Astrup nr. Mariagerfjiord
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animal - mammal - lion - gardant - 2
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Aalborg Stift, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Niels Clemmensen, in the Aalborg Stift web site [http://aalborgstift.dk/kirker/hadsund/astrup-kirke/dobefont/#_] [accessed 7 August 2016]
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human figure - male
Scene Description: appears to have a large head with a short body (?) or schematic legs (?)
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Aalborg Stift, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Niels Clemmensen, in the Aalborg Stift web site [http://aalborgstift.dk/kirker/hadsund/astrup-kirke/dobefont/#_] [accessed 7 August 2016]
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bococo, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 September 2010 by Bococo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Astrup_2_edited-1_Astrup_kirke_(Mariagerfjord).jpg] [accessed 7 August 2016]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Frank Vincentz, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 February 2009 by Frank Vincentz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Astrup_Kirke_11_ies.jpg] [accessed 7 August 2016]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: Palm Sunday 2013
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Aalborg Stift, 2013
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 24 March 2013 by Christian Roar Pedersen, in the Aalborg Stift [www.flickr.com/photos/aalborgstift/8586237238/in/photostream/] [accessed 7 August 2016]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: infant baptism using the old font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Aalborg Stift, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 March 2013 by Christian Roar Pedersen, in the Aalborg Stift [www.flickr.com/photos/aalborgstift/8586182782/in/photostream/] [accessed 7 August 2016]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: detail of the font at the east end, north side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Aalborg Stift, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 March 2013 by Christian Roar Pedersen, in the Aalborg Stift [www.flickr.com/photos/aalborgstift/8585076905/in/photostream/] [accessed 7 August 2016]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 20697AST
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Astrup Kirke
Church Location: Søvej 3, Astrup 9510 Arden, Mariagerfjord Kommune, Denmark
Country Name: Denmark
Location: Nordjylland, Syddanmark
Directions to Site: Located off (N) road 519, 6 km N of Rostrup, 8 km E of Arden, 11 km NW of Hadsund, in the municipality of Mariagerfjord
Ecclesiastic Region: Ålborg Stift
Historical Region: Himmerland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, N side
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century [basin only], Medieval / composite
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Himmerland-Mariagertypen, Mariagergruppen-B [Mackeprang]
Cognate Fonts: the font at Farsø
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of granite listed in Mackeprang (1941) as part of the Himmerland-Mariagertypen, Mariagergruppen-B, which includes also the font at Farsø. The font consists of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a double roll moulding at the upper end, the sides and underbowl showing a pair of lions with a human figure between their heads; the human figure has a large round face with a minute sketchy body below; at the back, between the lions' rumps is a monstruous head [dragon? lion?] biting the arm of a hapless human; on a squat moulded square base that is probably a later replacement. Although the decoration ties in with others of the larger Himmerland-Mariager type studied in Mackeprang, the font shape suggests a later date, perhaps the 13th century.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.766944, 9.968056
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 46′ 1″ N, 9° 58′ 5″ E
UTM: 32V 559173 6291862
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
REFERENCES
Mackeprang, Mouritz, Danmarks middelalderlige døbefonte, 1941