Amotsdal / Åmotsdal
Image copyright © Randi Hausken, 2009
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view of church exterior - south view
Scene Description: Source caption: " Åmotsdal church, build 1792 by Jarand Rønjom. On this place there used to be a stave church."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Randi Hausken, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph 9 August 2009 by Randi Hausken [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Åmotsdal_church_(3836952040).jpg] [accessed 7 December 2022]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Fylkesvei 503 ved Åmotsdal kirke"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jan-Tore Egge, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 10 September 2014 by Jan-Tore Egge [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FV503_Åmotsdal_kirke.jpg] [accessed 7 December 2022]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 24490AMO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Åmotsdal kyrkje
Church Location: Åmotsdalsvegen 1211, 3844 Seljord, Norway
Country Name: Norway
Location: Vest-Telemark, Vestfold og Telemark
Directions to Site: Located 10-12 km NW of Faltdal, N of the E134, in the municipality and about 25 km NW of Seljord, 120-130 km W of Oslo
Ecclesiastic Region: Agder og Telemark bispedømme
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: Medieval
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: earlier church sold at auction in 1723; demolished 1744; new church built thereafter; consecrated 1792;
Font Notes:
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***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." The entry for this church in Norske Kirker [https://www.norske-kirker.net/home/telemark/aamotsdal-kirke/] [accesed 7 December 2022] reports an old wooden hourglass-shaped baptismal font with a soapstone basin insert: "Døpefonten av tre er timeglassformet og sies å være svært gammel. Den har en kum av kleberstein."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 59.62752,, 8.407
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 59° 37′ 39.07″ N, 8° 24′ 25.2″ E
UTM: 32V 466553 6610079
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: wood, pine
Drainage Notes: soapstone basin insert [cf. FontNotes]