Oye / Øye

***NOT YET DONE IN SOLHAUG (2001)*** One of several wooden medieval fonts in Norway C-14 dated by Solhaug (2001). Solhaug (2019): 116: "Verified medieval fonts of pine [wood]: barrel shaped, Øye in Oppland; rectangular, Nore in Buskerud; hour-glass shaped, Amotsdal in Telemark plus Veggli, Uvdal, and Rollag in Buskerud. Font cover: Lomen in Oppland." An article by Sigrid Christie, Ola Storsletten and Anne Marta Hoff in Norges kirker [https://norgeskirker.no/wiki/Øye_kirke] [accessed 7 December 2022] notes that the old font was reported in the old church at the west end of the nave, near the entranceway, in the 1740 inspection; at that time it was proposed that it be moved to the east end, near the altar; made from a large block of pine, which is cut with a round bowl with straight sides and a narrowed, angular foot part that slopes slightly outwards; large drain hole; the basin has carving around the outside indicating three forged bands; the font has a flat funnel-shaped lid with similarly carved 'staves' on the outside; at the top is a round, flat-cut button. Diam of the basin. 60 cm, thickness 6 cm, depth 30 cm. Total height (with lid) approx. 113 cm. According to an inscription on the survey from the 1800s, the font was "reportedly brought from Stc. Tomas chapel at Fillefjeld". Noted and illustrated in the Store Norske Lexikon [https://snl.no/Øye_stavkirke] [accessed 7 December 2022]: "Døpefonten er skåret av ett emne og har beholdt lokket. Den sto tidligere i den nedrevne Thomaskirken på Filefjell. Dekoren etterlikner et lagget kar". The font cover is conical in shape, with a large knob finial; perhaps of the same date as the font itself? "Døpefonten er skåret av ett emne og har beholdt lokket. Den sto tidligere i den nedrevne Thomaskirken på Filefjell. Dekoren etterlikner et lagget kar"