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INFORMATION
FontID: 06426VOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Voldum Kirke
Country Name: Denmark
Location: Midtjylland, Jylland
Directions to Site: Located about 14 km SE of Randers
Historical Region: formerly Voldum sogn, Galten herred, Randers amt, Østjylland
Font Location in Church: Towards the E end, just W of the chandel arch, in the centre of the nave
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century, Baroque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Peder Jensen Kolding?
Font Notes:
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Illustrated in Udvalgte Middelalderkirker i Østjylland (1997: 70, 71) as a wooden octagonal mounted baptismal font, probably of the late 17th or early 18th century; the basin has floral/folaige motifs on the sides, with garlands at the corners; the base is made of a sculptural scene of the Baptism of Christ -with putti- on an octagonal lower base. It appears to be one of the type that serves as a holder for a metal basin, but simulating a font proper. The same source (cf. supra) attributes the pulpit and the font to Peder Jensen Kolding's workshop. Noted and in Thyra's 'Church and manor in Denmark' [http://thyrashm.blogspot.com/2009_10_01_archive.html] [accessed 26 September 2010]: "The pulpit is from the 1600s like the richly carved wooden baptismal font which carries the names of Herluf Trolle and Birgitte Gøye and the year 1570".
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: wood
REFERENCES
Udvalgte Middelalderkirker i Østjylland, Højbjerg, DK: Århus amt Erhvervsafdelingen, 1997