft og fot), Holmedal (skaft og fot), Hvaler, Nøtterøy (kun underdel), Ramnes (skaft og fot, fire hoder skyter ut fra vulsten), Sannidal, Sæbø, Tanum, Våle." The entry for this church in Norges Kirker [https://norgeskirker.no/wiki/Holmedal_kirke#D.C3.B8pefont] [accessed 3 October 2022] describes two fonts in this church, the medieval remains beside the pulpit, and the later wooden font in use in the chancel: "Rester av middelaldersk døpefont under prekestolen. Kalkstein. Består av fot og skaft. Rund fot med loddrett standkant som går over i grunn hulfas. Meget avslått. Skaft konisk med vulst nederst. Blekrød stein med feltspatårer. Et annet steinslag enn foten. H. fot 23 cm. H. skaft 36.3 cm. Nedre diam. 28 cm. Øvre diam. 33 cm." The present font in use is modern, octagonal in shape and with a small metal baptismal dish atop.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mona Bramer Solhaug for sharing her baptismal font information with BSI
COORDINATES
UTM: 32V 326163 6631364
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 59.783521, 5.902851
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 59° 47′ 0.68″ N, 5° 54′ 10.27″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Drainage System: centre hole in base
Height of Base: 61 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Solhaug (2001)
REFERENCES
- Solhaug, Mona Bramer, Middelalderens døpefonter i Norge, Oslo: Unipub forlag -- Det historisk filosofiske fakultetet, Universitetet i Oslo, 2001, p. 53-54 and fig. 66 on p. 137