Kattrup

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 06388KAT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Sjørslev-gruppen (lions font)
Cognate Fonts: Other fonts of this type
Church / Chapel Name: Kattrup kirke
Font Location in Church: In the chancel, near the altar [the font appears in this position in 1997, but had been elsewhere earlier]
Site Location: Århus / Aarhus, Midtjylland, Denmark, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the area N of Horsens
Historical Region: Voer herred, Århus amt
Font Notes:
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, p. 52, 234, 246, 248
  • Vibeke, Michelsen, Danmarks kirker: Århus Amt, København: G.E.C. Gad, 1968-, Bd. 9, hft. 49: 52, 234, 246, 248