Enslev

Results: 5 records

B01: design element - motifs - vine

Scene Description: a broad one all around the basin sides

CR01: design element - motifs - rope

Scene Description: the ring is part of the base block

LB01: human figure - male - atlante

Scene Description: several of them, crudely carved, forming the sides of the base panels

LB02: design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: In the panels between the atlante-like figures

UB01: design element - motifs - rope

Scene Description: just below the centre-ring

INFORMATION

FontID: 06450ENS
Church/Chapel: Enslev kirke
Country Name: Denmark
Location: Sydjylland, Syddanmark
Directions to Site: Located in the NE corner of the district
Historical Region: Djursland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Horder [aka Horderus] workshop / Djurslandstypen
Described and illustrated in Hein (1966: 21 and fig. 20) as a reddish granite baptismal font attributed to Horder. The basin is roughly hemispheric, almost conical, and ornamented with a broad vine motif. The central ring, with a rope motif, appears to be part of the lower block, the base; a second thinner rope motif runs around the upper part of the base, just below the centre ring; the conical base is divided into several sections by crude atlante-like figures, the spaces between them filled with plant or foliage motifs. Assigned as "Djuslandstypen" by Mackeprang (1941: [reference to be completed])

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite (reddish)
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Hein, H. K., Horder: en Romansk Stenmester, Århus: Århus Kunstforening, 1966
Mackeprang, Mouritz, Danmarks middelalderlige døbefonte, 1941