Vaer / Vær

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N//A: design element - motifs - rope moulding

Scene Description: a very thin one, creating several quadrangular compartments around the basin side

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 May 2023 by BSI

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view of basin - upper view

animal - mammal - lion - passant - 2 - facing each other

Scene Description: to the right and left of the standing human figure

human figure - male - standing - arms akimbo - flanked by lions

Scene Description: between the two facing animals

view of church exterior - plaque

Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 May 2023 by BSI

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view of church exterior - east view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 May 2023 by BSI

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view of church exterior - southwest end

Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 May 2023 by BSI

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view of church exterior - east view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 May 2023 by BSI

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 May 2023 by BSI

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view of church interior - monument - detail - Moses with Ten Commandments

view of church interior - monument - detail - inscription

view of church interior - monument - detail - date 1681 - coat of arms - inscription

view of church interior - monument - family portrait - Jens Pederson - parish priest - 1681

view of church interior - west end

view of church interior - looking west

view of church exterior - monument - detail

"Figursten, af sort skifermarmor, som har mistet sin nedre del med indskriftfeltet [...] Øverst i midten er gengivet parrets fædrene og mødrene våbener, hhv. Rosenkrantz og Knop, Gyldenstierne og Ulfstand." (DK)

Scene Description: "Figursten, af sort skifermarmor, som har mistet sin nedre del med indskriftfeltet [...] Øverst i midten er gengivet parrets fædrene og mødrene våbener, hhv. Rosenkrantz og Knop, Gyldenstierne og Ulfstand." (DK)

Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 May 2023 by BSI

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information

Image Source: Field notes taken on site by BSI

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view of church interior - chancel and east end

design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: Unfortunately the carving on the base is practically undiscernible here [cf. Image FileNo,: 0241218031 of a detailed view]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 May 2023 by BSI

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design element - patterns - scalloped or flat ribbing

Scene Description: a row around the top, right under the centre ring

Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 May 2023 by BSI

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design element - motifs - zigzag

Scene Description: under the arms of the second cross

symbol - cross - Greek

Scene Description: showing it on the left here: with four smaller simbols attached (Instruments of the Passion?]

symbol - cross - Greek

Scene Description: the second one from the left: with a bird (dove?) on each horizontal arm

animal - bird - dove? - 2

Scene Description: one on each horizontal arm of the cross

animal - mammal - deer?

Scene Description: facing the other animal on the left; trefoiled tail

animal - mammal - lion?

Scene Description: facing right appears to be attacking the smaller animal on its right

design element - motifs - floral - flower - 6-petal

Scene Description: to the right of the second cross

INFORMATION

Font ID: 06387VAE

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Date Visited: 2023-05-10

Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque

Church / Chapel Name: Vær kirke

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, N side, just E of the chancel arch

Church Notes: 12thC church; expanded in brick; This church had a golden-altar front from ca. 1200; a fragment came to light ion the chancel in 1972 [source: Danmarks kirker: Århus amt (1968- , Bd. 9, hft. 50: 4930)]

Church Address: Værvej 50, 8700 Horsens, Denmark -- Tel.: +45 30 30 07 39

Site Location: Midtjylland, Jylland, Denmark, Europe

Directions to Site: Located off (N) road 451, in the municipality and 7-8 km NE of Horsens

Ecclesiastic Region: Århus Stift

Historical Region: Voer herred, Århus amt

Additional Comments: composite font / recycled font: basin and base are from different fonts

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in Mackeprang (1941: 138, 258, 261-262). Described and illustrated in Danmarks kirker: Århus amt (1968- , Bd. 9, hft. 50: 4882-4884) [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Aarhus_4867-4932.pdf] [accessed 18 December 2024]: "All that survives of the medieval furnishings is a Romanesque font composed of a basin, which has probably always stood in the church, and a base that possibly comes from a demolished neighbouring church." The DK entry further notes that in the 1788-1789 renovations "Most of the furniture was replaced with new [...] The Romanesque font had to make way for a smaller font of wood ["font af én af træ, der 1848 stod i kirken"]. Chalice-shaped baptismal font of a composite character: the basin is believed to be the original from this church, whereas the base is said to have originated in another church in the area. The basin is quasi-hemispherical with a net of thin rope moulding framing the low-relief figures on it (human figures and animal -lions?) in quadrangular frames. The base is conical with an upper ring moulding; a drawing of the base layout done in 1874 by J. Magnus Petersen is shown in the DK source (p. 4883): below a row of scallop motif are several symbols and animals; two Greek crosses next to each other; the one on the left has other smaller symbols "sprouting" from it, perhaps meant to be Instruments of the Passion (a heart, a tiny cross, etc.); the cross next to it, to the right, has a bird (dove?) on each of its two horizontal arms, facing each other; to the left and right of the cross, on the lower side, zigzag motifs; a 6-petal flower appears to the right of this cross; next are two animals facing each other, the larger one on the left could be a lion or wolf, while the smaller one, on the right, could be a deer or lamb; their tails finish in flower-like ends. Described in LEX Danmarks Nationalleksikon [https://lex.dk/Vær_Kirke] [accessed 7 January 2024]

COORDINATES

UTM: 32U 557219 6193904

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 55.8872, 9.9148

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 55° 53′ 13.92″ N, 9° 54′ 53.28″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage System: centre hole in basin?

Drainage Notes: now blocked?

Rim Thickness: 7-8 cm**

Diameter (inside rim): 60 cm**

Diameter (includes rim): 76 cm* / 76-77 cm**

Basin Depth: 32 cm* / 30 cm**

Basin Total Height: 51 cm* / 48 cm**

Height of Base: 45 cm* / 47 cm**

Font Height (less Plinth): 95 cm**

Notes on Measurements: * Danmarks kirker / ** BSI on-site

REFERENCES

Danmarks Kirker, Nationalmuseet i København. URL: http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk.
Mackeprang, Mouritz, Danmarks middelalderlige døbefonte, 1941, p. 138, 258, 261-262
Vibeke, Michelsen, Danmarks kirker: Århus Amt, København: G.E.C. Gad, 1968-, Bd. 9, hft. 50: 4882-4884