Norra Lundby
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Results: 36 records
B01: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - visit of the three Wise Men to King Herod - 2 Wise Men dressed as Pilgrims
Scene Description: Last arch in program. Two magi dressed as pilgrims walking toward King Herod. They wear pouches from their shoulders.
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 1997 by BSI
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B02: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Nativity - Christ Child in Mary's arms - Joseph seated - star of Bethlehem - ox and mule
Scene Description: Nativity Scene. See Jew's hat on Joseph and the way both he and Mary hold the infant on her lap
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 1997 by BSI
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B03: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Flight to Egypt
Scene Description: This scene spread over two arches. Second arch; notice Joseph's hat and the breeches he wears
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 1997 by BSI
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B03: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - miracles - Miracle of the bending palmtree on the Flight to Egypt
Scene Description: Flight to Egypt. This scene is spread over two arches. First arch
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 1997 by BSI
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B04: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Massacre of the Innocents
Scene Description: The Massacre of the Innocent scene is spread over two arches. Second arch. Notice Herod's chair and the breeches he wears
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B04: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Massacre of the Innocents
Scene Description: The Massacre of the Innocent scene is spread over two arches. First arch. Notice the tunic and hat worn by the soldier here
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view of font
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920508F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920508F2#]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Västergötlands Museum, 1926
Image Source: digital image [1M16-A7151] of a 1926 photograph taken by Gustaf Ewald, in the VGM Foto collection, Västergötlands Museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017958782/1m16-a7151] [accessed 21 June 2020]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Västergötlands Museum, 1926
Image Source: digital image [1M16-A7326] of a 1926 photograph taken by Gustaf Ewald, in the VGM Foto collection, Västergötlands Museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017958851/1m16-a7326] [accessed 21 June 2020]
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animal - bird - unidentified
Scene Description: cockerel-like (?) seen here in the right spandrel
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 1997 by BSI
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design element - motifs - vine
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 1997 by BSI
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design element - motifs - braid
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symbol - grapes
Scene Description: seen here on the right
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design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: the motif seen here on the left, with multiples leaves and fruit below
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 1997 by BSI
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
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design element - motifs - floral - 4-petal
Scene Description: cross-shaped; seen here in the centre spandrel
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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - columns with capitals and bases - torsade columns
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 1997 by BSI
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view of basin
Scene Description: Source caption: "flykten till Egypten"
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920508F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920508F2#]
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "barnamordet i Betlehem"
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920508F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920508F2#]
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "heliga tre kungar, detalj"
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920508F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920508F2#]
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Herodes och heliga tre kungar"
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view of basin - detail
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view of basin - detail
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920508F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920508F2#]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nasko, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 August 2011 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norra_Lundby_kyrka_Sweden_05.jpg] [accessed 31 May 2017]
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view of church exterior - northeast view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 August 2011 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norra_Lundby_kyrka_Sweden_03.jpg] [accessed 31 May 2017]
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view of font in context - east side
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Image Source: digital image [1M16-B145110:447] of a 1918 B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the VGM Foto collection, Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017208352/1m16-b145110-447] [accessed 2 August 2020]
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design element - motifs - leaf or spur - 4
Scene Description: at the corners of the lower base
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: in the arches are the Nativity (left) and the Flight to Egypt (right)
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: partial view of the Flight to Egypt in the arch below
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view of basin - interior
Scene Description: the little metal bowl is covering the drain hole
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of church exterior - southeast end
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view of church exterior - east view
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view of font in context
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 00082NOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 1997-06-19; 2002-07-21
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Skaramästaren?
Church / Chapel Name: Norra Lundby kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, by the communion railing
Church Address: 532 93 Norra Lundby, Sweden
Site Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (S) road 49, 2 km SW of Varnhem, 8-10 km E of Skara and the E20
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Valle härad, Skaraborgs län
Additional Comments: The font is crudely carved, large relief, but has interesting 13thC (?) iconographic details, see the hat of Joseph in the Flight to Egypt scene and in the Nativity scene - both quite different - this font may be later than the literature suggests.
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in a 1926 B&W photograph by Gustaf Ewald [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017958851/1m16-a7326] [accessed 21 Kune 2020]. Noted and illustrated in Hallbäck (1971). Noted in Nordström (1984). Noted and illustrated in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920508F2] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the late-12th century. On-site notes: The font is cylindrical mounted on a short square base; has some interesting 13th-century (?) iconographic details, like the hat of Joseph in the Flight to Egypt and Nativity scenes, both quite different; this font may be later than the literature suggests.
COORDINATES
UTM: 33V 419319 6471346
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 58.375514, 13.620528
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 58° 22′ 31.85″ N, 13° 37′ 13.9″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone?
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin & base
Rim Thickness: 7.5-8.5 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 53-54 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 69-70 cm* / to cm**
Basin Depth: 36-40 cm*
Height of Basin Side: 62 cm*
Basin Total Height: 72 cm*
Height of Base: 21 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 93 cm* / 94 cm**
Square Base Dimensions: 56 x 56 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site / ** Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920508F2]
REFERENCES
- Hallbäck, Sven Axel, Medeltida dopfuntar i Halland, 1969, p. 107ff, 310
- Nordström, Folke, Mediaeval Baptismal Fonts: An Iconographical Study, Stockholm: Universitetet i Umeå, 1984, p. 117