Vester Torslev / Vester Tørslev

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B01: human figure - male - standing - frontal - holding lion's tail - erect phallus

Scene Description: northwest side of the basin

B02: animal - mammal - lion - passant-gardant - bi-corporate

Scene Description: southwest side of the basin

B03: human figure - female? - standing - frontal - holding lions' tails

Scene Description: southeast side of the basin: the figure appears to have breasts, though not pronounced enough to make the gender obvious; the figure wears a skirt; the other figure on the font has a clear moustache and possesses an undisputable male organ in full erection

B04: animal - mammal - lion - passant-gardant - bi-corporate

Scene Description: northeast side of the basin: one of two on the font

information

Image Source: field notes taken 23 August 2010 by BSI

Copyright Instructions: NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

information

Image Source: field notes taken 23 August 2010 by BSI

Copyright Instructions: NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

view of base

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: southeast side of the basin: the left arm of the female (?) figure holds the tail of one of the lions

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: southeast side of the basin: the face of the female (?) figure

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: southeast side of the basin: the X shape before the figure is formed by the descending tails of the lions; the tails go under the hind legs of the lions and they stand vertically with the usual floriated ends

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: southeast side of the basin: the female (?) figure between the rumps of the two lions

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: southeast side of the basin: the lower part of the female (?) figure is covered with a skirt

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: northeast side of the basin: the hand of the figure holds the tail of the lion

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: northeast side of the basin: the head of the bi-corporal lion on this side

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: southwest side: the head of the bi-corporal lion on this side of the font

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: northwest side: the bearded man holding the tails of the lions

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: northwest side of the basin: the exposed genitalia of the bearded man

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: northwest side of the basin: the paws of the bi-corporal lion frame the genitalia of the bearded man

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: northwest side of the basin: the bearded man's head

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: northwest side of the basin: the bearded man's head

view of basin - northwest side

view of church exterior - south porch - detail

Scene Description: transcription into Danish of the Runic inscription of the stone inside the south porch

view of church exterior - south porch - detail

Scene Description: the Runic stone inside the south porch

view of church exterior - south view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 August 2010 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast view

view of church exterior - southwest view - detail

view of church interior - chancel arch

Scene Description: the top of the font visible on the right at the foot of the large fresco of an angel holding a scroll on the right side of the chancel arch; the pulpit is mid-16th century

view of church interior - chancel arch - painting

Scene Description: angel holding a scroll: St. Michael; 14th-century

view of church interior - nave - looking west

view of font - northeast side

view of font - northwest side

view of font - southwest side

view of font - upper view

Scene Description: the basin interior is no longer used to hold the holy water; it is often filled with sand or pebbles that support the brass inserts commonly used in Scandinavian churches tor baptisms

view of font in context

Scene Description: the southeast corner of the nave, just west of the chancel arch

view of font in context

INFORMATION

FontID: 16902TOR

Church/Chapel: Vester Tørslev Kirke

Church Location: Gettrupvej 37, 9550 Mariager, Denmark -- Tel.: +45 98 55 51 51

Country Name: Denmark

Location: Midtjylland, Jylland

Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Mariagerfjord, 5 km SE of Hobro

Ecclesiastic Region: Århus Stift

Historical Region: formerly Nørhald herred, Randers Amt, Østjylland

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end of the nave, S side, opposite the pulpit

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century [basin only], Medieval / composite

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Himmerland-Mariagertypen, Mariagergruppen-A [Mackeprang] / Hov family [Slomann]

Cognate Fonts: Svenstrup, Gassum, Skjellerup, etc., and one listed in the NM in Copenhagen

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

On-site notes: baptismal font made of granite, consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin raised on a round-to-square of later date; the sides of the round basin are decorated with two bi-corporal lions and, between their rumps, and holding their tails are a bearded man showing his erect penis, and another figure, possibly a female, in the same position, but apparently fully dressed [NB: it is difficult to discern in the coarse granite carving, whether the pattern on the skirt is ornamental or part of her genitalia]. There is no lid, nor are there any traces of cover hardware on the basin. The metal basin insert used for baptisms is late 16th-century, made in the south of Germany; it rests on a bed of sand that fills the inner basin well of the font [we were unable to check the depth of the basin and whether or not there is a drain hole in it]. The font is now located at the east end of the nave, on the south side, across from the pulpit and just west of the chancel arch. Inside the porch or 'våbenhus' is a large stone believed to be of the 10th to 12th century with an inscription in Futhark Runes transcribed as: "hala risthi stin thansi litu son ift aslf bruthur sin" [i.e.: Halla, son of Litu, erected this stone for his brother Aslef [or Aulv]]. A 14th-century fresco of St. Michael was uncovered in the 1950s renovation of the church.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.598333, 9.900278

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 35′ 54″ N, 9° 54′ 1″ E

UTM: 32V 555277 6273038

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: the inside of the basin is now filled with snad

Rim Thickness: 8 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 57 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 73 cm

Basin Depth: N/A [basin filled with sand]

Basin Total Height: 52 cm

Height of Base: 32 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 84 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI on site