Vidbo / Widbo

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

unfortunately not much has survived: seen here to the right of the Entry into Jerusalem scene: the angel in the upper left corner, the Child in the manger, parts of Mary's bed in the lower left corner

Scene Description: unfortunately not much has survived: seen here to the right of the Entry into Jerusalem scene: the angel in the upper left corner, the Child in the manger, parts of Mary's bed in the lower left corner

Image Source: digital image of a 1904 B&W photograph [3796-066.TIF] taken by Otto Janse, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vidbo_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200140366.jpg] [accessed 23 February 2020]

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B02: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - adoration of the kings - Madonna and Child - star of Bethlehem

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken in 1997 by Anna Busch, of the Museum Gustavianum, for BSI

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (letter in BSI archive)

B03: 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

around the top, L->R: Dream of the Magi with angel standing on the right. looking left -> Deposition of Christ -> group of soldiers wearing Jew's hats form part of the Arrest of Christ scene

Scene Description: around the top, L->R: Dream of the Magi with angel standing on the right. looking left -> Deposition of Christ -> group of soldiers wearing Jew's hats form part of the Arrest of Christ scene

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken in 1997 by Anna Busch, of the Museum Gustavianum, for BSI

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (letter in BSI archive)

B04: New Testament - Passion of Christ - entry into Jerusalem

the building with two towers on the left is Jerusalem; the figures on the right greet Christ with raised palm leaves -- on the extreme right is a partial view of the Nativity scene

Scene Description: the building with two towers on the left is Jerusalem; the figures on the right greet Christ with raised palm leaves -- on the extreme right is a partial view of the Nativity scene

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

B05: New Testament - Passion of Christ - arrest of Christ

around the top, L->R: Deposition of Christ -> Arrest of Christ -> the building and figures on the right are part of the Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem

Scene Description: around the top, L->R: Deposition of Christ -> Arrest of Christ -> the building and figures on the right are part of the Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken in 1997 by Anna Busch, of the Museum Gustavianum, for BSI

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (letter in BSI archive)

B06: New Testament - Passion of Christ - Deposition

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken in 1997 by Anna Busch, of the Museum Gustavianum, for BSI

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (letter in BSI archive)

design element - motifs - floral and foliage - beaded-tape

below the scenes of the Entry into Jerusalem (left) and the Nativity (right), and separated by a rope moulding, an elaborate decoration with flowers and foliage, some of it in beaded tape, all around the underbowl

Scene Description: below the scenes of the Entry into Jerusalem (left) and the Nativity (right), and separated by a rope moulding, an elaborate decoration with flowers and foliage, some of it in beaded tape, all around the underbowl

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken in 1997 by Anna Busch, of the Museum Gustavianum, for BSI

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (letter in BSI archive)

design element - motifs - rope moulding

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken in 1997 by Anna Busch, of the Museum Gustavianum, for BSI

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (letter in BSI archive)

information

Scene Description: the basin of the Vidbo baptismal font is described in this 1918 catalogue, entry no. 22

Image Source: digital image of a 1918 catalogue

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information

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital image of correspondence received by BSI

Copyright Instructions: NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

view of basin

the missing parts of the basin were replaced by blank material after 1904 -- the Arrest of Christ occupies the left half; the Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem occupies the centre and right side of the basin

Scene Description: the missing parts of the basin were replaced by blank material after 1904 -- the Arrest of Christ occupies the left half; the Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem occupies the centre and right side of the basin

Image Source: digital image of a post-1904 B&W photograph [3796-067.TIF] in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vidbo_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200140367.jpg] [accessed 23 February 2020]

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view of basin

the missing parts of the basin were replaced by blank material after 1904 -- although not much is left of the actual carving here, the scene is the Adoration of the Magi, with the star of Bethlehem clearly visible here

Scene Description: the missing parts of the basin were replaced by blank material after 1904 -- although not much is left of the actual carving here, the scene is the Adoration of the Magi, with the star of Bethlehem clearly visible here

Image Source: digital image of a post-1904 B&W photograph [3796-060.TIF] in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vidbo_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200140369.jpg] [accessed 23 February 2020]

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view of basin

the missing parts of the basin were replaced by blank material after 1904 -- three scenes are discernible here [L-->R]: the Dream of the Magi, with two crown heads and the angel standing to the right; the Deposition of Christ; a group of soldiers wearing Jew's hats form part of the Arrest of Christ scene

Scene Description: the missing parts of the basin were replaced by blank material after 1904 -- three scenes are discernible here [L-->R]: the Dream of the Magi, with two crown heads and the angel standing to the right; the Deposition of Christ; a group of soldiers wearing Jew's hats form part of the Arrest of Christ scene

Image Source: digital image of a post-1904 B&W photograph [3796-070.TIF] in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vidbo_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200140370.jpg] [accessed 23 February 2020]

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view of basin - interior

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken in 1997 by Anna Busch, of the Museum Gustavianum, for BSI

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (letter in BSI archive)

view of basin in context

as it was in 1904, the basin raised on a wooden post-- it appears to have been located in the churchyard or rectory garden -- on the upper part of the basin sides can be discerned [L-->R]: Dream of the Magi (heads on the right); Deposition of Christ; soldiers with Jew hats, part of the Arrest of Christ

Scene Description: as it was in 1904, the basin raised on a wooden post-- it appears to have been located in the churchyard or rectory garden -- on the upper part of the basin sides can be discerned [L-->R]: Dream of the Magi (heads on the right); Deposition of Christ; soldiers with Jew hats, part of the Arrest of Christ

Image Source: digital image of a 1904 B&W photograph [3796-065.TIF] taken by Otto Janse, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vidbo_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200140363.jpg] [accessed 23 February 2020]

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view of basin in context

as it was in 1904, the basin raised on a wooden post-- it appears to have been located in the churchyard or rectory garden -- on the basin sides can be discerned [L-->R]: most of the left and centre is occupied by the Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem, with the city towers on the left and the palm-bearers wowards the centre -> the angel of the Nativity and a partial view of the manger

Scene Description: as it was in 1904, the basin raised on a wooden post-- it appears to have been located in the churchyard or rectory garden -- on the basin sides can be discerned [L-->R]: most of the left and centre is occupied by the Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem, with the city towers on the left and the palm-bearers wowards the centre -> the angel of the Nativity and a partial view of the manger

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view of church exterior - bell-cote

Scene Description: detached and to the north of the church itself

Image Source: digital image of an undated B&W photograph [3796-016.TIF] taken by August Schagerström, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vidbo_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200140311.jpg] [accessed 23 February 2020]

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view of church exterior - south view

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph take 18 October 2009 by Svens Welt [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vidbo_kyrka_00839.JPG] [accessed 22 February 2020]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior - stone

Source caption: "Runestone U 375 from Vidbo church. The text translates as "Sigfastr and Ginnlaug, they had this stone erected in memory of Vinaman, their son. And he died in Bógi(?).""

Scene Description: Source caption: "Runestone U 375 from Vidbo church. The text translates as "Sigfastr and Ginnlaug, they had this stone erected in memory of Vinaman, their son. And he died in Bógi(?).""

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 July 2010 by Ulkl [Ulf Klingström] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vidbo_kyrka_ext05.jpg] [accessed 22 February 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 July 2010 by Ulkl [Ulf Klingström] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vidbo_kyrka_int01.jpg] [accessed 22 February 2020]

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view of church interior - looking west

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 July 2010 by Ulkl [Ulf Klingström] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vidbo_kyrka_int03.jpg] [accessed 22 February 2020]

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view of church interior - retable

Scene Description: former retable (15thC) restored and now hanging on the north wall

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 July 2010 by Ulkl [Ulf Klingström] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vidbo_kyrka_int08.jpg] [accessed 22 February 2020]

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view of font

Scene Description: the modern font in use

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 July 2010 by Ulkl [Ulf Klingström] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vidbo_kyrka_int07.jpg] [accessed 22 February 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00078VID

Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (fragment)

Museum and Inventory Number: Museet för nordiska fornsaker, Uppsala

Church/Chapel: [originally from Vidbo kyrka - see museum information]

Church Location: Vidbo Kyrkby 312, 195 94 Märsta, Sweden

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Uppland, Stockholms län

Directions to Site: Vidbo is located S of road 77, E of highway E4, 20 km SE of Uppsala, just S of the county border with Stockholm, about 45 km N of Stockholm

Ecclesiastic Region: Uppsala Stift

Historical Region: Seminghundra härad -- formerly Uppsala län, Uppland

Font Location in Church: [now in a museum]

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

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Calcarius influence

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Anna Busch, of the Museum Gustavianum, Uppsala Universitet, Uppsala, Sweden, for the photographs and all the other documentation on this font]

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in Utställningen av äldre kyrklig konst i Uppsala 1918: Katalog (1918) as a damaged basin of Gotland sandstone from Vidbo, by the time in the Museet för nordiska fornsaker, Uppsala; it is described as the work of the anonymous master Calcarius of the 13th century, decorated with scenes from the life of Christ. Drake (2002: 183) lists a font fragment from Widbo as the work of the Calcarius workshop and ornamented with figures. This font has been reconstructed [ca. 1904?] from badly damaged fragments and is not easy to read [cf. Iconographical Data area for a detailed listing of the scenes]. The reconstructed basin is housed now at the Museet för nordiska fornsaker in Uppsala. Some earlier photographs taken at the time when the font laid exposed to the elements in the churchyard or the rectory garden still showed some of the carving details clearly. The sides of the basin have a total of six scenes on them; three scenes that are part of the Childhood cycle: the Nativity, the Adoration of the Magi and the Dream of the Magi; the other three scenes are part of the Passion cycle: the Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem, the Arrest of Christ by soldiers wearing Jew's hats, and the Deposition from the cross. There is a now damaged thick rope moulding marking the top of the underbowl; the underbowl itself is decorated with an elaborate array of floral and foliage motifs and patterns. including bands of beaded tape. There is centre drain in the basin. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 59.710731, 18.005564

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 59° 42′ 38.63″ N, 18° 0′ 20.03″ E

UTM: 34V 331559 6622999

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (Gotland)

Number of Pieces: one (bowl only)

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

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Diameter (inside rim): 53 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 65 cm*

Basin Depth: 31 cm*

Basin Total Height: 42 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * Anna Busch, Museum Gustavianum for BSI

REFERENCES

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

Drake, Colin Stuart, The Romanesque Fonts of Northern Europe and Scandinavia, Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002

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

Strömbom, Ragnhild, "Calcarius, en gotländsk stenhuggareverkstad under 1100-talets slut och 1200-talets förra hälft", XI-XIII (1942-1944), Konsthistorisk tidskrift, 1942-1944

Wilke-Lindqvist, Ingeborg, Vidbo Kyrka, 1984