Holbaek / Holbæk

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 06462HOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 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
Church / Chapel Name: Holbæk kirke
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Site Location: Vestsjælland, Sjælland, Denmark, Europe
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 Notes:
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, p. 26-27 and fig. 19