Alro / Alrø

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LBF01: human figure

Scene Description: a/p description in Carlsson (unknown how many figures involved)

INFORMATION

FontID: 05319ALR
Church/Chapel: Alrø kirke
Country Name: Denmark
Location: Århus / Aarhus, Midtjylland
Directions to Site: The island of Alrø is located in the northern part of Horsens fjord; accessible from the north via a bridge (from Hundslund, on the road Horsens to Odder, take the local road to Gylling; just passed Ålstrup take the right turn leading to Amstrup and the bridge to Alrø)
Historical Region: Skanderborg district, Århus amt
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Carlsson (1976: 75), describing stoups/fonts like Dinan and Skodborg, in which the basin is held up by human figures, mentions "the font from Alrø parish-church in Denmark" as "a crude variation on this theme."

REFERENCES

Carlsson, Frans, The Iconology of Tectonics in Romanesque Art, Hässleholm: AM-Tryck, 1976