Villerso / Villersø
Image copyright © Thorsø Høje Pastorat, 2014
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animal - mammal - lion - 4
Scene Description: in low relief, one on each side; they appear headless but are completed by the human heads of the corners
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thorsø Høje Pastorat, 2014
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken in 2014, in Thorsø Høje Pastorat [www.thorsøhøjepastorat.dk/billeder-fra-arrangementer/] [accessed 2 July 2017]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: at the upper end of the base
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design element - motifs - rope
Scene Description: all around the upper rim
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design element - motifs - rope
Scene Description: delineating the edges of the base sides
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design element - motifs - vine - acanthus
Scene Description: all around the basin side
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human figure - head - 4
Scene Description: one at each angle of the base, serving as heads to the four lion bodies of the sides
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bococo, 2006
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 14 April 2006 by Bococo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Villersø_kirke_(Norddjurs).JPG] [accessed 2 July 2017]
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view of font
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INFORMATION
FontID: 06453VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Villersø kirke
Church Location: Grønhøjvej 12, 8500 Grenå, Denmark
Country Name: Denmark
Location: Århus / Aarhus, Midtjylland
Directions to Site: Located just W of Hammelev, in Norddjurs Kommune, in the NE corner of the district
Ecclesiastic Region: Århus Stift
Historical Region: Djursland / Djurs Nørre Herred (Randers Amt)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Horder [aka Horderus] workshop / Djurslandstypen
Cognate Fonts: The basin is similar, though not identical, to the one at nearby Karlby.
Church Notes: 13thC church
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Hein (1966: 22 and fig. 32) as a granit baptismal font attributed to Horder. The basin has a ope motif at the upper rim and a band of acanthus motif around the basin side, quite similar to the one on the font at Karlby (this basin, however, is more hemispherical, whereas the one at Karlby is more cylindrical). The underbowl is plain but ornamented at the end with a plain roll moulding. The base more elaborate: the centre ring is the usual rope motif; rope motifs delineates also the sides of the base, as is the case in several of these Djurslan fonts but, in this case, the upper angles of the arrises are adorned with a human head in each; these four human heads serve as heads to the four low-relief lion bodies that adorn the sides. This is sophisticated work and well executed.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.445278, 10.815833
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 26′ 43″ N, 10° 48′ 57″ E
UTM: 32V 611937 6257118
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