Oster Svenstrup / Øster Svenstrup Kirke

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 25898SVE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Vestjylland group
Cognate Fonts: Kettrup, Kollerup, etc.
Church / Chapel Name: Øster Svenstrup Kirke
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Notes: church of ca. 1300
Church Address: Janumvej 44, Øster Svenstrup, 9460 Brovst, Denmatk -- Tel.: 98231882
Site Location: Jylland, Region Nordjylland, Denmark
Directions to Site: Located off road 11, 3-4 km W of Brovst, in the municipality of Jammerbugt (since 2007), 25-30 km WNW of Aalborg
Ecclesiastic Region: Aalborg Stifr
Historical Region: Øster Han Herred, Hjørring Amt
Font Notes:
Baptismal font listed in Mackeprang as of the 'Vestjylland group', 'Hanherrederne og Mors] subgroup; the hemispherical basin is decorated with parallel roll mouldings; raised on a round-to-square base with arcades on the sides.

COORDINATES

UTM: 32V 528484 6328749
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.1011873, 9.47000519
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 6′ 4.32″ N, 9° 28′ 12.58″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Mackeprang, Mouritz, Danmarks middelalderlige døbefonte, 1941, p. 179, 181