Hvaler
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view of font and baptismal dish
Scene Description: the Gotland font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lipothymia, [2006?]
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 27 April 2006 by Lipothymia [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hvaler_kirke,_alteret.JPG] [accessed 4 October 2022]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Hvaler kirke sett fra sørvest"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Siri Johannessen, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph 14 October 2008 by Siri Johannessen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hvaler_kirke,_sydvest_02-1200.jpg] [accessed 4 October 2022]
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view of church interior - chancel arch and east side
Scene Description: the medieval font stands by the north pillar of the chancel arch
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lipothymia, [2006?]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: the only decoration on the font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lipothymia, [2006?]
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 27 April 2006 by Lipothymia [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hvaler_kirke,_alteret.JPG] [accessed 4 October 2022]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 24337HVA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Gotland font
Church / Chapel Name: Hvaler Kirke / Kyrkje
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the N pillar of the chancel arch
Church Notes: 12thC church [some materials carbon dated to ca. 1000]; restored 1950s;
Church Address: Svanekilveien 11, 1680 Skjærhalden, Norway -- Tel.: +47 474 79 730
Site Location: Østfold, Østlandet, Norway, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off local road 108, 1 km NW of Skjærhalden, in Hvaler municipality, on Kirkeøy island, W of the border with Sweden
Ecclesiastic Region: Borg bispedømme
Font Notes:
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Listed and illustrated in Solhaug (2001) as a baptismal font made of limestone on Gotland ca. 1200-1225 and imported into Norway; the font consists of a roughly cylindrical basin [slightly tapering sides] on a round pedestal base and a splaying lower base. No cover present but a baptismal dish is in use.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mona Bramer Solhaug for sharing her baptismal font information with BSI
COORDINATES
UTM: 32V 616255 6545450
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 59.03265, 11.025617
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 59° 1′ 57.54″ N, 11° 1′ 32.22″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (inside rim): 50 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 63 cm*
Basin Depth: 25 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 83 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. 56-57 and fig. 73 on p. 140