Kastbjerg nr. Havndal / Kastberg / Kastbjaerg / Kastbjærg

Results: 36 records

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B01: design element - motifs - floral or foliage - 8

Scene Description: on the panels of the sides

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 23, 2010

BF01: human figure - female - grotesque or fantastic - siren - 6

Scene Description: naked busts, one at each corner of the basin

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 23, 2010

LB01: animal - mammal - lion - couchant - holding scroll - 3

Scene Description: at the base of the font; the lions hold scrolls containing parts of the date of the font

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 23, 2010

LB02: design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: on the sides and arrises of the lower base

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 23, 2010

LID01: New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - John the Baptist - with book

Scene Description: the finial of the font cover

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 23, 2010

LID02: angel - cherub

Scene Description: on the lower part, just above the inscription, on some of the sides

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 23, 2010

LID03: coat of arms - unidentified - 2

Scene Description: the two shields appear also on some bench sides

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 23, 2010

LID05: view of font cover - bracket

Scene Description: swings sideways on pivots attached to the north wall

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 23, 2010

LID06: inscription - part 1

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 23, 2010

LID07: inscription - part 2

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 23, 2010

LID08: inscription - part 3

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 23, 2010

LID09: inscription - part 4

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 23, 2010

LID10: inscription - part 5

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 23, 2010

LID11: design element - motifs - floral or foliage

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 23, 2010

view of basin - interior

Scene Description: was there a drain hole in the wooden frame?

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 23, 2010

view of basin - upper view

Scene Description: no inner lining found

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 23, 2010

view of church exterior - east view

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 23, 2010

view of church exterior - south portal

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 23, 2010

view of church exterior - south portal - tympanum

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 23, 2010

view of church exterior - south view

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 23, 2010

view of church interior - altar

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 23, 2010

view of church interior - altar - detail

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 23, 2010

view of church interior - chancel

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 23, 2010

view of church interior - chancel - monument

Scene Description: on the left (north) side of the chancel

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 23, 2010

view of church interior - nave - bench - bench-end

Scene Description: with one of the coats of arms also appearing on the font cover

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 23, 2010

view of church interior - nave - bench - bench-end

Scene Description: with one of the coats of arms also appearing on the font cover

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 23, 2010

view of church interior - nave - looking west

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 23, 2010

view of church interior - nave - painting

Image Source: digital photograph taken August 23, 2010 by BSI

view of church interior - pulpit

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 23, 2010

view of church interior - pulpit - detail

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 23, 2010

view of church interior - pulpit - sounding board

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 23, 2010

view of church interior - pulpit and sounding board

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 23, 2010

view of font and cover - east side

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 23, 2010

view of font and cover - south side

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 23, 2010

view of font and cover - west side

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 23, 2010

view of font cover - northeast side

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 23, 2010

INFORMATION

FontID: 05413KAS

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Kastbjerg Kirke

Church Location: Ved Kirken 4, Kastbjerg, 8970 Havndal

Country Name: Denmark

Location: Århus / Aarhus, Midtjylland

Directions to Site: Located just a few km S of Mariager Fjord, just WSW of Havndal, 20 km E of Hobro, about the same distance NE of Randers [not to be mistaken with the other Kastbjerg near Glesborg and Grenaa, 50 km E of Randers]

Ecclesiastic Region: Århus Stift

Historical Region: Randers Amt

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Date: 1655

Century and Period: 17th century(mid), Baroque

Cognate Fonts: Øster Tørslev, a few km to the south

Font Notes: Click to view

Described and illustrated in Bach-Nielsen (1998). On-site notes: hexagonal baptismal font and matching cover, both made of wood; it is very ornate and painted and gilded all over; the corners of the basin have large and protruding mermaid busts; the rest of the surface is either gilded or painted and covered in foliage curlicues; the base is made up of three 'feet', each with a couchant lion holding a scrool inscribed (painted) with parts of the date of the font; the cover is equally ornate and has cherubs on it as well; the finial is a Baptism of Christ scene with John -much taller than Christ- holding a book in his left hand; an inscription appears on the sides of the lower part of the cover; there is a pair of shields with coats of arms [these coats of arms appear also on some bench-ends of the nave; the mechanism for opening the cover is of the less common type: a metal arm fixed to the north wall permits to swing the cover open sideways; the font is dated 1655 by a painted inscription, both on the cover and on the font itself. There is no medieval font in this church and we have no information on the whereabouts of the original font of the medieval church.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 38' 33.36" N, 10° 9' 25.91" W 10° 45' 38.06" E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: wood

Font Shape: hexagonal (mounted)

Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal

Basin Depth: 25 cm [depth of the wooden frame; no lining found at this time]

Font Height (less Plinth): 90 cm

Trapezoidal Basin: 42 cm [length of each side at the rim]

Notes on Measurements: BSI on site

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Danish

Inscription Location: on the sides of the cover

Inscription Source: [see images]

LID INFORMATION

Date: 1655

Material: wood

Apparatus: metal swing arm attached to the north wall

Notes: the lid is 122 cm tall [BSI on site]

REFERENCES

Bach-Nielsen, Carsten, "Efterreformatoriske døbefonte", 1995-1996, 1998, pp. 101-118; p. 115-116