Vejlby nr. Aarhus / Vejlby in Århus

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design element - motifs - moulding

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 May 2023 by BSI

design element - motifs - roll moulding

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 May 2023 by BSI

information

Image Source: Fiel notes taken on site by BSI

view of basin - upper view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - door - detail - coat of arms

Scene Description: "Dørfløj [...] 1531, ifølge skåret årstal, våben [...] og initialer skænket af Århuskanniken Jørgen Samsing, død 1548" [source: DK]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - east view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - gravestone - lion

"romansk, af grovkornet grå og rød granit, synlig højde 162 cm, bredde ved korsarmen 65 cm, ved jorden 55 cm. Kraftigt reliefhugget, latinsk kors, hvis øvre arme flankeres af sol og måne, og hvis stamme hviler på ryggen af en løve. Denne har ret lang snude og hængende tunge samt lang hale endende i trebladet dusk; hele motivet svarer nøje til det på en sten i den nærliggende Skødstrup kirke (Randers amt). Indmuret i våbenhusets østmur, hvor den også nævnes i 1600-tallet." [source: DK]

Scene Description: "romansk, af grovkornet grå og rød granit, synlig højde 162 cm, bredde ved korsarmen 65 cm, ved jorden 55 cm. Kraftigt reliefhugget, latinsk kors, hvis øvre arme flankeres af sol og måne, og hvis stamme hviler på ryggen af en løve. Denne har ret lang snude og hængende tunge samt lang hale endende i trebladet dusk; hele motivet svarer nøje til det på en sten i den nærliggende Skødstrup kirke (Randers amt). Indmuret i våbenhusets østmur, hvor den også nævnes i 1600-tallet." [source: DK]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - gravestone - lion with large cross and sun

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - gravestone - lion with large cross and sun

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - portal

Scene Description: "Dørfløj [...] 1531, ifølge skåret årstal, våben [...] og initialer skænket af Århuskanniken Jørgen Samsing, død 1548" [source: DK]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - southwest end

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - altar and retable - 12 apostles

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel - paiting - Martyrdom of St Erasmus - Crucifixion

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel - paiting - detail - Martyrdom of St. Erasmus

Martyrdom of St. Erasmus of Formia, aka Elmo, on the apse; Erasmus suffered martyrdom during Diocletian's persecution of the Christians in the 3rdC AD -- He is usually represented with his entrails wound on a windlass, or as a vested bishop holding a winch or windlass

Scene Description: Martyrdom of St. Erasmus of Formia, aka Elmo, on the apse; Erasmus suffered martyrdom during Diocletian's persecution of the Christians in the 3rdC AD -- He is usually represented with his entrails wound on a windlass, or as a vested bishop holding a winch or windlass

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel - paiting - detail - devil and butter-churning milk-maids

Scene Description: the Devild and the butter-churcning milk-maids depicted on the apse

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel and east end

Scene Description: showing the font in the foreground, just west of the chancel arch

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel arch - painting - detail - Christ

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel arch - painting - detail - abbot with staff

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel arch - painting - detail - abbot with staff

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel arch - painting - detail - abbot with staff

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - looking west - organ

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - painting - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - pulpit

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - retable - 6 apostles - James the Lesser - apostle - St Peter - St Paul - apostle - James the Greater

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 May 2023 by BSI

view of font

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view of font in context - east end - altar - font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 May 2023 by BSI

view of font in context - southwest side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 May 2023 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 25767VEJ

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Vjelby Kirke

Church Location: Vejlby, Bredkildegade 5, 8240 Risskov, Denmark

Country Name: Denmark

Location: Midtjylland, Jylland

Directions to Site: Located off road 505, 1-2 km NW of Risskov, in the municipality and 3 km N of Århus

Ecclesiastic Region: Århus Stift

Historical Region: Hasle Herred, Århus Amt

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, E end, centre

Date: n.d.

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

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Horder

Church Notes: Romanesque church re-built ca. 1500; restored 1940s

Font Notes: Click to view

Described and illustrated in Hein (1966: 25-26 and fig. 20) as a granite baptismal font of the Romanesque period and attributed to Horder's workshop. The upper rim of the basin is ornamented with a rope motif all around; below, a band of acanthus vine is framed by a thin triple torus, top and bottom; the underbowl is plain except for the double-rope motif at the centre ring, which is part of the upper block of the font. The lower block, the base has a round upper part ornamented with a plain roll moulding; roll mouldings frame the panels of the base sides; at the upper end of the angles there appears to be a foliage (?) motif in each. Listed and illustrated in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/aarhus/vejlby-kirke/] [accessed 18 December 2024] as a baptismal font made of two kinds of granite: the basin is a reddish coarse stone, the base greyish and of finer grain; polished and cleaned in 1831; paint stripped 1854; varnished in 1875. The DK entry describes the baptismal dish as made between 1550 and 1575, south German.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.19514, 10.21175

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 11′ 42.5″ N, 10° 12′ 42.3″ E

UTM: 32V 575191 6228459

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

Rim Thickness: 9-10 cm**

Diameter (inside rim): 53-54 cm**

Diameter (includes rim): 73.5 cm* / 73 cm**

Basin Total Height: 50 cm**

Height of Base: 37 cm**

Font Height (less Plinth): 87 cm**

Square Base Dimensions: 43 x 48 cm**

Notes on Measurements: * Danmarks Kirker / ** BSI on-site

REFERENCES

Danmarks Kirker, Nationalmuseet i København. Accessed: 2024-12-19 00:00:00. URL: http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk.

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