Svenstrup nr. Mariager / Svendstrup
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view of font in context
Scene Description: at the northweast corner of the nave, by the chancel arch
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view of font - southwest side
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view of font - east side
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view of font - southeast side
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view of font - south side
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view of iconographic program
Scene Description: the drawing shows the lower underbowl details that tend to get lost in the photographs
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Vilhelm Slomann, 1967
Image Source: digital image of a drawing in Slomann (1967)
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: body, legs, tail and the odd pendant-like object of one of the bi-corporal lions
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view of basin - northwest side
Scene Description: the body of one of the bi-corporal lions and the pilgrim next to it
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: the rump and tail of one of the bi-corporal lions, and the head of the dragon swallowing the bare-breasted woman
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: pilgrim's feet, lions's paws and tail, dragon's tail converge on the underbowl
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: legs of one of the bi-corporal lions on the underbowl
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: the woman being devoured by a dragon
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view of basin - northwest side
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view of basin - southwest side
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animal - mammal - lion - passant-gardant - bi-corporate
Scene Description: smiling?
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: the head of the seonc bi-corporal lion
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: the pilgrim; note the tail of the snake under his feet
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: the hand hlding the staff and the pilgrim shells
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: the pilgrim
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: the head of the pilgrim
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: the head of one of the bi-corporal lions
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human figure - female - exposed breasts - being devoured by a dragon
Scene Description: the tail of the dragon runs left-to-right under the pilgrim`s feet
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animal - mammal - lion - gardant - bi-corporate
Scene Description: with a smiling almost-human head
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human figure - male - pilgrim - with staff in his right hand - wearing pilgrim shell
Scene Description: on the west side of the font
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view of basin - interior
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view of font - upper view
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view of church exterior - south portal
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view of church exterior - west tower
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view of church exterior - south view
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view of church interior - pulpit
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view of church interior - monument
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view of church interior - window
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view of church interior - 'ex voto', votive image or object - votive ship
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
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view of church interior - chancel
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 06429SVE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2010-08-24
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century [basin only], Romanesque [altered]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Himmerland-Mariagertypen, Mariagergruppen-A [Mackeprang] / Hov family [Slomann]
Cognate Fonts: Hov, Gassum, Vester Tørslev, etc.
Church / Chapel Name: Svenstrup kirke
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Notes: church here ca.1150-1200
Church Address: Fjelstedvej 33, 9550 Mariager, Denmark
Site Location: Århus / Aarhus, Midtjylland, Denmark, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (S) road 555, 3 km S of Fjelsted, in the municipality [Mariagerfjord] and 5 km SSW of Mariager, about 15 km NNW of Randers
Ecclesiastic Region: Århus Stift
Historical Region: Onsild herred
Additional Comments: altered font (old basin on a 20thC base)
Font Notes:
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Listed and illustrated in Mackeprang (1941) as a baptismal font in the 'Himmerland-Mariagertypen, Mariagergruppen-A' sugroup in his chapter on the Ostjydske løvefonte. Described and illustrated in Solmann (1967) as a granite font of the Hov group. On-site notes: granite baptismal font probably of the Romanesque peroid, consisting of a roughly hemispheric basin raised on a small plain and round pedestal base; the basin sides are ornamented with a programme of human figures and lions not dissimilar in style with those on the fonts at nearby Gassum and Vester Tørslev; the subjects, however, are different: the two bi-corporal passant-gardant lions are standard; the male mustachioed figure between two of the lions, is a pilgrim, decked with staff, shell insignia, etc.; on the opposite side a bare-breasted woman is bein swallowed by a dragon, the tail of which runs along the right side under the lion and the pilgrims feet; the body of the dragon is feathered.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for his help documenting this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 32V 557909 6273546
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 56.60258, 9.94326
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 56° 36′ 9.29″ N, 9° 56′ 35.74″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 9.5 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 70 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 89 cm
Basin Depth: 41 cm
Basin Total Height: 60-61 cm
Height of Base: 30-33 cm [includes the thickness of the joint]
Font Height (less Plinth): 93-95 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI on site
REFERENCES
- Udvalgte Middelalderkirker i Østjylland, Højbjerg, DK: Århus amt Erhvervsafdelingen, 1997, p. 85
- Mackeprang, Mouritz, Danmarks middelalderlige døbefonte, 1941, p. 214, 216, 219, 221-222, 225 (ill.), 227
- Slomann, Vilhelm, Bicorporates: Studies in Revivals and Migrations of Arts Motifs, Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1967, fig. 162-167