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B01: Old Testament - the time of Samson - the book of Judges - Samson - fighting a lion - riding the lion

Scene Description: The man wears a short-mane hair style and appears full front; the lion, much smaller, appears sideways [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital photograph April 2010 by Jens Kinkel, in Danmarks kirker [http://www.danmarks-kirker.dk/helsingor/graested_hel.htm] [accessed 25 November 2024]

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design element - motifs - rope moulding - parallel - opposed thread directions

Scene Description: around the upper rim of the basin

Image Source: digital photograph April 2010 by Jens Kinkel, in Danmarks kirker [http://www.danmarks-kirker.dk/helsingor/graested_hel.htm] [accessed 25 November 2024]

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human figure - female - holding stick - on horseback

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital image of a 1962 B&W photograph in Danmarks kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Frederiksborg_1172-1196.pdf] [accessed 25 November 2024

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human figure - male - standing - holding book

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

human figure - male - warrior - with weapon in the right hand - fighting dragon or serpent

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital image of a 1962 B&W photograph in Danmarks kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Frederiksborg_1172-1196.pdf] [accessed 25 November 2024

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view of basin and baptismal dish - upper view

Scene Description: on the baptismal dish: "Dåbsfad, slutningen af 1500-tallet, sydtysk arbejde, af messing, 64,5 cm i tvm. Hjort- og -hund-frise både på randen og i bunden omkring midtfeltets bebudelsesscene. Indstemplede ornamenter: stjerner og blade, samt på randen stemplet RS i rektangel24. Meget nedslidt" [source: http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Frederiksborg_1172-1196.pdf] [accessed 25 November 2024]

Image Source: digital photograph April 2010 by Jens Kinkel, in Danmarks kirker [http://www.danmarks-kirker.dk/helsingor/graested_hel.htm] [accessed 25 November 2024]

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Græsted Kirke, Græsted Sogn, Holbo Herred, Frederiksborg Amt, Danmark."

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 15 July 2013 by Thomas Vedelsbøl [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Græsted_Kirke_15-07-2013.JPG] [accessed 25 November 2024]

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view of church interior - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph April 2010 by Jens Kinkel, in Danmarks kirker [http://www.danmarks-kirker.dk/helsingor/graested_hel.htm] [accessed 25 November 2024]

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view of font

Image Source: digital photograph April 2010 by Jens Kinkel, in Danmarks kirker [http://www.danmarks-kirker.dk/helsingor/graested_hel.htm] [accessed 25 November 2024]

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view of font and canopy in context

Image Source: digital photograph April 2010 by Jens Kinkel, in Danmarks kirker [http://www.danmarks-kirker.dk/helsingor/graested_hel.htm] [accessed 25 November 2024]

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view of font canopy

Scene Description: Source caption: "Græsted Kirke. Fontehimmel, genophængt efter afstøvning og limning."

Image Source: digital photograph 2008 by the Nationalmuseet [https://samlinger.natmus.dk/ba/asset/5074] [accessed 25 November 2024]

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view of font cover and canopy

Scene Description: Source caption: "Fig. 15. Græsted. Fontehimmel fra 1640’rne (p. 1184). Ældre fot. i NM."

Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph in Danmarks kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Frederiksborg_1172-1196.pdf] [accessed 25 November 2024

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INFORMATION

FontID: 04872GRA

Church/Chapel: Græsted kirke

Church Location: Græsted Stationsvej 1, Græsted 3230, Denmark -- Tel: 4839 2489

Country Name: Denmark

Location: Hovedstaden, Sjælland

Directions to Site: Located off the 251, near Esbønderup, on the N tip of the island, 15-20 kms WNW of Heslingør, 20 km N of Hillerød

Ecclesiastic Region: Helsingør stift

Historical Region: Holbo Herred -- Sjælland

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the NE end of the nave

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

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Roskildetypen / North Zealand group

Cognate Fonts: Esbønderup, nearby; the font at Stafford St. Mary's, in England?

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Baptismal font of granite listed and illustrated in Mackeprang (1941). Listed and illustrated in Danmarks kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Frederiksborg_1172-1196.pdf] [accessed 25 November 2024]: "Døbefont (fig. 13—14), romansk, af granit, hørende til samme gruppe som Esbønderup-fonten (p. 1027). Den store, firpasformede kumme er af en rødlig og mere finkornet granit end foden. Kummen er 90 cm høj, 97 cm i tvm. Foroven smykkes den af to kraftige, modvendte tovstave. Fire relieffer er hugget i ind skæringerne på fonten. 1) Mand iført kjortel med langt hår rider på løve, som han fatter om halsen med højre hånd; i venstre holder han et opretstående sværd. 2) Korthåret, stående mand som med lille, nedadvendt sværd dræber en slange agtig drage med forben (Georg med dragen?). 3) Pagehåret kvinde siddende sidelæns på en lille hest. I venstre hånd har hun en stavlignende genstand. 4) Stående, frontal mand med pagehår, som i hænderne holder en bog. Den knæ korte kjortel har brede folder. Foden har kraftig vulst over konisk led. I ski bets nordøsthjørne, tidligere i vest, jfr. bygning p. 1177. (Mackeprang: Døbefonte p. 54, 61, 88f., 91)." Noted and illustrated in Benzon (1973) as a granite baptismal font of the Romanesque period; he typifies it as "Roskildetypen". Described and illustrated in Græsted Kirke [www.graested-kirke.dk/historie] [accessed 23 February 2014]: the font is the only remains of the old Romanesque church here; made of granite shaped like a four-leaf clover, part of a group of North Zealand fonts; there are four reliefs located at the indentations of the quatrefoil: 1) man with robe and long hair riding on a lion; he holds the animal by the neck with his right hand, the left holding a sword; 2) short-haired man standing with sword kills a snake-like dragon that has front legs; 3) woman wearing page-styled hair rides sideways on a small horse; her left hand holds a stick (?); 4) standing man wearing page-styled hair wearing a knee-length robe holds a book in his hands. According to this source the tower space was used as baptistery earlier, but the font is now located in the northeast corner of the nave, as is the case in many Danish churches in which the font has been moved to a more visible and manageable area of the church. The cylindrical basin has a well-defined rope moulding below the upper rim; short and plain underbowl chamfer; on a short pedestal base consisting of a broad roll moulding and a splaying lower end.

COORDINATES

UTM: 33V 330883 6216827

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

Diameter (includes rim): 97 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 90 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Danmarks Kirker, Nationalmuseet i København. Accessed: 2024-11-25 00:00:00. URL: http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk.

Benzon, Gorm, Vore gamle kirker og klostre, København: Lademann, 1973

Mackeprang, Mouritz, Danmarks middelalderlige døbefonte, 1941