Kastbjerg nr. Havndal / Kastberg / Kastbjaerg / Kastbjærg
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Results: 36 records
B01: design element - motifs - floral or foliage - 8
Scene Description: on the panels of the sides
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BF01: human figure - female - grotesque or fantastic - siren - 6
Scene Description: naked busts, one at each corner of the basin
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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
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LB02: design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: on the sides and arrises of the lower base
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LID01: New Testament - Public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - John the Baptist - with book
Scene Description: the finial of the font cover
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LID02: angel - cherub
Scene Description: on the lower part, just above the inscription, on some of the sides
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LID03: symbol - shield - coat of arms - unidentified - 2
Scene Description: the two shields appear also on some bench sides
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LID05: view of font cover - bracket
Scene Description: swings sideways on pivots attached to the north wall
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LID06: inscription - part 1
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LID07: inscription - part 2
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LID08: inscription - part 3
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LID09: inscription - part 4
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LID10: inscription - part 5
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LID11: design element - motifs - floral or foliage
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view of font and cover - east side
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view of font and cover - south side
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view of font and cover - west side
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view of basin - interior
Scene Description: was there a drain hole in the wooden frame?
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view of basin - upper view
Scene Description: no inner lining found
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view of church exterior - east view
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view of church exterior - south portal - tympanum
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view of church exterior - south portal
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view of church exterior - south view
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view of church interior - nave - bench - bench-end
Scene Description: with one of the coats of arms also appearing on the font cover
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view of church interior - nave - bench - bench-end
Scene Description: with one of the coats of arms also appearing on the font cover
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view of church interior - nave - painting
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view of church interior - pulpit - sounding board
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view of church interior - pulpit - detail
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view of church interior - pulpit
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view of church interior - pulpit and sounding board
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
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view of church interior - chancel - monument
Scene Description: on the left (north) side of the chancel
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view of church interior - altar - detail
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view of church interior - altar
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view of church interior - chancel
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view of font cover - northeast side
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05413KAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2010-08-23
Font Date: 1655
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(mid), Baroque
Cognate Fonts: Øster Tørslev, a few km to the south
Church / Chapel Name: Kastbjerg Kirke
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Address: Ved Kirken 4, Kastbjerg, 8970 Havndal
Site Location: Århus / Aarhus, Midtjylland, Denmark, Europe
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 Notes:
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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
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