Hald
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B01: animal - mammal - lion
Scene Description: a pair, in low relief, around the basin sides
INFORMATION
FontID: 06428HAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Hald kirke
Country Name: Denmark
Location: Århus / Aarhus, Midtjylland
Directions to Site: Located about 10 km N of Randers
Font Location in Church: In the E end, centre of the nave
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Similar in general lines to the font at Gjerrild, in the same area
Church Notes: The church has a good retable and ceiling paintings
Font Notes:
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Illustrated in Udvalgte Middelalderkirker i Østjylland (1997: 30); a quasi-spherical basin mounted on a round pedestal with centre ring; the basin sides appear to be decorated with low-relief lions [to be confirmed]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
Udvalgte Middelalderkirker i Østjylland, Højbjerg, DK: Århus amt Erhvervsafdelingen, 1997