Gammel Estrup No. 2

Results: 5 records

B01: design element - motifs - vine - acanthus

Scene Description: all around the basin sides

BU01: design element - motifs - vine - acanthus

Scene Description: all around the underbowl

LB01: design element - motifs - rope

Scene Description: delineating the top and sides of the base panels

LB02: design element - motifs - line, horizontal

Scene Description: several, parallel and incised

R01: design element - motifs - rope

Scene Description: all around the upper rim of the basin

INFORMATION

FontID: 06459EST
Church/Chapel: In the Slotskapel [the base orig. from Skaføgård?]
Country Name: Denmark
Location: Midtjylland, Jylland
Directions to Site: Located S of Holbaek, in the N of the district
Historical Region: Djursland
Font Location in Church: Inside the castle chapel
Century and Period: 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Horder [aka Horderus] workshop
Cognate Fonts: Similar, though not identical, to the fonts at Tøstrup and Hammelev, in the same area and by the same master
Described and illustrated in Hein (1966: 25 and fig. 25) as a granit baptismal font of the Romanesque period and attributed to Horder's workshop. The basin is rougly cylindrical with a rounded underbowl; the upper rim is ornamented with rope motif; the basin side is ornamented with a large acanthus vine; the underbowl is ornamented with another such vine. A rope motif ornaments the base, which is round at the top and then becomes square; the sides of the base are ornamented with incised lines parallel to the ground. The two parts of the font are granite, the top described as reddish in colour, the lower block as having a grey hue.

COORDINATES

UTM: 32V 582868 6255660

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
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