Veng

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 06433VEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (mid)?, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Veng kirke
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Site Location: Århus / Aarhus, Midtjylland, Denmark, Europe
Directions to Site: Located near Skanderborg
Font Notes:
Illustrated in Udvalgte Middelalderkirker i Østjylland (1997: 118) as a hemispherical mounted granite font probably of the mid-12th century. The basin sides are ornamented with facing lion bodies that share a single human head (bearded); these heads protrude near the upper rim side of the basin, as is common in fonts of this type and time.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Udvalgte Middelalderkirker i Østjylland, Højbjerg, DK: Århus amt Erhvervsafdelingen, 1997, p. 118