Hald
Image copyright © Gunnar Bach Pedersen, 2007
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view of font - west side
Scene Description: "Hald Kirke, døbefont, en af de jyske løvefonte"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gunnar Bach Pedersen, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph August 2007 by Gunnar Bach Pedersen
Copyright Instructions: PD
view of font - east side
Scene Description: "Hald Kirke, døbefont, en af de jyske løvefonte"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gunnar Bach Pedersen, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph August 2007 by Gunnar Bach Pedersen
Copyright Instructions: PD
animal - fabulous animal or monster - lion - bi-corporal - human head
Scene Description: a pair, in low relief, around the basin sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gunnar Bach Pedersen, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph August 2007 by Gunnar Bach Pedersen
Copyright Instructions: PD
view of church interior - chancel and east end
Scene Description: "Kirche von Hald (DK): Der dreiflügelige Altar wird einem unbekannten Lübecker Meister zugeschrieben, der im 20. Jh. nach der Inschrift unter der Marienstatue (Imperialissima virgo Maria) den Notnamen Imperialissima-Meister erhielt. Der Altar stand ursprünglich in der St. Mortens-Kirche von Randers, der 1765 ein neuer Altar gespendet wurde."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jürgen Howaldt, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph July 2008 by Jürgen Howaldt
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0 DE
view of church exterior - south view
Scene Description: "Hald Kirke"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gunnar Bach Pedersen, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph August 2007 by Gunnar Bach Pedersen
Copyright Instructions: PD
view of church interior - ceiling - painting - detail
Scene Description: " Hald Kirke:Kalkmaleri,tronende Kristus"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gunnar Bach Pedersen, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph August 2007 by Gunnar Bach Pedersen
Copyright Instructions: PD
view of church interior - retable
Scene Description: "Kirche von Hald (DK): Der dreiflügelige Altar wird einem unbekannten Lübecker Meister zugeschrieben, der im 20. Jh. nach der Inschrift unter der Marienstatue (Imperialissima virgo Maria) den Notnamen Imperialissima-Meister erhielt. Der Altar stand ursprünglich in der St. Mortens-Kirche von Randers, der 1765 ein neuer Altar gespendet wurde."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jürgen Howaldt, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph July 2008 by Jürgen Howaldt
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0 DE
view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: "Hald Kirke"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gunnar Bach Pedersen, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph August 2007 by Gunnar Bach Pedersen
Copyright Instructions: PD
view of font in context
Scene Description: "Hald Kirke, døbefont, en af de jyske løvefonte"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gunnar Bach Pedersen, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph August 2007 by Gunnar Bach Pedersen
Copyright Instructions: PD
view of baptismal dish
Scene Description: "Hald Kirke, dåbsfadet liggende i døbefont, en af de jyske løvefonte, motiv bebudelse"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gunnar Bach Pedersen, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph August 2007 by Gunnar Bach Pedersen
Copyright Instructions: PD
INFORMATION
Font ID: 06428HAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Randers type
Cognate Fonts: Similar in general lines to the font at Gjerrild, in the same area
Church / Chapel Name: Hald kirke
Font Location in Church: Inside, centre aisle, E end
Church Notes: The church has a good retable and ceiling paintings
Church Address: Haldvej 5, 8983 Randers, Denmark
Site Location: Århus / Aarhus, Midtjylland, Denmark, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) road 507, in Gjerlev, in the municipality and about 10 km NNE of Randers
Ecclesiastic Region: Aarhus Stift
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font listed and illustrated in Mackeprang (1941, 2003) as a 'Randerstypen' font with bicorporate lions. Noted and illustrated in LEX [https://lex.dk/Hald_Kirke_-_Randers_Kommune] [accessed 4 April 2026]: "Kirkens ældste genstand er en romansk døbefont af granit, der står i koret. Fontens kumme er dekoreret med relieffer af løver, og den står på en kvadratisk fod med pyramider på hjørnerne." 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]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for his help documenting this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 32V 568044 6268339
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 56.554444, 10.106944
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 56° 33′ 16″ N, 10° 6′ 25″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
REFERENCES
- Udvalgte Middelalderkirker i Østjylland, Højbjerg, DK: Århus amt Erhvervsafdelingen, 1997, ill. on p. 78
- Mackeprang, Mouritz, Danmarks middelalderlige døbefonte, 1941, p. 229, 230, 231 and fig. 260a