Vrads / Vradtz
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: "Vrads kirke (Silkeborg) fra sydvest"
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view of font
Scene Description: "Fig. 18. Døbefont, muligvis fra 1350-1400; kummens dekoration og foden omhugget formodentlig i 1500rnes senere del, jfr. fig. 17 (s.4169f.). NE fot. 1993. - Font, probablyfrom 1350-1400, the decoration on the basin and the foot recarved at the close of the 16th century, cf fig. 17."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Danmarks kirker / Nationalmuseet, 2026
Image Source: digital image of a 1993 B&W photograph in Danmarks Kirker
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view of font
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view of font in context
Scene Description: seen here against the north chancel arch pillar
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view of font in context
Scene Description: "Indre, set mod øst. Hugo Matthiessen fot. 1938. - Interior to the east."
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Image Source: digital image of a 1938 B&W photograph by Hugo Matthiesen
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view of font - southeast side
Scene Description: the re-carved font [cf. FontNotes]
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animal - mammal - lion - head
Scene Description: on one of the re-carved spandrels
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view of font - southwest side
Scene Description: the re-carved font [cf. FontNotes]
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design element - patterns - fluted
Scene Description: on the re-carved or replaced stem
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design element - motifs - varied
Scene Description: on the re-carved spandrels
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design element - motifs - floral
Scene Description: on some of the capitals of the arcade; re-carved
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view of font in context - west side
Scene Description: the re-carved font [cf. FontNotes]
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design element - architectural - trefoiled arch-heads
Scene Description: on some of the sides; re-carved [cf. FontNotes]
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view of font in context - west side
Scene Description: the re-carved font [cf. FontNotes]
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view of font in context - west side
Scene Description: the re-carved font [cf. FontNotes]
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view of baptismal dish
Scene Description: the baptismal dish and ewer
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Image Source: digital image of a 1993 B&W photograph in Danmarks Kirker
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information
Scene Description: the font and related information as shown in DK [cf. FontNotes]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 25924VRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century (?), [altered]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Paradise font / Paradisenfunten
Cognate Fonts: Ølst, in Randers
Church / Chapel Name: Vrads Kirke
Font Location in Church: Inside, in the chancel, N side
Church Notes: church ca. 1200; much modified since;
Church Address: St Bredlundvej 1, 8654 Bryrup, Denmark
Site Location: Østjylland, Jylland, Denmark
Directions to Site: Located off (E) road 13, 5 km WNW of Byrup, in the municipality and about 20 km NNE of Silkeborg
Ecclesiastic Region: Århus Stift
Historical Region: Vrads herred
Additional Comments: altered font / re-carved / modified ('modernised' ca. 1500) -- diappeared font? (the one from the ca. 1200 church here) ***GET IMAGES FROM POL'S E-MAIL & DK***
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font listed in Mackeprang (1941, 2003) in his section of imported limestone and sandstone imported fonts (III. Østlig Import: Gotland).
Noted and illustrated in Danmarks Kirker [https://nmdanmarkskirkerprod.blob.core.windows.net/files/Aarhus_4157-4178.pdf] [accessed 15 November 2025] which describes the font as an unusual work, made of Gotland limestone possibly from 1350-1400, but partly re-cut, probably in the later part of the 1500s; The DK entry cites entries in Mackeprang and Reutersvärd, each relating this font to a different group ["fabeldyrsfonten", »Paradisfontenes«] and giving a number of related fonts between Randers, Holstein and even Western Pomerania; most of the decoration on the basin was re-carved; the bse was altered , now a fluted cylindrical stem, and the square lower base also replaced; it is raised on a modern block of granite. The baptismal dish is 18th-century. The entry for this church in VoreskirkerDK [https://www.voreskirker.dk/om-kirkerne/vrads-kirke] [accessed 15 November 2025] reports that the church had the baptismal font of Gotland limestone with a trefoil arch decoration from 1350-1400, but was "modernised" by re-cutting around 1500. Another font of a later date (1767) appears to be also in this church.
Noted and illustrated in Danmarks Kirker [https://nmdanmarkskirkerprod.blob.core.windows.net/files/Aarhus_4157-4178.pdf] [accessed 15 November 2025] which describes the font as an unusual work, made of Gotland limestone possibly from 1350-1400, but partly re-cut, probably in the later part of the 1500s; The DK entry cites entries in Mackeprang and Reutersvärd, each relating this font to a different group ["fabeldyrsfonten", »Paradisfontenes«] and giving a number of related fonts between Randers, Holstein and even Western Pomerania; most of the decoration on the basin was re-carved; the bse was altered , now a fluted cylindrical stem, and the square lower base also replaced; it is raised on a modern block of granite. The baptismal dish is 18th-century. The entry for this church in VoreskirkerDK [https://www.voreskirker.dk/om-kirkerne/vrads-kirke] [accessed 15 November 2025] reports that the church had the baptismal font of Gotland limestone with a trefoil arch decoration from 1350-1400, but was "modernised" by re-cutting around 1500. Another font of a later date (1767) appears to be also in this church.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 32V 528102 6210659
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 56.04032, 9.45106
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 56° 2′ 25.15″ N, 9° 27′ 3.82″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage System: no drainage system
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 8.5-11 cm*
Basin Depth: 23.5 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 73-74 cm*
Font Height (with Plinth): 94-95 cm [calculated]
Trapezoidal Basin: 68-73 cm*
REFERENCES
- Danmarks Kirker, Nationalmuseet i København. URL: http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk.
- Mackeprang, Mouritz, Danmarks middelalderlige døbefonte, 1941, p. 388, 398, 413