Lasby / Laasby / Låsby

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animal - bird

Scene Description: floating above the rumps of the bi-corporate lions

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 May 2023 by BSI

animal - bird

Scene Description: on the rumps of the bi-corporate lions on the east side

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animal - fabulous animal or monster

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

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animal - fabulous animal or monster - dragon

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animal - fabulous animal or monster - lion with human face - bi-corporate lion

Scene Description: this one on the north side of the basin

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animal - fabulous animal or monster - lion with human face - bi-corporate lion

Scene Description: this one on the south side of the basin

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animal - mammal - lion - regardant

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head - grotesque or fantastic

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

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information

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information

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view of base - detail

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view of base - detail

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view of base - detail

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: on the northeast side of the basin

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view of basin - interior

Scene Description: showing the blocked centre drain hole

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view of church exterior - belfry - detail

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of church exterior - southeast view - detail

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view of church exterior - southwest view

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view of church interior - chancel arch - detail

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view of church interior - chancel arch - detail

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view of church interior - looking east

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view of church interior - looking west

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view of church interior - portal

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view of church interior - portal

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view of church interior - portal - detail

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view of church interior - portal - detail

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view of church interior - portal - detail

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view of church interior - portal - detail - St George fighting dragon

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view of church interior - portal - detail - bird - Agnus Dei

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view of church interior - portal - detail - dragon

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view of church interior - portal - detail - dragon threatening symbol of Trinity

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view of church interior - portal - detail - warrior with shield and sword

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view of church interior - portal - tympanum - Daniel flanked by 2 lions

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view of church interior - retable

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view of church interior - retable - detail - female saints

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view of church interior - retable - detail - female saints - St Catherine - St Jerome with lion

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view of font

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view of font - east side

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view of font - east side

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view of font - north side

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view of font - northeast side

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view of font - northwest - detail

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view of font - northwest side

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view of font - northwest side

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view of font - southeast side

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view of font - west side

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view of font in context - west side

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INFORMATION

FontID: 25738LAS

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Låsby Kirke

Church Location: Thor Langes Vej 4, 8670 Låsby, Denmark

Country Name: Denmark

Location: Midtjylland, Jylland

Directions to Site: Located off (N) road 15, in the municipality and about 15 km NNW of Skanderborg

Ecclesiastic Region: Århus Stift

Historical Region: Gjern Herred, Skanderborg Amt

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the centre of the chancel

Date: ca. 1200?

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century (?), Romanesque

Workshop/Group/Artisan: [cf. FontNotes]

Cognate Fonts: the fonts at Dover, Røgen [cf. FontNotes]

Font Notes: Click to view

Listed and illustrated in Mackeprang (1941) as a baptismal font made of coarse granite presumably by the same workshop as those at Dover and Røgen; the sides of the basin are decorated with a pair of lion bodies sharing a single human head; near or on the lion bodies are two birds in different positions; the round-to-square lower base has on its sides 1) a semi-recumbent lion regardant near which are a cross, a palm tree and a four-leaf clover; 2) lion with foliated tail; 3) dragon with forked tongue and foliated tail; 4) fabulous monster, perhaps a basilisk; each upper corner of the base has a mask on it. Listed and illustrated in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Aarhus_3625-3654_01.pdf] [accessed 28 November 2024] which notes that the font has been moved several times within the church.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.15614, 9.80915

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 9′ 22.1″ N, 9° 48′ 32.94″ E

UTM: 32V 550261 6223753

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Rim Thickness: 10 cm* / 10-12 cm**

Diameter (inside rim): 69 cm**

Diameter (includes rim): 90 cm* / 91 cm**

Basin Depth: 39 cm* / 37 cm**

Basin Total Height: 66 cm**

Height of Base: 36 cm**

Font Height (less Plinth): 102 cm* / **

Square Base Dimensions: 56 x 59 cm**

Notes on Measurements: * DK / ** BSI on-site

REFERENCES

Danmarks Kirker, Nationalmuseet i København. Accessed: 2024-11-28 00:00:00. URL: http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk.

Mackeprang, Mouritz, Danmarks middelalderlige døbefonte, 1941