Lyngsjo / Lyngsjö

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B01: human figure - male - historical figure - Henry II giving order to kill Thomas Becket

on the left the Baptism of Christ scene is partially visible -- on the right Henry's soldiers proceed to carry out his orders to execute Beckett

Scene Description: on the left the Baptism of Christ scene is partially visible -- on the right Henry's soldiers proceed to carry out his orders to execute Beckett

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 22 June 1997 by BSI

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B02: Apostle or saint - St. Thomas Becket Martyrdom

Murder of Thoms Becket. On the far right is the altar, chalice a dove with the hand of God and a plate; to the left of the altar is a fiugre holding a cross in the right hand, the raised left hand in "stop" gesture; to the left is the lying figure of Thomas Beckett; his head is being hit by a sword from the second soldier on the left; there are three soldiers involved in this scene; the leftmost arch has the figure of the soldier who receives the execution order directly from the king

Scene Description: Murder of Thoms Becket. On the far right is the altar, chalice a dove with the hand of God and a plate; to the left of the altar is a fiugre holding a cross in the right hand, the raised left hand in "stop" gesture; to the left is the lying figure of Thomas Beckett; his head is being hit by a sword from the second soldier on the left; there are three soldiers involved in this scene; the leftmost arch has the figure of the soldier who receives the execution order directly from the king

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 22 June 1997 by BSI

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B03: Christ - Apostle or Saint - Thomas the Apostle, Thomas Becket blessed by Christ

the scene contains hree figures framed by two columns; in the far right is Christ, with a cruciferous halo, is right hand raised in benediction while the left holds the end of a scroll; all the figures in this scene hold blank scrolls; the scrolls have no inscriptions carved on them, but may have had painted ones on them originally; the figure in the centre is bearded and wears a plain halo; is he the soul of Beckett?; the figure on the left is clean shaven and wears a plain halo; he points to the figure in the centre with the index finger of his right hand

Scene Description: the scene contains hree figures framed by two columns; in the far right is Christ, with a cruciferous halo, is right hand raised in benediction while the left holds the end of a scroll; all the figures in this scene hold blank scrolls; the scrolls have no inscriptions carved on them, but may have had painted ones on them originally; the figure in the centre is bearded and wears a plain halo; is he the soul of Beckett?; the figure on the left is clean shaven and wears a plain halo; he points to the figure in the centre with the index finger of his right hand

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 22 June 1997 by BSI

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B04: Christ - St. Peter - Christ - St. Paul - traditio legis - detail

a rather uncommon detail: Christ holds the two items together with the other two figures; the tablet on the right here is inscribed

Scene Description: a rather uncommon detail: Christ holds the two items together with the other two figures; the tablet on the right here is inscribed

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 22 June 1997 by BSI

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B04: Christ - St. Peter - Christ - St. Paul - traditio legis

Christ in Majesty. Peter on the left and Paul(?) on the right; Christ and Peter hold the key together; Christ and the other figure hold a inscribed tablet together

Scene Description: Christ in Majesty. Peter on the left and Paul(?) on the right; Christ and Peter hold the key together; Christ and the other figure hold a inscribed tablet together

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 22 June 1997 by BSI

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B05: New Testament - events from Resurrection to Pentecost - Virgin Mary - coronation of Mary in Heaven

Christ Crowning the Virgin in Heaven; she holds a blank scroll which may have had a painted inscription originally -- to the left is the third figure from the Majestas Domini scene -- to the right a partial view of the Baptism of Christ in the Jordan

Scene Description: Christ Crowning the Virgin in Heaven; she holds a blank scroll which may have had a painted inscription originally -- to the left is the third figure from the Majestas Domini scene -- to the right a partial view of the Baptism of Christ in the Jordan

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 22 June 1997 by BSI

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B06: New Testament - Public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - in the Jordan - John the Baptist holding his right hand on Christ's head - angel holding clothes - dove

Christ is immersed in water to his waist; angel on the left; John on the right holds a scroll in his left hand -- at the extreme right a partial view of the scene in which Henry II orders Beckett's death

Scene Description: Christ is immersed in water to his waist; angel on the left; John on the right holds a scroll in his left hand -- at the extreme right a partial view of the scene in which Henry II orders Beckett's death

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 22 June 1997 by BSI

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view of font

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

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view of font

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

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view of font

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

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view of font

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

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view of font

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

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view of font

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

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view of font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900707F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=900707F1] [accessed 1 May 2020]

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design element - motifs - braid

Scene Description: notice the significan remains of red and green paint on the font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 22 June 1997 by BSI

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inscription

Scene Description: a scroll identifies king Henry II as he orders Beckett's execution to one of his soldiers

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 22 June 1997 by BSI

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design element - patterns - ribbed - in round arch-heads

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 22 June 1997 by BSI

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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches

Scene Description: only the arches that frame the scenes to the left and right are supported on columns

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 22 June 1997 by BSI

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view of basin - interior

Scene Description: showing the centre drain hole

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

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view of basin - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900707F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=900707F1] [accessed 1 May 2020]

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view of basin - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900707F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=900707F1] [accessed 1 May 2020]

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view of basin - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900707F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=900707F1] [accessed 1 May 2020]

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view of basin - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900707F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=900707F1] [accessed 1 May 2020]

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view of basin - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900707F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=900707F1] [accessed 1 May 2020]

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view of basin - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900707F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=900707F1] [accessed 1 May 2020]

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view of basin - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900707F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=900707F1] [accessed 1 May 2020]

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view of basin - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900707F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=900707F1] [accessed 1 May 2020]

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view of basin - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900707F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=900707F1] [accessed 1 May 2020]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 March 2014 by Jorchr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lyngsjö_kyrka,_mars_2014.jpg] [accessed 19 December 2016]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 March 2011 by Sven Rosborn [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lyngsjo_church_Sweden_1.jpg] [accessed 19 December 2016]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: at the northeast corner of the nave, obviously not its original location

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

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view of church interior - altar - antependium, frontal

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view of church interior - altar and retable

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 September 2007 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Lyngsjo(08).jpg] [accessed 19 December 2016]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 September 2007 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Lyngsjo(06).jpg] [accessed 19 December 2016]

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

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

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design element - motifs - foliage - acanthus

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human figure - male - grotesque or fantastic - head -opening his mouth with his hands

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animal - mammal - ram

Scene Description: though the head is that of a ram, the mane resembles that of a lion's

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view of base - detail

Scene Description: between the Great Harlot on the left and the ram on the right, a winged serpents or dragon suckles her breast

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virtues and vices - female - woman suckling winged serpents or dragons - Great Harlot or Luxuria?

Scene Description: She holds the two winged beasts by the sruff of the neck

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

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animal - mammal - lion - head

Scene Description: seen here on the left

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view of base - detail

Scene Description: a ram with a lion-like mane

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 March 2011 by Sven Rosborn [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lyngsjo_church_Sweden_9.jpg] [accessed 1 May 2020]

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view of base - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900707F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=900707F1] [accessed 1 May 2020]

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view of base - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900707F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=900707F1] [accessed 1 May 2020]

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 00074LYN

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Date Visited: 1997-06-22; 2002-07-01

Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Lyngsjö master/workshop or Tove master

Church / Chapel Name: Lyngsjö kyrka

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, just W of the chancel arch, N side

Church Notes: early-12thC church; some 12thC mural paintings in the chancel; nave had (?) 14thC paintings;

Church Address: Degebergavägen, Lyngsjö, 297 72 Kristianstad, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 44 23 89 34

Site Location: Skåne, Skåne län, Sweden, Europe

Directions to Site: Located off the M1640, SE of Kristianstad, just NNE of its airport

Ecclesiastic Region: Lunds Stift

Historical Region: Gärds härad

Additional Comments: painted font (much colour remains on it)

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted with different levels of description and detail in Brunius (1850) Romilly Allen (1906), Tynell (1913-1921), Roosval (1918), Rydbeck (1936), Carlsson (1970), Nordström (1984), and others. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900707F1] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the last quarter of the 12th century by the Tove workshop; the SHM entry notes that there are significant similarities with the font at Gumlösa, which is signed by Tove. On-site notes: the font is extremely well carved and has remains of paint and colour on several parts. There is a central drainage hole in the bowl. An arcade frames the upper part of the bowl and it sometimes has the support of column, but there is no consistant use of columns to frame individual images or episodes. This pictorial program shows the martyrdom of St.Thomas Beckett at the altar [NB: Beckett was murdered in 1170]. The base images are identified by Ljungman (1993: 7) as: "a ram, a man opening his mouth with his hands, an indistinct lion, a woman giving suck to two winged dragons. Between the figures, plant ornaments". The Latin inscription "Rex Henricus" identifies the seated king as he gives the order to execute Beckett to a soldier standing next to him; the inscription is mentioned in Corelli (2001: 298) after Tynell (1913-1921). No cover present. The baptismal dish is made of gilded copper. The source for the stone of the font, claimed to have been quarried in Scania, has been debated; Rydbeck says Ryesdalssandsten or it might have come from Hoor - both in Scania. ) A communication from Annette Landen (e-mail of September 2023 to HST) suggested we use "Scanian sandstone" as it need to be re-evaluated.

COORDINATES

UTM: 33U 441974 6199279

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 55.935394, 14.071156

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 55° 56′ 7.42″ N, 14° 4′ 16.16″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (Skåne)

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: chalice-shaped, hemispheric, mounted

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage System: centre hole in basin & base

Drainage Notes: no lining

Rim Thickness: 7.5 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 52 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 67 cm* / 68 cm**

Height of Basin Side: 26 cm*

Basin Total Height: 43 cm*

Height of Base: 35 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 78 cm* / 77.5 cm** / 78 cm***

Font Height (with Plinth): 82 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site / ** Tynell (1913-1921) / *** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900707F1]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin

Inscription Location: on a scroll by the seated king's hand

Inscription Text: "REX : H[en]RICVS"

Inscription Notes: Illustrated in Corelli, after Tynell. This "rex" refers probably to Henry II, depicted on this font giving the order to kill Becket -- there is something inscribed on the tablet held by Christ and the third figure

Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Allen, J. Romilly, "The Martyrdom of St. Thomas a Becket on a Swedish Font", The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist, 1906, pp. 126-131; p. 126-131
Carelli, Peter, En kapitalistik anda" kulturella förändringar i 1100-talets Danmark, Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell International, 2001, p. 298
Carlsson, Frans, "Lyngsjömästaren - en tysk stenhuggare i Skåne omkring 1200", 65, Fornvännen. Tidskrift for Svensk Antikvarisk Forskning, 1970, pp. 318-327; p. 318-327
Davies, J.G., The Architectural Setting of Baptism, London: Barrie and Rockliff, 1962, p. 82 fn3
Lind, John H., "Døbefonten i Lyngsjö, Ærkebiskop Eskil og Thomas Becket-kulten i Danmark (The Baptismal font in Lyngsjö, Archbishop Eskil and the Thomas-Becket cult in Denmark)", 2021, ALE NR I (Ale. Historisk tidskrift för Skåne, Halland och Blekinge), 2021, pp. 30-42; p. 30-42
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. 5, fig. 6a-b.
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. 7
Nordström, Folke, Mediaeval Baptismal Fonts: An Iconographical Study, Stockholm: Universitetet i Umeå, 1984, p. 44ff., 98, 115f., 118-119, 140, 148:86, Figs. 19, 69
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, p. 194
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, p. 194-195, Taf. LXIV, LXV
Rydbeck, Monica, Skånes stenmästare före 1200, 1936, p. 308ff
Tynell, Lars, Skånes medeltida Dopfuntar, Stockholm: Cederquists Grafiska Aktiebolag, 1913-1921, p. 33-34 an pl. VIII: 1-4