Rimso / Rimsø

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Scene Description: posted outside the church

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - Runic stone - runes

the 10thC Runic stone was built into the south wall of the church; later detached -- "The Rimsø stone or DR 114 is a runestone from the 10th century near Århus in Denmark. It is one of few runestones raised after a woman, and it is raised by her son who exclaims that losing one's mother is the worst thing that can happen to a boy" [cf. Wikipedia entry for the details of the inscription [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rimsø_Runestone] [accessed 11 December 2024]]

Scene Description: the 10thC Runic stone was built into the south wall of the church; later detached -- "The Rimsø stone or DR 114 is a runestone from the 10th century near Århus in Denmark. It is one of few runestones raised after a woman, and it is raised by her son who exclaims that losing one's mother is the worst thing that can happen to a boy" [cf. Wikipedia entry for the details of the inscription [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rimsø_Runestone] [accessed 11 December 2024]]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - south portal

Scene Description: carvings by the Horder workshop

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - south portal - detail - saint

Scene Description: carvings by the Horder workshop

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - south portal - tympanum - lion

Image Source: edited detail of a 21 October 2006 digital photograph by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Rimsox11.jpg] [accessed 11 December 2024]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - southwest view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - looking east - altar

Scene Description: Source caption: "Rimsø Kirke i Danmark. Skibet set mod øst"

Image Source: edited detail of a 21 October 2006 digital photograph by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Rimsox28.jpg] [accessed 11 December 2024]

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view of font

Image Source: edited detail of a 21 October 2006 digital photograph by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Rimsox34.jpg] [accessed 11 December 2024]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 25749RIM

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Rimsø Kirke

Church Location: Rimsø, Toresvej 4, 8500 Grenå, Denmark -- Tel.: +45 29 10 32 37

Country Name: Denmark

Location: Midtjylland, Jylland

Directions to Site: Located off (N) road 18, 12 km NW of Grenå, in the municipality of Norddjurs

Ecclesiastic Region: Århus Stift

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

Date: n.d.

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

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Djurslandstypen [Mackeprang]

Church Notes: church ca. 1150; south portal by master Horder; church modified 16thC

Font Notes: Click to view

Listed in Mackeprang (1941) as a baptismal font of the Djurslandstypen; this author mentions also tthe south portal by the Horders workshop. The entry for this church in the Fornæs Pastorat [https://www.fornaespastorat.dk/rimso-kastbjerg-sogn/rimso-kirke] [accessed 11 December 2024] informs that the foundation for the font was discovered by the south door, but the font was installed for a time beneath the tower; it was later moved to the present position in the chancel. The entry for this church in LEX Danmarks Nationalleksikon [https://lex.dk/Rimsø_Kirke] [accessed 11 December 2024] reports a Romanesque baptismal font made of granite; it stands in the nave in front of the chancel archl it consists of a plain basin on a round fluted base and a modern square plinth.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.4787, 10.7952

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 28′ 43.32″ N, 10° 47′ 42.72″ E

UTM: 32V 610568 6260804

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round