Veng
Results: 2 records
B01: animal - mammal - lion
Scene Description: pairs of facing lion bodies share the protruding human heads of the upper basin side
BBU01: human figure - male - head - bearded - long mustache
Scene Description: the heads in this font are linked to pairs of facing lion bodies
INFORMATION
FontID: 06433VEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Veng kirke
Country Name: Denmark
Location: Århus / Aarhus, Midtjylland
Directions to Site: Located near Skanderborg
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century (mid)?, Romanesque
Font Notes:
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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