Olgod No. 2 / Ølgod
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Apostle or saint - St. Lawrence - with grill in the right hand - holding a book in the left hand
Scene Description: St Lawrence is the patron saint of this church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Danmarks Kirker, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a 1982 B&W photograph in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Ribe_1515-1562.pdf] [accessed 13 August 2023]
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cleric - bishop - holding staff
Scene Description: the right hand may ba raised in benediction
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Danmarks Kirker, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a 1982 B&W photograph in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Ribe_1515-1562.pdf] [accessed 13 August 2023]
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coat or arms or emblem - unidentified
Scene Description: seen here on the left
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Danmarks Kirker, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a 1973 B&W photograph in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Ribe_1515-1562.pdf] [accessed 13 August 2023]
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design element - motifs - floral, foliage and/or fruit
Scene Description: a tight pattern all around
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Danmarks Kirker, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a 1982 B&W photograph in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Ribe_1515-1562.pdf] [accessed 13 August 2023]
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design element - patterns - reticular
Scene Description: a band of, above the inscription
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Danmarks Kirker, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a 1982 B&W photograph in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Ribe_1515-1562.pdf] [accessed 13 August 2023]
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human figure - female? - 4
Scene Description: perhaps the four female virtues? [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Danmarks Kirker, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a 1982 B&W photograph in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Ribe_1515-1562.pdf] [accessed 13 August 2023]
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inscription - detail
Scene Description: notice the motif or symbol between the words; there are several of them, some are crosses
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Danmarks Kirker, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a 1982 B&W photograph in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Ribe_1515-1562.pdf] [accessed 13 August 2023]
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symbol - unidentified
Scene Description: seen here on the right
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Danmarks Kirker, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a 1973 B&W photograph in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Ribe_1515-1562.pdf] [accessed 13 August 2023]
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view of baptismal dish
Scene Description: a common design in the North; ca. 1550
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Danmarks Kirker, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a 1982 B&W photograph in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Ribe_1515-1562.pdf] [accessed 13 August 2023]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ølgod kirke (Varde) fra sydøst"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bococo, 2006
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 16 February 2006 by Bococo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ølgod_kirke_(Varde).JPG] [accessed 13 August 2023]
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view of church interior - chancel and east end
Scene Description: Source caption: "Alteret i Ølgod Kirke"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Behindthecleric, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 18 September 2020 by Behindthecleric [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ølgod_Kirkes_alter.jpg] [accessed 13 August 2023]
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view of church interior - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kristen Kousgaard, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph by Kristen Kousgaard [https://comevisit.dk/id/olgodkirke] [accessed 13 August 2023]
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view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: showing the baptismal font of 1455 by the north pillar of the chancel arch
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kristen Kousgaard, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph by Kristen Kousgaard [https://comevisit.dk/id/olgodkirke] [accessed 13 August 2023]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Danmarks Kirker, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a 1982 B&W photograph in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Ribe_1515-1562.pdf] [accessed 13 August 2023]
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view of font - southwest side
Scene Description: the 1455 font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kristen Kousgaard, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph by Kristen Kousgaard [https://comevisit.dk/id/olgodkirke] [accessed 13 August 2023]
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view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Danmarks Kirker, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Ribe_1515-1562.pdf] [accessed 13 August 2023]
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view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Danmarks Kirker, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a 1982 B&W photograph in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Ribe_1515-1562.pdf] [accessed 13 August 2023]
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view of font cover
Scene Description: font cover ca. 1640; present painting from 1760
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kristen Kousgaard, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph by Kristen Kousgaard [https://comevisit.dk/id/olgodkirke] [accessed 13 August 2023]
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view of font cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Danmarks Kirker, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a 1982 B&W photograph in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Ribe_1515-1562.pdf] [accessed 13 August 2023]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24895OLG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Ølgod Kirke
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Location: Vestergade 68A, 6870 Ølgod, Denmark -- Tel.: +45 61 18 32 10
Country Name: Denmark
Location: Sydjylland, Syddanmark
Directions to Site: Located E of road 12 [aka Herningvey], about 25 km NNE of Varde, 40+ km N of Esbjerg
Ecclesiastic Region: Ribe Stift
Historical Region: Øster Horne herred
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel, N side
Date: 1455
Century and Period: 15th century (mid), Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
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: church ca. 1200; tower added ca. 1500; restored 1960
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Ribe_1515-1562.pdf] [accessed 13 August 2023] lists and illustrates two baptismal fonts in this church: the font in use in the chancel dates from 1455; it is made of metal and bears the date, the name of the priest Hermn Myn and an invocation to the Virgin; there are symbols (one of them appears heraldic) and figures on the sides; one of the figures a bishop, the other St. Lawrence with his grill; the four supporting figures on a round lower base may be feminine and represent the virtues. DK (ibid.) suggests the fonts at Ribe cathedral, Varde St. Jakobi church and Nordby church as cognates. A baptismal dish of ca. 1550 is in use. The hexagonal wooden font cover is profusely decorated with fruit motifs framed by six scroll ribs topped with a bird finial; the lower carved sides have cherub(?) heads in three of them, another has a dove with chick, another a hare and the sixth has a pelikan feedin its young with its blood; the cover dates from ca. 1640; the present painting from 1760.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.809228, 8.608819
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 48′ 33.22″ N, 8° 36′ 31.75″ E
UTM: 32U 475483 6184917
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 66 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 74 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Danmarks Kirker
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Notes: not an exact transcription as there are several crosses and other motifs/symbols between the words of the inscription
Inscription Location: around the basin sides
Inscription Text: "Anno domini m cd l qvinto olgvd ecclesie lavrenci plebanus hermen mynder maria"
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Date: ca. 1640
Material: wood
Apparatus: fixed attachment to the ceiling
Notes: painted 1760