Hammelev nr. Grenå / Grenaa

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design element - motifs - geometric

Scene Description: delineating the panels of the square base

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Hammelev30.jpg] [accessed 18 November 2023]

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design element - motifs - rope

Scene Description: at the corners of the base

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Hammelev30.jpg] [accessed 18 November 2023]

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Hammelev30.jpg] [accessed 18 November 2023]

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Hammelev30.jpg] [accessed 18 November 2023]

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Hammelev30.jpg] [accessed 18 November 2023]

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design element - motifs - vine - 2

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Hammelev30.jpg] [accessed 18 November 2023]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hammelev (Norddjurs) fra sydøst"

Image Source: digital photograph 14 April 2006 by Bococo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:08-10-06-d2-Hammelev_(Norddjurs).JPG] [accessed 18 November 2023]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hammelev Kirke i Danmark. Skibet set mod øst" -- the font is partially visible at the far [east] end, left [north] side

Image Source: digital photograph 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Hammelev23.jpg] [accessed 18 November 2023]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hammelev Kirke i Danmark. Hammelev kirke, døbefont"

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Hammelev30.jpg] [accessed 18 November 2023]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 25076GRE

Church/Chapel: Hammelev Kirke

Church Location: Hammelev Kirkevej 17, 8500 Grenaa -- Tel.: +45 86 32 13 93

Country Name: Denmark

Location: Århus, Midtjylland

Directions to Site: Located off (N) road 16, 3 km N of Grenå, in the municipality of Norddjurs, 53 km ENE of Århus, 53 km E of Randers

Ecclesiastic Region: Århus Stift

Historical Region: Djurs Nørre Herred

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel, N side

Date: n.d.

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Horder [aka Horderus] workshop

Cognate Fonts: Similar to the fonts at Tøstrup and Karlby, also by Horder

Church Notes: 12th-13thC chalkstone church;

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described and illustrated in Hein (1966) as a granite baptismal font attributed to Horder. The basin is rougly cylindrical with a rounded underbowl; the upper rim is ornamented with rope motif; the basin sides are ornamented with two parallel bands of acanthus vine; the underbowl ends in a rope motif, which is also the motif on the upper rim of the base; below it, the base becomes square and its sides are ornamented with incised lines that delineate the shape; the vertical arrises have rope motif ornamentation. The entry for this church in VisitAarhus [https://www.visitaarhus.com/aarhus-region/plan-your-trip/hammelev-church-gdk605777] [accessed 18 November 2023] reports a Romanesque granite font decorated with with double ropes as one of Hord's finest. The granite font consists of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a rope moulding at each end, the side between are covered with two parallel vines in low relief; raised on a round-to-square base, a rope moulding at the upper end, whilc the sides are framed in straight incised lines; small rope motif at the four corners. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.444167, 10.895

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 26′ 39″ N, 10° 53′ 42″ E

UTM: 32V 616820 6257126

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Hein, H. K., Horder: en Romansk Stenmester, Århus: Århus Kunstforening, 1966