Hvorslev
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animal - mammal - lion - passant - facing each other - 2 - human figure
![friendly lions lick the human ["Døbefonten i Hvorslev kirke, mandshoved omgivet af to tilbedende løver med udrakte, slikkende tunger."] [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/others/permission_not_available.jpg)
Scene Description: friendly lions lick the human ["Døbefonten i Hvorslev kirke, mandshoved omgivet af to tilbedende løver med udrakte, slikkende tunger."] [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Claes Hvidbak, 2016
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 2016 by Claes Hvidbak, in Forlaget Mimesis [https://www.forlagetmimesis.dk/kirke/hvorslev-kirke/] [accessed 17 November 2023]
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animal - mammal - lion - passant - facing each other - 2 - human figure - head - crowned
Scene Description: as on the opposite side these lions are friendly, perhaps protective?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Claes Hvidbak, 2016
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 2016 by Claes Hvidbak, in Forlaget Mimesis [https://www.forlagetmimesis.dk/kirke/hvorslev-kirke/] [accessed 17 November 2023]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Claes Hvidbak, 2016
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 2016 by Claes Hvidbak, in Forlaget Mimesis [https://www.forlagetmimesis.dk/kirke/hvorslev-kirke/] [accessed 17 November 2023]
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view of basin
Scene Description: Source caption: "Døbefonten i Hvorslev kirke, mandshoved omgivet af to tilbedende løver med udrakte, slikkende tunger."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Søren Kaspersen, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph in Søren Kaspersen's Jyske fonte med modstillede løver.[1] Et præliminært studie, 17.8.2016 klo 23.15 | Tieteelliset artikkelit | TAHITI 04/2016 [https://tahiti.journal.fi/article/view/85640/44590] [accessed 16 November 2023]
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view of basin
Scene Description: Source caption: "Døbefonten i Hvorslev kirke, kronet mandshoved omgivet af to tilbedende løver."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Søren Kaspersen, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph in Søren Kaspersen's Jyske fonte med modstillede løver.[1] Et præliminært studie, 17.8.2016 klo 23.15 | Tieteelliset artikkelit | TAHITI 04/2016 [https://tahiti.journal.fi/article/view/85640/44590] [accessed 16 November 2023]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Hvorslev kirke (Favrskov) øst"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bococo, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph 10 April 2006 by Bococo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:09-10-02-l4-Hvorslev_kirke_(Favrskov).JPG] [accessed 17 November 2023]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Hvorslev kirke (Favrskov) fra sydvest"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bococo, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph 10 April 2006 by Bococo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:09-10-02-l3-Hvorslev_kirke_(Favrskov).JPG] [accessed 17 November 2023]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: showing the font at the far [east] end, in the chancel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Claes Hvidbak, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph 2016 by Claes Hvidbak, in Forlaget Mimesis [https://www.forlagetmimesis.dk/kirke/hvorslev-kirke/] [accessed 17 November 2023]
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view of church interior - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Claes Hvidbak, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph 2016 by Claes Hvidbak, in Forlaget Mimesis [https://www.forlagetmimesis.dk/kirke/hvorslev-kirke/] [accessed 17 November 2023]
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view of church interior - looking east - chancel arch, chancel and east end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Claes Hvidbak, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph 2016 by Claes Hvidbak, in Forlaget Mimesis [https://www.forlagetmimesis.dk/kirke/hvorslev-kirke/] [accessed 17 November 2023]
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view of font - west side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Claes Hvidbak, 2016
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 2016 by Claes Hvidbak, in Forlaget Mimesis [https://www.forlagetmimesis.dk/kirke/hvorslev-kirke/] [accessed 17 November 2023]
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view of font in context - east side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Claes Hvidbak, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph 2016 by Claes Hvidbak, in Forlaget Mimesis [https://www.forlagetmimesis.dk/kirke/hvorslev-kirke/] [accessed 17 November 2023]
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view of font in context - west side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Claes Hvidbak, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph 2016 by Claes Hvidbak, in Forlaget Mimesis [https://www.forlagetmimesis.dk/kirke/hvorslev-kirke/] [accessed 17 November 2023]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 25075HVO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Hvorslev Kirke
Church Location: Hvorslev, Kragelundvej 3, 8860 Ulstrup, Denmark -- Tel.: +45 86 46 35 53
Country Name: Denmark
Location: Randers, Midtjylland
Directions to Site: Located off (N) road 46, in the municipality of Favrskov, 10 km SW of Randers
Ecclesiastic Region: Århus Stift
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Houlbjerg group
Cognate Fonts: Houlbjerg, Hvorslev, Jerning, Vellev, Sall, Virring and Essenbæk
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Søren Kaspersen's Jyske fonte med modstillede løver.[1] Et præliminært studie, 17.8.2016 klo 23.15 | Tieteelliset artikkelit | TAHITI 04/2016 [https://tahiti.journal.fi/article/view/85640/44590] [accessed 16 November 2023]. The entry for this church in Geocaching [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC1NABV_jyllands-kirker-hvorslev-kirke] [accessed 17 November 2023] describes this as a baptismal font made of granite, decorated with human heads and lions on it, belonging to the Houlbjerg group with fonts in the churches at Houlbjerg, Jerning, Vellev, Sall, Virring and Essenbæk.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.367197, 9.769778
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 22′ 1.91″ N, 9° 46′ 11.2″ E
UTM: 32V 547553 6247215
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round