Habaer / Hábæjar / Þykkvibær / Habaearkirkja / Hábæjarkirkja / Þykkvabæjarkirkja / Þykkvabæjarkapella / Þykkvibær
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Fonts baptismaux de 1686"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Skyrgámur, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph in Skyrgámur's Odyssée islandaise Tome 2 (26 January 2017) [http://odyssee-islandaise-tome-2.eklablog.com/les-eglises-d-islande-c25755562/4] [accessed 5 November 2023]
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Skyrgámur, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph in Skyrgámur's Odyssée islandaise Tome 2 (26 January 2017) [http://odyssee-islandaise-tome-2.eklablog.com/les-eglises-d-islande-c25755562/4] [accessed 5 November 2023]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 25030YKK
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Hábæjarkirkja / Þykkvabæjarkirkja
Church Location: P9WP+WHW, 851 Þykkvabær, Iceland
Country Name: Iceland
Location: Suðurlandi
Directions to Site: Located between highway 1 and the coast, in the municipality of Rangárþing, SW of Hella, ESE of Reykjavik
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church
Date: 1686
Century and Period: 18th century (late)
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: the present church dates to 1967-1972
Font Notes:
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Skyrgámur's Odyssée islandaise Tome 2 (26 January 2017) [http://odyssee-islandaise-tome-2.eklablog.com/les-eglises-d-islande-c25755562/4] [accessed 5 November 2023] notes and illustrates a baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin decorated with painted symbols and motifs, raised on an octagonal pedestal base and an octagonal lower base, both also painted; the basin has a metal baptismal dish. No cover present.
A 7 May 2015 issue of Archaeology Magazine of the Archaeological Institute of America published an article announcing the discovery of the lost Þykkvabær cloister, which housed Augustinian monks from 1168 to 1550 [NB: we have no information on its font]. The cloister discovery was also announced on the Iceland Review issue of the same date [https://www.icelandreview.com/news/archaeologists-believe-they-have-found-lost-cloister/] [accessed 5 November 2023]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 63.7473682, -20.6135374
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 63° 44' 50.5" N, 20° 36' 48.7" W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: wood
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal