Gadstrup / Gadstorp / Garsthorp

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design element - motifs - floral and foliage
design element - motifs - rope
design element - motifs - rope
design element - motifs - vine - palmette
view of basin - interior
view of church exterior - south view
view of church exterior - west view
view of church interior - chancel - statue - Trinity
view of font - east side
view of font - south side
view of font in context
Scene Description: the medieval font still in use at present with Sognepræst [vicar] Malene Guassora officiating a well-attended baptism
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gadstrup Sogn, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph in the Parish web site [www.gadstrupkirke.dk] [accessed 23 October 2016]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
INFORMATION
FontID: 04880GAD
Church/Chapel: Gadstrup kirke
Church Location: Dyssegårdsvej 30D, 4621 Gadstrup, Danmark
Country Name: Denmark
Location: Roskilde, Syddanmark
Directions to Site: Located about 10 kms S of Roskilde, and in its municipality, 20 km SW of Copenhagen
Ecclesiastic Region: Roskilde Stift
Historical Region: Sjælland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Kalundgbord-type
Cognate Fonts: Kalundgbord?
Church Notes: church buily ca. 1100, of which only the nave remains; tower of ca. 1400
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Illustrated and briefly described in Benzon (1973: 227-rettelsesblad) as a granite baptismal font of the Romanesque period; he typifies it as "Kalundborg typen". The hemispheric basin has a ope motif at the upper rim and a wide band of foliage pattern below it. The base is pyramidal with a rope motif at the round top and foliage twirls on the four panels of the square lower part.
COORDINATES
UTM: 33U 317143 6161671
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
REFERENCES
Benzon, Gorm, Vore gamle kirker og klostre, København: Lademann, 1973