Norager / Nørager

Results: 6 records

B01: design element - motifs - vine - acanthus

Scene Description: a broad one, all around the basin side

BBL01: design element - motifs - roll moulding - double

Scene Description: very thin, all around, separating the basin side from the underbowl

BU01: design element - motifs - vine - acanthus

Scene Description: all around the underbowl

LB01: design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: in the side panels of the base

R01: design element - motifs - rope

Scene Description: all around the upper rim of the basin

UB01: design element - motifs - rope

Scene Description: a broad one, all around the upper edge of the base and framing the sides as well

INFORMATION

FontID: 06458NOR
Church/Chapel: Nørager kirke
Country Name: Denmark
Location: Nordjylland, Syddanmark
Directions to Site: Located in the Sønderhald herred, in the N of the district, SE of Holbaek
Historical Region: Djursland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century?, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Horder [aka Horderus] workshop
Described and illustrated in Hein (1966: 24-25 and fig. 28) as a cylindrical mounted baptismal font of the Romanesque period. The upper rim of the basin is ornamented with a rope motif; below is a large acanthus vine delimited at the bottom by a thin double-torus all around; below this, and all around the rounded underbowl is another acanthus vine motif. The base has a round apper part decorated with a large rope motif; this rope motif appears also framinf the top and sides of the square lower base; the panels of the lower base have foliage motifs. All the work is done in low relief. The font is made of reddish granite.

COORDINATES

UTM: 32V 537762 6284162

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

Hein, H. K., Horder: en Romansk Stenmester, Århus: Århus Kunstforening, 1966