Lem nr. Skive

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

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design element - motifs - vine

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information

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view of base - northeast side

Scene Description: the vertical open drain on the north side of the base

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view of basin - interior

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view of church exterior - detail

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view of church exterior - east end - semi-circular apse

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view of church exterior - east view

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view of church exterior - northeast end

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view of church exterior - relief - Madonna and Child on horseback

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view of church exterior - relief - dragon

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view of church exterior - southeast end

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of church exterior - southwest view

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view of church interior - looking west

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view of church interior - south transept - ceiling - painting

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view of font

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view of font - west side

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view of font in context - northeast side

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view of font in context - west side

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INFORMATION

FontID: 25737LEM

Church/Chapel: Lem Kirke

Church Location: Lem Kirke, Hostrupvej 17A, 7860 Spøttrup, Skive, Denmark -- Tel.: +45 24 62 33 34

Country Name: Denmark

Location: Midtjylland, Jylland

Directions to Site: Located on the Salling peninsula, 7 km S of Rødding and Spøttrup, in the municipality and 16 km W of Skive, 20 km SW of Roslev

Ecclesiastic Region: Viborg Stift

Historical Region: Rødding Herred

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel

Date: ca. 1200?

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century (?), Romanesque

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Baptismal font listed in Mackeprang (1941). Baptismal font of a brownish granite cosnisting of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a running vine all around below a rope moulding at the upper rim; another rope moulding below the underbowl; on a round-to-square base of the same material, decorated with geometric (?) motifs on at least one of the sides; an additional extension of modern bricks has been attached to the granite lower end as plinth.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.591111, 8.781944

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 35′ 28″ N, 8° 46′ 55″ E

UTM: 32V 486609 6271893

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining -- open vertical drain on the north side of the base

Rim Thickness: 8-9 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 57-58 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 72-75 cm*

Basin Depth: 20-21 cm*

Basin Total Height: 36 cm*

Height of Base: 55 mcm* (47 + 8)

Font Height (with Plinth): 91 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site [NB: the brick addition looks like a repair to the stone base rather than a plinth proper]

REFERENCES

Mackeprang, Mouritz, Danmarks middelalderlige døbefonte, 1941