Mo nr. Söderhamn / Hälsingmo

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Results: 26 records

B01: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation

on the left side of the image: Gabriel stands in profile to the left, one wing open at the back, holding in his right hand a feather/palm/lily; he is haloed; Mary stands in frontal position, 2/3 pose, haloed, with scalloped lines around it -- seen here only in part, at the extreme right of the basin
Scene Description: on the left side of the image: Gabriel stands in profile to the left, one wing open at the back, holding in his right hand a feather/palm/lily; he is haloed; Mary stands in frontal position, 2/3 pose, haloed, with scalloped lines around it -- seen here only in part, at the extreme right of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900528F2] [accessed 21 May 2017]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

B02: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Visitation - embracing

on the right side of the image: Visitation. Two figures embracing in profile, both haloed and wearing long robes.
Scene Description: on the right side of the image: Visitation. Two figures embracing in profile, both haloed and wearing long robes.
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900528F2] [accessed 21 May 2017]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

B03: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Nativity

Nativity scene without Joseph; a large bed with head and foot boards; Mary lies at a slight diagonal, haloed, arms on abdomen; right above Mary's head floats a censing angel; to the right, above the lower half of the bed, is the Child in the manger, above which two animal heads, ox and ass
Scene Description: Nativity scene without Joseph; a large bed with head and foot boards; Mary lies at a slight diagonal, haloed, arms on abdomen; right above Mary's head floats a censing angel; to the right, above the lower half of the bed, is the Child in the manger, above which two animal heads, ox and ass
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 June 1997 by BSI

B04: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - adoration of the kings

The three crowned Kings, facing right, in profile, walk toward the Madonna and Child carrying different gifts: the first a coffer, the second a ring, the third a tray with something on it; the Madonna and Child facing front, enthroned in a Gotland throne; haloed, but no crown on her head. To the right of this scene is the Dream of the Magi
Scene Description: The three crowned Kings, facing right, in profile, walk toward the Madonna and Child carrying different gifts: the first a coffer, the second a ring, the third a tray with something on it; the Madonna and Child facing front, enthroned in a Gotland throne; haloed, but no crown on her head. To the right of this scene is the Dream of the Magi
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken in 1990 by BSI

B05: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - the three Wise Men are warned in a dream by an angel not to return to Herod

the Dream of Magi scene is visible here on the right side of the basin; the heads of the crowned kings on the left; above, at the top of the scene, an angel in a cloud.
Scene Description: the Dream of Magi scene is visible here on the right side of the basin; the heads of the crowned kings on the left; above, at the top of the scene, an angel in a cloud.
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken in 1990 by BSI

B06: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - journey of the Wise men - departing on horseback

the three crowned Magi in profile, riding richly adorned horses, ride towards the right; a cross divides this scene from the previous one
Scene Description: the three crowned Magi in profile, riding richly adorned horses, ride towards the right; a cross divides this scene from the previous one
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 June 1997 by BSI

B07: design element - architectural - church - Romanesque church

Romanesque church; the knob-topped tower, on the right, has bell windows at the top; rounded arches, nave; there appear to be three rounded windows; there is a tall animal-shaped weather-vane at the left end of the nave has a tall weather vane; a square apse, followed by a smaller rounded apse.
Scene Description: Romanesque church; the knob-topped tower, on the right, has bell windows at the top; rounded arches, nave; there appear to be three rounded windows; there is a tall animal-shaped weather-vane at the left end of the nave has a tall weather vane; a square apse, followed by a smaller rounded apse.
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 June 1997 by BSI

LBF01: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Peter?

St.Peter?
Scene Description: St.Peter?

LBF02: cleric - bishop

Cleric or Bishop
Scene Description: Cleric or Bishop

LBF03: Virgin Mary - Madonna and Christ-child

Madonna and Child
Scene Description: Madonna and Child

LBF04: Old Testament - Abraham as father of all believers?

Very worn figure on throne, unknown.
Scene Description: Very worn figure on throne, unknown.

design element - motifs - roll moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken in 1993 by BSI

design element - patterns - scalloped

much worn, but still discernible
Scene Description: much worn, but still discernible
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 June 1997 by BSI

information

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of field notes taken 11 June 1997 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

view of base

like the basin, very eroded and damaged
Scene Description: like the basin, very eroded and damaged
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken in 1993 by BSI

view of church exterior

ruins of the old church at Mo
Scene Description: ruins of the old church at Mo
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kyrkokartan.se, 2014
Image Source: photograph taken Summer of 1992 by Åke Johansson [www.kyrkokartan.se/0355741/images/] [accessed 1 January 2014]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing

view of church exterior - west view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Svens Welt, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 June 2010 by Svens Welt [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mo_kyrka_Uppsala_stift_02470.JPG] [accessed 21 May 2017]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church interior - plan

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Boel Almqvist, 1970
Image Source: digital image of an early plan reproduced in Almqvist (1970: 2)
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing

view of font

Source caption: "Mo kyrka [...] Dopfunt"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Mo kyrka [...] Dopfunt"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [4018-17.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph by Mats Åmark, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mo_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200038426.jpg] [accessed 12 May 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of font

on the basin L->R: Dream of the Magi -- Departure of the Magi
Scene Description: on the basin L->R: Dream of the Magi -- Departure of the Magi

view of font

on the basin, L->R: Visitation -- Nativity -- Adoration of the Magi
Scene Description: on the basin, L->R: Visitation -- Nativity -- Adoration of the Magi
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 June 1997 by BSI

view of font

on the basin L->R: Departing Magi -- Church Building -- Angel of the Annunciation
Scene Description: on the basin L->R: Departing Magi -- Church Building -- Angel of the Annunciation
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 June 1997 by BSI

view of font in context

view of font in context

view of font in context

view of font in context - east side

Source caption: "Mo kyrka [...] Dopfunt"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Mo kyrka [...] Dopfunt"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [4018-16.TIF] of a 1913 B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mo_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200038425.jpg] [accessed 12 May 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

INFORMATION

FontID: 00050MOO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Mo kyrka [new church]
Church Location: Hälsingmo 373, 826 93 Söderhamn, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Hälsingland, Gävleborgs län
Directions to Site: Located off the X627-X628 crossroads, just W of road 50, in the municipality and 15-20 km W of Söderhamn
Ecclesiastic Region: Uppsala stift, Mo-Bergviks församling
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel, N side
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Sighraf / Sighrafr / Sigraf
Church Notes: medieval church demolished 1820; new church erected on new site in 1822 using some of the stones from the old church
Font Notes:
Noted in Cornell (1918), In Roosval (1918). Noted in Almqvist (1970) as a baptismal font by master Sighraf with date ca. 1200, originally from the old church here, now in the present church. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900528F2] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the last quarter of the 12th century by Sigraf. Cylindrical mounted sandstone baptismal font of the Romanesque period/style, a typical work of the Sighraf workshop of Gotland; the basin sides have scenes of the childhood of Christ [cf. Iconographic data area for details], now almost totally obliterated and can be read only partially. The base is a truncated-pyramid shape with four figures at the angles; there is a lower base or plinth of the same shape but much shorter. On-site notes: the font is badly worn, with a centre drain hole in the basin; the plinth is old and worn in a similar way as the base - but may not be of sandstone- and appears to have been cut to fit the size of the base.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 61.314658, 16.778364
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 61° 18′ 52.77″ N, 16° 46′ 42.11″ E
UTM: 33V 595223 6799133

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 7.5 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 56 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 71 cm* / 70 cm**
Height of Basin Side: 28 cm*
Basin Total Height: 37 cm*
Height of Base: 29 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 66 cm*
Font Height (with Plinth): 79 cm* / **
Square Base Dimensions: 39 x 39 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900528F2]

REFERENCES

Almqvist, Boel, Mo Kyrka, Uppsala: Wretmans Boktryckeri AB, 1970
Roosval, Johnny, Die Steinmeister Gottlands: Eine Geschichte der führenden Taufsteinwerkstätte des schwedischen Mittlealters, ihre Voraussetzungen und Begleit-Erscheinungen, Stockholm: A.-B. C.E. Fritzes K. Hofbokhandel, 1918
Tuulse, Armin, Romansk konst i Norden, Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Forlag, 1968