Knivsta / Knifsta

Results: 23 records

LBF01: cleric - bishop

Bishop seated, enthroned, head is broken off; chair has an ornate back,unlike the Gotland chairs; right hand raised in benediction gesture, left hand holds a book in left knee.

Scene Description: Bishop seated, enthroned, head is broken off; chair has an ornate back,unlike the Gotland chairs; right hand raised in benediction gesture, left hand holds a book in left knee.

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 12 June 1997 by BSI

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

Scene Description: Father Abraham. Holds five souls, in his lap, sits in a high back chair - unlike the Gotland fonts, full beard, oriental beard.

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 April 1993 by BSI

LBF03: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Peter - holding 2 keys

Scene Description: St.Peter holds two keys to his chest with his left hand - the keys have a swastika design inside

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 12 June 1997 by BSI

LBF04: Virgin Mary - Madonna and Christ-child

Madonna and Child. Madonna full frontal, face broken off; there is no halo, she has braids, the child sits on her lap, full frontal (check to see if there really are braids: yes, one to each side). Halo with cross on child, the right hand is raised to mother's shoulder in benediction, the left hand rests on a book on his left knee, she wears shoes, he does not. She holds him by the waist.

Scene Description: Madonna and Child. Madonna full frontal, face broken off; there is no halo, she has braids, the child sits on her lap, full frontal (check to see if there really are braids: yes, one to each side). Halo with cross on child, the right hand is raised to mother's shoulder in benediction, the left hand rests on a book on his left knee, she wears shoes, he does not. She holds him by the waist.

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 12 June 1997 by BSI

LBS01: 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 side of the base, Dream of the Magi.(between Madonna to left, and Bishop to the right) Three heads to the left, crowned; two have long oriental beard, a youthful magus in the middle; their right arms stick out of the blankets; angel above, haloed, no cloud, the right hand points to kings, and the left hand holds mantel.

Scene Description: The side of the base, Dream of the Magi.(between Madonna to left, and Bishop to the right) Three heads to the left, crowned; two have long oriental beard, a youthful magus in the middle; their right arms stick out of the blankets; angel above, haloed, no cloud, the right hand points to kings, and the left hand holds mantel.

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 12 June 1997 by BSI

LBS02: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - adoration of the kings

Scene Description: First of three magi, crowned, bearded, walking in profile to the righ -- seen here to the left of the Madonna and Child

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 12 June 1997 by BSI

LBS03: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - adoration of the kings

Second king, crowned, identical to previous one except it has no beard, and the gift he holds is donut-shaped -- seen here between Abraham (left) and Peter (right)

Scene Description: Second king, crowned, identical to previous one except it has no beard, and the gift he holds is donut-shaped -- seen here between Abraham (left) and Peter (right)

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 22 September 2010 by Ulf Klingström (Ulkl) [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Knivsta_kyrka_int07.jpg] [accessed 26 December 2014]

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LBS04: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - adoration of the kings

Scene Description: The last king, same as first, with oriental beard -- seen here to the left of Abraham

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 April 1993 by BSI

design element - motifs - roll moulding - patterned - reticular

Scene Description: notice the substantial damage between the heads of Abraham (left) and Peter (right)

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 22 September 2010 by Ulf Klingström (Ulkl) [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Knivsta_kyrka_int07.jpg] [accessed 26 December 2014]

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information

Image Source: digital image of field notes taken 12 June 1997 by BSI

Copyright Instructions: IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

view of base

Scene Description: as set up in the chancel of the old church in 2010

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2010 by Ulf Klingström (Ulkl) [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Knivsta_kyrka_int07.jpg] [accessed 26 December 2014]

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view of base

Scene Description: L->R: Boshop with broken off head -> one Magus -> Father Abraham and the Souls -> another Magus -> Peter

view of base

Scene Description: L->R: Father Abraham -> one Magus -> Peter

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 12 June 1997 by BSI

view of base

Scene Description: L->R: Peter -> one Magus -> Madonna and Child

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 12 June 1997 by BSI

view of base

Scene Description: L->R: Madonna and Child -> Dream of the Magi -> Bishop -> one Magus -> Father Abraham

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 12 June 1997 by BSI

view of church exterior - bell-cote

Scene Description: the detached bell tower

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2010 by Ulf Klingström (Ulkl) [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Knivsta_kyrka_ext10.jpg] [accessed 26 December 2014]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: the detached bell-cote is visible at the back, to the north of the church building

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2010 by Ulf Klingström (Ulkl) [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Knivsta_kyrka_ext05.jpg] [accessed 26 December 2014]

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view of church interior - chancel and east end

the remaining base of the old baptismal font, mounted on a low pedestal, and supporting a baptismal dish, is visible in the foreground, by the right [south] side of the chancel arch

Scene Description: the remaining base of the old baptismal font, mounted on a low pedestal, and supporting a baptismal dish, is visible in the foreground, by the right [south] side of the chancel arch

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2010 by Ulf Klingström (Ulkl) [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Knivsta_kyrka_int02.jpg] [accessed 26 December 2014]

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view of font - detail

the re-designed font using the old base -- Peter charged with the keys at the centre; two of the Magi on the sides; Father Abraham at the far left corner; the Madonna and Child at the far right corner

Scene Description: the re-designed font using the old base -- Peter charged with the keys at the centre; two of the Magi on the sides; Father Abraham at the far left corner; the Madonna and Child at the far right corner

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 April 1993 by BSI

view of font - detail

the re-designed font using the old base -- the Dream of the Magi scene between the enthorned Madonna and Child, at the left corner, and the seated Bishop, at the right corner

Scene Description: the re-designed font using the old base -- the Dream of the Magi scene between the enthorned Madonna and Child, at the left corner, and the seated Bishop, at the right corner

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 April 1993 by BSI

view of font base - upper view

a top view of the surviving lower base of the font; the large hole in the centre was part of the drainage system, but the four pins are modern and they serve to secure the newly designed wooden block that supports the metal baptismal dish, also modern

Scene Description: a top view of the surviving lower base of the font; the large hole in the centre was part of the drainage system, but the four pins are modern and they serve to secure the newly designed wooden block that supports the metal baptismal dish, also modern

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 12 June 1997 by BSI

view of font base - upper view - detail

Scene Description: showing the damage to the top of the base, to the patterned centre ring between two of the human heads

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 12 June 1997 by BSI

view of font in context

Scene Description: the re-designed font using the old base in the context of the church interior

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 April 1993 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 00054KNI

Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (base only)

Church/Chapel: Knivsta Gamla Kyrka / Sankt Stefans kyrkan

Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen

Church Location: Forsbyvägen, 741 90 Knivsta, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 18 34 10 40

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Uppland, Uppsala län

Directions to Site: Located W of highway E4, 19 km SSE of Uppsala, just N of the county border with Stockholm

Ecclesiastic Region: Uppsala Stift

Historical Region: Uppsala län

Font Location in Church: The base of the font is in the chancel, S side

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century [base only], Medieval / composite

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Sighraf / Sighrafr / Sigraf

Cognate Fonts: a somewhat similar base on the font at Lau

Church Notes: original church perhaps earlier; present church ca.1300; contemporary (?) wooden statue of St. Stephen [original at the SHM, Stockholm; replica stands inside the church, to the right of the entranceway] -- mid-15thC mural paintings, Tierpsskolan

Font Notes: Click to view

Base of a baptismal font by master Sighraf described in Utställningen av äldre kyrklig konst i Uppsala 1918: Katalog (1918); made of sandstone and dated to the 12th or 13th century. On-site notes: the basin of this font no longer exists. The base, made of sandstone, is in excellent condition and has been converted to hold a shallow bowl for the baptismal rite. It is ornamented with two Magi scenes (Adoration and Dream) and four corner figures (Bishop, Abraham, Peter, and Madonna nd Child) [cf. Image section for full iconographic program]. The base of the font was throroughly cleaned and re-set on a modern stone base after our 1997 visit [cf. photographs taken in 1993, 1997 and 2010 in the image section]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 59.71125, 17.798472

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 59° 42′ 40.5″ N, 17° 47′ 54.5″ E

UTM: 33V 657420 6622575

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone

Number of Pieces: one (base only)

Drainage Notes: The base is hollowed out.

Height of Base: 41 cm* / 43 cm**

Font Height (with Plinth): no plinth

Square Base Dimensions: 48 x 48 cm* / **

Notes on Measurements: * 1918 Katalog / ** BSI on-site [NB: only the base remains]

REFERENCES

Utställningen av Äldre kyrklig konst i Uppsala 1918, Uppsala: Appelbergs Bocktryckeri Aktiebolag, 1918

Pressouyre, Léon, "Sculpture du XIIe siècle à Saint-Hilaire-au-Temple (Marne)", CXXIII, 1965, Bulletin Monumental, 1965, pp. p. 131-134, figs. p. 133; II, p. 22-35

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