Hammenhog / Hammenhög

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B01: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation - Mary to the right, Gabriel to the left - Gabriel holds flower or plant

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 23 June 1997 by BSI

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

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 23 June 1997 by BSI

B03: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Nativity - Christ child lying on the manger

Scene Description: Joseph seated at the foot of Mary's bed -- seen on the extreme right is one of the Magi of hte Adoration scene

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 23 June 1997 by BSI

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

Image Source: digital photograph taken in August 2019 by Lena Louisson

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 22 August 2019)

B04: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - adoration of the kings - enthroned figure of Virgin Mary with Child - star of Bethlehem

Scene Description: a full view of the scene -- at the extreme right is a partial view of the Dream of the Magi scene

Image Source: digital photograph taken in August 2019 by Lena Louisson

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 22 August 2019)

B04: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - adoration of the kings - enthroned figure of Virgin Mary with Child - star of Bethlehem

the Magi walkinfg towards the right, where Madonna and Child are enthroned; the Magi carry gifs in ther right hands, their left hands hold the long mantles across

Scene Description: the Magi walkinfg towards the right, where Madonna and Child are enthroned; the Magi carry gifs in ther right hands, their left hands hold the long mantles across

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 23 June 1997 by BSI

B04: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - adoration of the kings - enthroned figure of Virgin Mary with Child - star of Bethlehem - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken in August 2019 by Lena Louisson

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 22 August 2019)

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

Scene Description: visible here, on the left is part of the Adoration of the Magi scene

Image Source: digital photograph taken in August 2019 by Lena Louisson

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 22 August 2019)

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

Scene Description: the head of the fourth Magus has been chiseled of at the bottom; its presence obviously too awkward to explain

Image Source: digital photograph taken in August 2019 by Lena Louisson

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 22 August 2019)

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

Magi's Dream. Angel at top, full bodied -- at the extreme left is part of the Adoration of the Magi scene: the Child is damaged and hardly discernible now -- at the extreme right is the last of the departing Magi on horseback

Scene Description: Magi's Dream. Angel at top, full bodied -- at the extreme left is part of the Adoration of the Magi scene: the Child is damaged and hardly discernible now -- at the extreme right is the last of the departing Magi on horseback

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 23 June 1997 by BSI

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

There are four kings departing on horseback -- cf. also the scene of the Dream of the Magi on this font [Location B05]. [NB: the scene is hard to capture in a single photograph; this is the closest that could be managed]

Scene Description: There are four kings departing on horseback -- cf. also the scene of the Dream of the Magi on this font [Location B05]. [NB: the scene is hard to capture in a single photograph; this is the closest that could be managed]

Image Source: digital photograph taken in August 2019 by Lena Louisson

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 22 August 2019)

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

Scene Description: a partial view of the Journey of Magi scene: Magi 1, 2 and 3 to the left of the Sepulchre of Jerusalem

Image Source: digital photograph taken in August 2019 by Lena Louisson

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 22 August 2019)

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

Scene Description: a partial view of the Journey of Magi scene: the fourth Magus, much damaged now, but similar in all respects to the other three

Image Source: digital photograph taken in August 2019 by Lena Louisson

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 22 August 2019)

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

a partial view of the Journey of Magi scene: the fourth Magus, much damaged now, but similar in all respects to the other three -- the carving on the left is a partial view of the bed, part of the Dream of the Magi scene

Scene Description: a partial view of the Journey of Magi scene: the fourth Magus, much damaged now, but similar in all respects to the other three -- the carving on the left is a partial view of the bed, part of the Dream of the Magi scene

Image Source: digital photograph taken in August 2019 by Lena Louisson

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 22 August 2019)

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

Scene Description: a partial view of the Journey of Magi scene: the third Magus

Image Source: digital photograph taken in August 2019 by Lena Louisson

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 22 August 2019)

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

Scene Description: a partial view of the Journey of Magi scene: the second Magus

Image Source: digital photograph taken in August 2019 by Lena Louisson

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 22 August 2019)

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

Scene Description: Magi Departing- this is unique - there are four magi departing -- at the extreme right a church-like building with a cross atop

Image Source: digital photograph taken in August 2019 by Lena Louisson

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 22 August 2019)

B06: 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

on the left is a partial view of the Adoration of the Magi scene, with one Magus and the Madonna and Child -- in the centre, the Dream of the Magi -- on the right a partial view of the last departing Magus from the Journey of the Magi scene

Scene Description: on the left is a partial view of the Adoration of the Magi scene, with one Magus and the Madonna and Child -- in the centre, the Dream of the Magi -- on the right a partial view of the last departing Magus from the Journey of the Magi scene

Image Source: digital photograph taken in August 2019 by Lena Louisson

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 22 August 2019)

B07: design element - architectural - building - Sepulchre of Jerusalem

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 23 June 1997 by BSI

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

Scene Description: Figure of (unknown) on the right here: St. Peter?

Image Source: digital photograph taken in August 2019 by Lena Louisson

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 22 August 2019)

LBF02: Old Testament - Abraham as father of all believers - Father Abraham with the souls

Scene Description: Father Abraham (six souls)

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 23 June 1997 by BSI

LBF03: Virgin Mary - Madonna and Christ-child

Scene Description: damaged

Image Source: digital photograph taken in August 2019 by Lena Louisson

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 22 August 2019)

LBF04: cleric - bishop - holding book

Scene Description: book in left hand

Image Source: digital photograph taken in August 2019 by Lena Louisson

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 22 August 2019)

LBS01: Christ - Agnus Dei - passant-regardant - with cross

Image Source: digital photograph taken in August 2019 by Lena Louisson

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 22 August 2019)

LBS02: animal - mammal - lion - passant

Scene Description: partially seen here on the side of the base, right of Father Abraham

Image Source: digital photograph taken in August 2019 by Lena Louisson

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 22 August 2019)

LBS03: animal - mammal - lion - passant-gardant

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 23 June 1997 by BSI

LBS04: animal - mammal - stag - passant

Scene Description: the chairs on which both corner figures sit are Gotlandic.

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 23 June 1997 by BSI

New Testament - childhood and youth of Christ - four Wise Men - journey of the Wise men - arriving on horseback

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2023 by BSI

design element - motifs - braid

Scene Description: very worn or missing in parts of the font, but still discernible in some areas of the upper rim

Image Source: digital photograph taken in August 2019 by Lena Louisson

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 22 August 2019)

design element - motifs - roll moulding

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 23 June 1997 by BSI

design element - motifs - rope moulding

Image Source: digital photograph taken in August 2019 by Lena Louisson

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 22 August 2019)

design element - motifs - vine - acanthus

Scene Description: Unfinished motif.

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 23 June 1997 by BSI

information

Image Source: Field notes taken on site by BSI

information

Image Source: Field notes taken on site by BSI

information

Image Source: digital image of fiel-notes taken 23 June 1997 by BSI

Copyright Instructions: NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

view of base

Image Source: digital photograph taken in August 2019 by Lena Louisson

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 22 August 2019)

view of base

Image Source: digital photograph taken in August 2019 by Lena Louisson

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 22 August 2019)

view of base - detail

Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in July 1990 by BSI

view of base - detail

Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in July 1990 by BSI

view of base - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "hjort / hörnfigur"

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.:900713F3]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

view of base - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Agnus Dei / Abrahams sköte"

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.:900713F3]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

view of base - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2023 by BSI

view of base - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2023 by BSI

view of base - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2023 by BSI

view of base - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2023 by BSI

view of base - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2023 by BSI

view of base and underbowl

Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in July 1990 by BSI

view of basin

from the Left: partial view of the first Magus riding away in the Journey of the Magi scene --> Sepulchre of Jerusalem --> Gabriel, part of the Annunciation scene

Scene Description: from the Left: partial view of the first Magus riding away in the Journey of the Magi scene --> Sepulchre of Jerusalem --> Gabriel, part of the Annunciation scene

Image Source: digital photograph taken in August 2019 by Lena Louisson

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 22 August 2019)

view of basin

from the Left: partial view of the first Magus riding away in the Journey of the Magi scene --> Sepulchre of Jerusalem --> Annunciation --> Visitation

Scene Description: from the Left: partial view of the first Magus riding away in the Journey of the Magi scene --> Sepulchre of Jerusalem --> Annunciation --> Visitation

Image Source: digital photograph taken in August 2019 by Lena Louisson

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 22 August 2019)

view of basin

Scene Description: from the Left: the Sepulchre of Jerusalem --> Annunciation --> Visitation --> Nativity

Image Source: digital photograph taken in August 2019 by Lena Louisson

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 22 August 2019)

view of basin

Scene Description: four scenes here (L-->R): Annunciation --> Visitation --> Nativity --> Adoration of the Magi

Image Source: digital photograph taken in August 2019 by Lena Louisson

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 22 August 2019)

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hammenhögs kyrka [...] Detalj av dopfuntscuppa av sandsten."

Image Source: digital image [1500-013.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hammenhögs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200054388.jpg] [accessed 23 June 2021]

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view of basin - detail

Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in July 1990 by BSI

view of basin - detail

Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in July 1990 by BSI

view of basin - detail

Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in July 1990 by BSI

view of basin - detail

Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in July 1990 by BSI

view of basin - detail

Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in July 1990 by BSI

view of basin - detail

Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in July 1990 by BSI

view of basin - detail

Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in July 1990 by BSI

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "bebådelsen / visitatio"

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.:900713F3]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: Source captio: "Jesu födelse"

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.:900713F3]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "heliga tre kungars tillbedjan"

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.:900713F3]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "heliga tre kungars dröm"

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.:900713F3]

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "heliga tre kungar till häst"

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.:900713F3]

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "heliga tre kungar till häst"

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.:900713F3]

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "heliga tre kungar till häst"

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.:900713F3]

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "heliga tre kungar till häst"

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.:900713F3]

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "visitatio"

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.:900713F3]

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: showing L-->R: Annunciation --> Visitation --> Nativity --> Adoration of the Magi

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2023 by BSI

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: Nativity

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2023 by BSI

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: showing L-->R: Annunciation --> Visitation --> Nativity

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2023 by BSI

view of basin - detail - Adoration of the Magi

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2023 by BSI

view of basin - detail - Departure of the Magi

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2023 by BSI

view of basin - detail - Departure of the Magi

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2023 by BSI

view of basin - detail - Departure of the Magi

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2023 by BSI

view of basin - detail - Departure of the Magi

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2023 by BSI

view of basin - detail - Dream of the Magi

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2023 by BSI

view of basin - detail - Dream of the Magi

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2023 by BSI

view of basin - detail - Madonna and Child

Scene Description: part of the Adoration of the Magi scene; on the right the heads of the dreaming Magi

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2023 by BSI

view of basin - detail - the third and fourth Magi

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2023 by BSI

view of basin - detail - the third and fourth Magi

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2023 by BSI

view of basin - underbowl - detail

Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in July 1990 by BSI

view of basin - underbowl - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2023 by BSI

view of basin - upper view

Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in July 1990 by BSI

view of basin - upper view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2023 by BSI

view of basin and baptismal dish

Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in July 1990 by BSI

view of church exterior - northeast end

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 23 July 2002 by BSI

view of church exterior - northeast view

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 23 July 2002 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 July 2007 by jorchr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hammenhögs_kyrka_1.jpg] [accessed 6 November 2016]

Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - west view

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 23 July 2002 by BSI

view of church exterior in context - west view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hammenhögs kyrka [...] Kyrkan från väster. Fote efter teckning ur Brunius samling XXXIV, sid 101, ATA."

Image Source: digital image [1500-003.TIF] of a drawing from Brunius collection Fote efter teckning ur Brunius samling, XXXIV, sid 101, ATA, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hammenhögs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200054055.jpg] [accessed 23 June 2021]

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view of church interior - altar and retable

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - west end

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2023 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hammenhögs kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten."

Image Source: digital image [1500-007.TIF] of an undated [pre-2013?] B&W photograph by Lars Tynell, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hammenhögs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200054084.jpg] [accessed 23 June 2021]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hammenhögs kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten."

Image Source: digital image [1500-8.TIF] of an undated [pre-2013?] B&W photograph by Lars Tynell, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hammenhögs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200054092.jpg] [accessed 23 June 2021]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hammenhögs kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten."

Image Source: digital image [1500-009.TIF] of a 1906 B&W photograph by Theodor Wåhlin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hammenhögs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200054384.jpg] [accessed 23 June 2021]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hammenhögs kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten."

Image Source: digital image [1500-010.TIF] of a 1906 B&W photograph by Theodor Wåhlin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hammenhögs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200054385.jpg] [accessed 23 June 2021]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hammenhögs kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten."

Image Source: digital image [1500-011.TIF] of a 1937 B&W photograph by Gunnar Svahnström, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hammenhögs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200054386.jpg] [accessed 23 June 2021]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hammenhögs kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten."

Image Source: digital image [1500-012.TIF] of an undated [pre-1913?] B&W photograph by Lars Tynell, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hammenhögs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200054387.jpg] [accessed 23 June 2021]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hammenhögs kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten."

Image Source: digital image [1500-014.TIF] of an undated [pre-1913?] B&W photograph by Lars Tynell, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hammenhögs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200054389.jpg] [accessed 23 June 2021]

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view of font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 23 June 1997 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: showing on the basin side the rare Journey of the Magi scene with four kings

Image Source: digital photograph taken in August 2019 by Lena Louisson

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 22 August 2019)

view of font

Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in July 1990 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in July 1990 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in July 1990 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in July 1990 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.:900713F3]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2023 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2023 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 23 June 1997 by BSI

view of font in context - east side

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 23 July 2002 by BSI

view of font in context - southwest side

Scene Description: in the chancel, east end, south side

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 23 July 2002 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 00052HAM

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Hammenhögs kyrka

Church Location: Ystadsvägen 27, 276 50 Hammenhög, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 414 639 00

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Skåne, Skåne län

Directions to Site: Located off county road 9 [aka Ystadsvägen], about 15 km WSW of Simrisham

Ecclesiastic Region: Lunds Stift

Historical Region: Ingelstads härad, Skåne

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

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

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Sighraf / Sighrafr / Sigraf

Cognate Fonts: The basin of the font at Hannas (Skåne); the base of the font at Bro (Gotland)

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Lena Louisson, of Gärsnäs församling, Svenska kyrkan, for her detailed photographs of this font

Church Notes: the medieval church had two towers, one of then detached; only a stump remains now; present church of 1849, partly on the site of the old church;

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted in Brunius (1850). Described and illustrated in Tynell (1913-1921: [56]-57 and pl. XXII: 3-4) made of sanstone from the south of Gotland. Described and illustrated in Roosval (1918). Described and illustrated in Rydbeck (1936) in her chapter in Sighraf. Noted in Nordström (1984). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900713F3] as a 'Sigraf' baptismal font made of sandstone in the last quarter of the 12th century; the SHM entry notes that this font was restored in the 1980s. On-site notes: the font is in good condition (after its restoration in the 1980s); it is similar to the font at Hannas; the base is like the Bro font base on Gotland, with four figures - and images on the sides: e.g., Agnus Dei, etc. [cf. Image section and FieldNotes for the full iconographic program]. The basin has unfinished bunches of grapes on the underside. A striking part of the programme on this font is the presence of *four* Magi in the scene of their Journey [probably their Departure, since the scene is at the end of the narrative, to the right of the Dream, and to the left of the Annunciation]; equally striking is that there are only three Magi present in the Adoration scene, each carrying a gift for the newborn; curiously the scene of the Dream of the Magi, with only three Magi present, appears to have had originally four, as the shape of the bed clearly was carved for four figures, not three, but where one would have expected a fourth head there is only a chiseled off space with traces of removed carving. It suggests that the presence of non-canonical fourth Magus was summarily dealt with at some time in the past, probably by a learned pastor or churchwarden who could not tolerate the aberration of a fourth Magus.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.500556, 14.145833

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 30′ 2″ N, 14° 8′ 45″ E

UTM: 33U 446043 6150827

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (from Gotland)

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted) -- chalice-shaped

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Rim Thickness: 6-8 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 57-58 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 70-72 cm* / 70 cm**

Basin Depth: 24-28 cm*

Height of Basin Side: 25-27 cm*

Basin Total Height: 45-46 cm*

Height of Base: 42-43 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 88 cm* / 87.2 cm**

Square Base Dimensions: 46 x 49 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site [NB: measurements are a composite of several takings by BSI] / ** Tynell (1913-1921: [56])

REFERENCES

Brunius, Carl Georg, Skånes Konsthistoria från Medeltiden, Lund: Hos Förläggaren, 1850

Ljungman, Ulrika, "Där ord blev sten: Delstudie av romanska dopfuntars ikongrafi", 1993, ICO – Iconographisk Post. Nordisk tidskrift för bildtolkning – Nordic Review of Iconography, 1993, pp. 1-20, 19 ill.; p. 15

Mackeprang, Mouritz, Danmarks middelalderlige døbefonte, 1941

Nordström, Folke, Mediaeval Baptismal Fonts: An Iconographical Study, Stockholm: Universitetet i Umeå, 1984

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

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