Kastbjerg in Djursland

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animal - mammal - lion - gardant - bi-corporate
human figure - male - holding lion by the tail
view of church exterior - northeast view
view of church exterior - southeast view
view of church exterior - southwest view
view of font
Scene Description: showing the added holder for the metal baptismal dish that fits atop
Copyright Statement: image copyright © Grethe Bachmann, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2009 by Grethe Bachmann in http://thyrashm.blogspot.ca/2013_03_01_archive.html [accessed 6 August 2016]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 20691KAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Kastnjerg Kirke
Church Location: Emmelevvej 1, Kastbjerg, 8585 Glesborg, Denmark -- Tel.: +45 86332222
Country Name: Denmark
Location: Østjylland, Syddanmark
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Norddjurs, Djursland peninsula, off (E) local road 547 [aka Kastbjergvey], SE of Glesborg, N of highway 16, 10 km NW of Grenå
Ecclesiastic Region: Århus Stift
Historical Region: Djurs Nørre Herred, Århus Amt
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century (mid?), Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Himmerland-Mariagertypen, Mariagergruppen-A [Mackeprang]
Cognate Fonts: fonts at Hov, Skjellerup. Store Arden, Svenstrup and Vester Tørslev [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: original church here ca.1100
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of granite listed in Mackeprang (1941) as a part of the Himmerland-Mariagertypen, Mariagergruppen-A, similar to those at Hov, Skjellerup. Store Arden, Svenstrup and Vester Tørslev. Noted and illustrated in Slomann (1967) as a baptismal font of the Hov family, decorated with bicorporal lions and one human figure between their rumps holding their tails; the underbowl in tha area where the man stands has been damaged; the original lower base has been lost.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.458009, 10.760552
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 27' 29.56" N, 10° 45' 38.06" E
UTM: 32V 608460 6258503
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round