Kropp No. 1

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B01: sacrament - baptism - Godmother holds infant over font - priest in attendance

Scene Description: Baptism scene: a woman (the god-mother?) holds an infant over the font; opposite her a priest wearing a stole holds a book -- otherwise identified as the Presentation to the Temple or the Circumcision

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 24 June 1997 by BSI

B02: New Testament - Passion of Christ - flagellation

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 24 June 1997 by BSI

B03: angel - archangel - St. Michael and dragon - woman or angel beside

Scene Description: St. Michael fights the dragon; on the right arch a winged figure, woman or angel

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2024 by BSI

B04: Old Testament - Genesis from the creation to the expulsion from paradise, and later years of Adam and Eve - Temptation and Fall - Adam and Eve

Scene Description: identified in one source as the Annunciation

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 24 June 1997 by BSI

BF01: cleric - priest - giving sign of benediction with left hand

Scene Description: Priest or bishop with raised left hand raised in benediction (unusual and unorthodox, even for a left-handed cleric)

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 24 June 1997 by BSI

BF02: Apostle or saint - male - holding sword - St. Paul?

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 24 June 1997 by BSI

BF03: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Peter? - holding 2 keys

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 24 June 1997 by BSI

BF04: cleric - priest - holding book - giving sign of benediction

Scene Description: Figure holding book and giving benediction sign

design element - architectural - arcade - round arches

Scene Description: three sides have centre supporting arches; the Flagellation side has torsade arches and columns; some arches have a foliated lining or intrados; the base of the column on the Flagellation side resembles a vase with an acanthus plant

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 24 June 1997 by BSI

information

Scene Description: museum label

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2024 by BSI

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Image Source: digital image of field notes taken 7 July 2024 by BSI

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Image Source: digital image of field notes taken 7 July 2024 by BSI

view of base - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "hörnfigur med nyckel (Petrus?)"

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900509F1] [accessed 28 June 2021]

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

view of base - detail

Scene Description: Source caption; "hörnfigur med svärd (Paulus?)"

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900509F1] [accessed 28 June 2021]

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

view of base - detail

Scene Description: Source caption; "hörnfigur"

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900509F1] [accessed 28 June 2021]

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

view of base - detail

Scene Description: Source caption; "hörnfigur"

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900509F1] [accessed 28 June 2021]

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

view of base - detail

Scene Description: Source caption; "hörnfigur med bok"

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900509F1] [accessed 28 June 2021]

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

view of basin

Scene Description: L->R: cleric -> Baptism (?) scene -> left-handed cleric

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 24 June 1997 by BSI

view of basin

Scene Description: L->R: left-handed cleric -> Flagellation scene -> St. Paul?

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 24 June 1997 by BSI

view of basin

Scene Description: L->R: St. Paul? -> St. Michael slaying the dragon and unkown figure in the right arch -> St. Peter

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 24 June 1997 by BSI

view of basin

Scene Description: L->R: St. Peter -> Temptation and Fall

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 24 June 1997 by BSI

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "vad som nedan anges som "dopscen" har också tolkats som "frambärandet i templet"

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900509F1] [accessed 28 June 2021]

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

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "vad som nedan anges som "dopscen" har också tolkats som "frambärandet i templet"

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900509F1] [accessed 28 June 2021]

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

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "scen med två gestalter (syndafallet?)"

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900509F1] [accessed 28 June 2021]

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

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "gisslandet"

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900509F1] [accessed 28 June 2021]

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

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "gisslandet"

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900509F1] [accessed 28 June 2021]

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

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Mikael och draken"

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900509F1] [accessed 28 June 2021]

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

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Mikael och draken"

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900509F1] [accessed 28 June 2021]

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

view of basin - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2024 by BSI

view of basin - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2024 by BSI

view of basin - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2024 by BSI

view of basin - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2024 by BSI

view of basin - side

Scene Description: the Flagellation of Christ; Christ on the right, haled, tethered to the column

Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Tynell (1913-1921: pl. XXXV: 1)

Copyright Instructions: PD

view of basin - side

Scene Description: the two facing figures are naked [but for the fig leaves?] and stand in the traditional stance of Adam (left) and Eve (right) about to succumb to to temptation

Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Tynell (1913-1921: pl. XXXV: 2)

Copyright Instructions: PD

view of basin - side

Scene Description: the figure in the right arch, also winged has not been identified in any source found

Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Tynell (1913-1921: pl. XXXV: 3)

Copyright Instructions: PD

view of basin - side

Scene Description: the scene has been identified in different sources as: Baptism / Presentation at the Temple / Circumcision

Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Tynell (1913-1921: pl. XXXV: 4)

Copyright Instructions: PD

view of basin - upper view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2024 by BSI

view of basin - upper view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2024 by BSI

view of church exterior - northwest view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 April 2011 by Jorchr [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kropps_kyrka_2.jpg] [accessed 26 December 2014]

Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-3.0

view of church exterior - south view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 February 2008 by Dalshultaren [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kropps_kyrka_1.jpg] [accessed 26 December 2014]

Copyright Instructions: PD-self

view of church interior - pulpit

Scene Description: Source caption: "Läktarpredikstol från 1616 i Kropps kyrka"

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 April 2009 by Ulca08 [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laktare_kropp.jpg] [accessed 26 December 2014]

Copyright Instructions: PD-self

view of font

Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Tynell (1913-1921: pl. XXXV: 1)

Copyright Instructions: PD

view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "formen ansluter i stora drag till Mörarpsgruppens funtar, men motiv och figurframställningar har en helt annan"

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900509F1] [accessed 28 June 2021]

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

view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "formen ansluter i stora drag till Mörarpsgruppens funtar, men motiv och figurframställningar har en helt annan"

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900509F1] [accessed 28 June 2021]

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

view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "formen ansluter i stora drag till Mörarpsgruppens funtar, men motiv och figurframställningar har en helt annan"

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900509F1] [accessed 28 June 2021]

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

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2024 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2024 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2024 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2024 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2024 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2024 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2024 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2024 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2024 by BSI

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2024 by BSI

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2024 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 00076KRO

Museum and Inventory Number: Lunds universitets historiska museum

Church/Chapel: Kropps Kyrka

Church Location: Kropps kyrkväg 36, 253 55 Mörarp, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 42 36 12 60

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Skåne, Skåne län

Directions to Site: Located off local road M1383 [aka Kropps kyrkväg], SE of the E4-E6 crossroads, in the municipality and 7 km ENE of Helsingborg

Ecclesiastic Region: Lunds Stift

Historical Region: Luggude häarad, Helsingborgs kn, Skåne län

Font Location in Church: [now in a museum]

Century and Period: 12th century (mid?), Romanesque

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Ösjögruppen / by Kropp workshop / Mörarpsgruppen [Rydbeck] / by Tove master [Carlsson]

Cognate Fonts: Gumlösa? / Bjäresjö? / Mörarp?

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Lunds universitets historiska museum staff for their assistance in the documentation of this font

Church Notes: original church probably late-12thC or early-13thC; tower added later; modified 15th, 18th, 19thC; badly damaged by fire in 1931;

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

The medieval font here is described and illustrated in Tynell (1913-1921: 10-11 and pl. XXXV: 1-4): medieval baptismal font of the Ösjö group; quadrangular basin with corner figures and scenes on the side panels [Tynell gives the location as "Lunds univ. hist. museum" already ca. 1913]. Described and illustrated in Rydbeck (1936) in her section on the Mörarpsgruppen fonts. Nordström (1984: 51, 54) identifies St. Michael's fight with the dragon; he also suggests (ibid., p. 110) a possible Presentation at the church, a Fall of Man (ibid., p. 126), and argues against Tynell's identification of a baptism scene: "in my opinion more likely the circumcision or presentation of Christ" (ibid. 163 fn19). Drake (2002: 148, 184) suggests an identification of the corner figures as: St. Peter, possibly St. Paul, and two putative bishops; for the panels Drake (ibid.) suggests the Annunciation, the Fall, St. Michael killing the dragon and an added figure reaching in, and the Presentation ro the church. Drake (ibid. p. 148 fn 89) quotes M. Rydbeck (1936: 385) as making the font at Kropp the oldest of this group [ca. 1150] and a model for the others. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900509F1] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the first half of the 12th century; the SHM entry notes that its overall design is reminiscent of the one seen on 'Mörarpsgruppen' fonts, but the motifs and figural representation is totally different and more archaic; also that the scene described in the SHM entry as 'baptismal' has otherwise been interpreted as the Presentation in the temple'; the SHM entry reports the font at the Lunds universitets historiska museum. On-site notes: Romanesque font with trapezoidal basin and base, now [June 1997] located in the Lunds universitets historiska museum [NB: apparently the font was sold to the University in the past]. The basin has four sides and four protruding figures, one at each angle. The scenes on the sides appear to be: 1)baptism: a woman holds an infant over a font while a priest stands opposite holding a book and wearing a stole; 2)the Flagellation of Christ; 3)St. Michael fighting the dragon, and what appears to be a winged woman or angel in the adjacent arch; 4)two human figures in adajacent arches; they both appear to be naked, and may be a Fall of Man scene [NB: this is the most damaged/eroded side of the font]. The corner figures are: i)cleric/bishop/priest giving benediction; ii)saintly figure with sword; St. Paul?; iii)saintly figure with keys; St. Peter?; iv)second cleric/bishop/priest giving benediction. Carlsson (1976: 126) mentions the lion (?) heads with snakes/dragons in their jaws on the base, and describes this font as being from the Tove master's workshop. The present font in this church is from 1666, made of wood; it supports a brass baptismal dish of the 16th century; there is also a baptismal (?) bowl made of silver in 1727. The Museum has a 3D model created by Sebastiaan van der Gaag & Sjoerd van Riel. on Sketchfab [www.historiskamuseet.lu.se/article/3d-modeller-av-foremal-i-museet] [accessed 10 December 2016] -- view it in https://sketchfab.com/models/ef765dd8eaff484db2dcb3220150e3f9 [accessed 10 December 2016]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.085986, 12.797528

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 5′ 9.55″ N, 12° 47′ 51.1″ E

UTM: 33V 362954 6217836

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone

Number of Pieces: one

Font Shape: square (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: square

Basin Exterior Shape: square

Drainage Notes: no lining

Rim Thickness: 6-7.5 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 44 x 45 cm*

Basin Depth: 30 cm*

Height of Basin Side: 40 cm*

Basin Total Height: 48-50 cm*

Height of Base: 34-35 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 83 cm* / 86 cm** / 84 cm***

Square Base Dimensions: 55 x 55 cm*

Trapezoidal Basin: 59 x 60 / 74 x 75 cm* / 63 cm***

Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site / ** Tynell (1913-1921: 73) / *** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900509F1]

REFERENCES

Källström, Olle, Altare och funt, Stockholm: Svenska kyrkans diakonistyrelses bokförlag, 1948

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.; r["References"]

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

Rydbeck, Monica, Skånes stenmästare före 1200, 1936

Statens Historiska Museum, Stocholm, Medeltidens bildvärld, 2003. Accessed: 2024-08-23 00:00:00. URL: https://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/sok/avancerad.asp.

Svanberg, Jan, "Kampen mellan ont och gott på dopfunten I Hög", 1 (1980), ICO – Iconographisk Post. Nordisk tidskrift för bildtolkning – Nordic Review of Iconography, 1980, pp. 16-30, 14 fig. English summary; r["References"]

Tynell, Lars, Skånes medeltida Dopfuntar, Stockholm: Cederquists Grafiska Aktiebolag, 1913-1921