Kattrup

Results: 4 records

B01: design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: in low-relief on the basin sides

BH01: human figure - head

Scene Description: at least one, protruding, towards the middle, on the basin side

LB01: design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: in low relief, on the sides of the lower base

LB02: animal

Scene Description: several of them on the sides of the lower basin

INFORMATION

FontID: 06388KAT
Church/Chapel: Kattrup kirke
Country Name: Denmark
Location: Århus / Aarhus, Midtjylland
Directions to Site: Located in the area N of Horsens
Historical Region: Voer herred, Århus amt
Font Location in Church: In the chancel, near the altar [the font appears in this position in 1997, but had been elsewhere earlier]
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Sjørslev-gruppen (lions font)
Cognate Fonts: Other fonts of this type
Listed in Mackeprang (1941: 52, 234, 246, 248) as a lions-font of the Sjørslev-gruppen type of Easter Jutland made of coarse granite. Described and illustrated in Danmarks kirker: Århus amt (1968- , Bd. 9, hft. 49: 4716, 4717). The hemispherical basin has a large protruding human head and low-relief carvings of lions and foliage. The base is of the scallop-capital type, its sides ornamented with animals and foliage.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 81 cm
Basin Depth: 31 cm
Basin Total Height: 52 cm
Notes on Measurements: Described and illustrated in Danmarks kirker: Århus amt (1968- , Bd. 9, hft. 49: 4717)

REFERENCES

Mackeprang, Mouritz, Danmarks middelalderlige døbefonte, 1941
Vibeke, Michelsen, Danmarks kirker: Århus Amt, København: G.E.C. Gad, 1968-