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INFORMATION
Font ID: 25742DRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2023-05-05
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Vendyssel Type Ai [Mackeprang]
Church / Chapel Name: Dronninglund Slot Kirke
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Clement
Church Notes: original Benedictine monastery church ca. 1160-1200; twice modified since; mural paintings 15thC
Church Address: Slotsgade 8B, 9330 Dronninglund, Denmark -- Tel.: +45 24 87 11 84
Site Location: Nordjylland, Jylland, Denmark, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (S) road 559 [aka Slotsgade], in the municipality of Brønderslev, 25-30 km NE of Aalborg
Ecclesiastic Region: Aalborg Stift
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of granite listed and illustrated in Mackeprang (1941) chapter on the Vendyssel fonts; it consists of a roughly hemispherical basin raised on a round-to-square base; very plain incised and moulded decoration. The font, located in the chancel of the 'slot kirke', is encased in painted and gilded wooden canopy.
COORDINATES
UTM: 32V 576360 6335341
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.154947, 10.262289
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 9′ 17.81″ N, 10° 15′ 44.24″ 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
Rim Thickness: 7-8 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 58 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 74 cm*
Basin Depth: 30 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 84 cm*
Font Height (with Plinth): 97 cm*
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Notes: canopy: 3 m tall; 1.85 x 1.85 cm wide
REFERENCES
- Mackeprang, Mouritz, Danmarks middelalderlige døbefonte, 1941, p. 150ff