Gording / Goerding / Gørding

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design element - motifs - bow or loop - 4

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design element - motifs - moulding

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design element - motifs - moulding - parallel - 2

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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information

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view of basin - upper view

Scene Description: showing the baptismal dish holder

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view of basin - upper view

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view of church exterior - gravestone

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view of church exterior - northeast view

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view of church exterior - portal - detail

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Gørding kirke, Esbjerg, fra sydvest"

Image Source: digital photograph 1 September 2007 by Bococo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:07-09-01-f41_Gørding_(Esbjerg).jpg] [accessed 5 January 2025]

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view of church interior - chancel and east end

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view of church interior - looking west

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view of church interior - reredos

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view of font - west side

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view of font in context - west side

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INFORMATION

FontID: 25776GOR

Church/Chapel: Gørding Kirke

Church Location: Kirkevej 22, 6690 Gørding, Denmark -- Tel.: +45 61 68 31 33

Country Name: Denmark

Location: Sydvestjylland, Syddanmark

Directions to Site: Located just N of Gørding and the Holsted Å, S of the E20, in the municipality and about 20 km E of Esbjerg

Ecclesiastic Region: Eibe Stift

Historical Region: Gørding Herred

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end of the nave [cf. FontNotes]

Date: n.d.

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Church Notes: church ca. 1180; modified ca. 1500

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

The entry for this church in LEX Danmarks Nationalleksikon [https://lex.dk/Gørding_Kirke_-_Esbjerg] [accessed 5 January 2024] reports a Romanesque baptismal font of reddish granite consisting of a plain basin on a base decorated with bow motifs at the corners ["Kirkens ældste inventarstykke er den romanske døbefont af rødlig granit. Den har en glat kumme, mens foden er udsmykket med særprægede, sløjfeagtige hjørneknopper."] [NB: the basin is not totally plain; it has a double parallel moulding below the upper rim, and a roll moulding at the bottom of the underbowl]. The Wikipedia entry for this church [https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gørding_Kirke] [accessed 5 January 2025] reports a baptismal font made of granite from the Romanesque period that was originally by the south door but is now in the nave, by the chancel ["Døbefonten er af granit og fra den romanske tid. Døbefonten havde i begyndelsen sin plads ved indgangsdøren mod syd. I dag står den centralt placeret i kirkerummet."] [NB: there is an entry for this church in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/ringkoebing/goerding-kirke/] but the web link failed to connect at every attempt [5+ January 2025]]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.473333, 8.798889

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 28′ 24″ N, 8° 47′ 56″ E

UTM: 32U 487287 6147484

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

Rim Thickness: 6.5-7 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 52 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 66 cm*

Basin Depth: 26 cm*

Basin Total Height: 46 cm*

Height of Base: 35 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 81 cm*

Square Base Dimensions: 38 x 39 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site

REFERENCES

Danmarks Kirker, Nationalmuseet i København. Accessed: 2025-01-05 00:00:00. URL: http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk.