Asnaes / Asnæs
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Image Source: Berggren (2002: 158 pl. 12)
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design element - motifs - scotia
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Berggren, 2002
Image Source: Berggren (2002: 158 pl. 12)
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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - pointed arches
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Berggren, 2002
Image Source: Berggren (2002: 158 pl. 12)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09138ASN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Paradise font / Paradisenfunten? (group 5) [Berggren]
Church / Chapel Name: Asnaes kirke
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Notes: church ca. 1100
Church Address: Asnæs Kirkevej 12, 4550 Asnæs, Denmark -- Tel.: +45 59 65 00 76
Site Location: Vestsjalland, Sjælland, Denmark, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) road 225, in the municipality of Odsherred, 18 km NW of Holbæk
Ecclesiastic Region: Roskilde Stift
Historical Region: Holbæk amt, Sjælland
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of the "Paradise" font ["Paradisfunt"] type. Illustrated in Berggren (2002: 158 pl. 12): hemispherical basin decorated with a scotia at the upper basin side, and a blind arcade of pointed arches all around the sides and underbowl. The base consists of an upper cylindrical portion with a ring moulding at the top, raised on a round splaying out lower volume, both plain. [NB: the upper volume of the base shows a repaired diagonal crack right through it]. A digital photograph of this font by Hideko Bondesen may be seen in Wikipedia [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asnaes(47)Døbefont.JPG] [accessed 28 July 2025]; its caption reads: "Unggotiske døbefont af kalksten fra Gotland fra begyndelsen af 1200-tallet med spidsbuede bægerblade på kummen. Dåbsfadet er skænket af Dragsholm slot i 1643. Asnæs Kirke i Odsherred Kommune."
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 656580 6187748
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 55.809905, 11.498481
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 55° 48′ 35.64″ N, 11° 29′ 54.6″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, [from Gotland]
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: chalice-shaped, hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Berggren, Lars, "The Export of Limestone and Limestone Fonts from Gotland during the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries", 2002