Lem nr. Skive
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view of font - west side
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view of basin - interior
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
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design element - motifs - vine
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
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view of church exterior - relief - dragon
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view of church exterior - relief - Madonna and Child on horseback
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view of church exterior - detail
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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 - east end - semi-circular apse
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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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 interior - south transept - ceiling - painting
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view of font in context - northeast side
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view of church interior - looking west
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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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INFORMATION
Font ID: 25737LEM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2023-05-04
Font Date: ca. 1200?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century (?), Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Lem Kirke
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel
Church Address: Lem Kirke, Hostrupvej 17A, 7860 Spøttrup, Skive, Denmark -- Tel.: +45 24 62 33 34
Site Location: Midtjylland, Jylland, Denmark, Europe
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
Additional Comments: altered font (modern brick lower base)
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 32V 486609 6271893
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 56.591111, 8.781944
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 56° 35′ 28″ N, 8° 46′ 55″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
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, p. 169, 170, 196, 280 fn