Holbaek / Holbæk

Results: 7 records

B01: design element - motifs - roll moulding - double

Scene Description: between the two vines of the basin sides

B1R01: design element - motifs - vine - acanthus

Scene Description: all around

B2R01: design element - motifs - vine - acanthus

Scene Description: all around

BU01: design element - motifs - roll moulding - parallel - graded

Scene Description: arranged as horizontal concentric circles

LB01: design element - motifs - roll moulding - parallel - graded

Scene Description: arranged as horizontal concentric circles towards the middle of the base side

R01: design element - motifs - rope

Scene Description: all around the upper rim of the basin

UB01: design element - motifs - rope

Scene Description: at the top of the base

INFORMATION

FontID: 06462HOL
Church/Chapel: Holbæk kirke
Country Name: Denmark
Location: Vestsjælland, Sjælland
Directions to Site: Located in the Randers area, near the mouth of the Randers fjord -- Not to be mistaken with the larger Holbaek in Zealand
Historical Region: Djursland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Horder [aka Horderus] workshop
Cognate Fonts: The basin is similar, though not identical, to the one at Hammelev, also by Horder
Described and illustrated in Hein (1966: 26-27 and fig. 19) as a cylindrical mounted baptismal font of the Romanesque period and attributed to Horder's workshop. Like the basin at Hammelev, and made by the same workshop, this one is ornamented with a rope moulding at the upper rim, and by two bands of acanthus vine around the sides separated by a thin double roll moulding; the underbowl is ornamented with multiple roll mouldings arranged horizontally in concentric circles all the way to the bottom of the underbowl. The base is round at the top where it ends in a rope moulding; it is conical, slightly convex, and is ornamented with a number of roll mouldings arranged like those of the underbowl but occupying only a band about the middle of the base. The whole font is made of grey granite, the upper block with a reddish hue.

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