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B01: New Testament - Public life of Christ - baptism of Christ

Baptism of Christ; three figures present: on the left is an angel pointing right to an enormous bird (dove?); to the right of the bird is John the Baptist holding a book in his right hand while his left hand holds the wrist of the right hand of Christ; the latter's lower body is immersed in water; he holds a processional cross in his left hand and wears a cruciferous halo
Scene Description: Baptism of Christ; three figures present: on the left is an angel pointing right to an enormous bird (dove?); to the right of the bird is John the Baptist holding a book in his right hand while his left hand holds the wrist of the right hand of Christ; the latter's lower body is immersed in water; he holds a processional cross in his left hand and wears a cruciferous halo
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 21 June 1997 by BSI
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B01: New Testament - Public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - detail

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920517F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920517F2] [accessed 4 Jamuary 2018]
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B01: New Testament - Public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - detail of angel

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920517F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920517F2] [accessed 4 Jamuary 2018]
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B02: angel - archangel - St. Michael - fighting the dragon

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920517F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920517F2] [accessed 4 Jamuary 2018]
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B03: animal - fabulous animal or monster - centaur - man on horseback - fighting

a battle between a man on horseback with a bow and arrow against a centaur holding a large shield and possibly a sword; there are two arrows on their way to the centaur (!) -- on the underside of the bowl is a vegetal motif
Scene Description: a battle between a man on horseback with a bow and arrow against a centaur holding a large shield and possibly a sword; there are two arrows on their way to the centaur (!) -- on the underside of the bowl is a vegetal motif
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920517F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920517F2] [accessed 4 Jamuary 2018]
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view of font

showing the Baptism of Christ scene on the basin, and the lion (?) head on the underbowl
Scene Description: showing the Baptism of Christ scene on the basin, and the lion (?) head on the underbowl
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 21 June 1997 by BSI
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view of font

Source caption: "Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100- eller 1200-talet." [NB: the position of the font in this photograph should not be taken as indicative of its position in relation to the altar, as the font was being rotated for the photograph against the same background] -- there is another font here, partially visible in the background, inside the arcade, on the left
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100- eller 1200-talet." [NB: the position of the font in this photograph should not be taken as indicative of its position in relation to the altar, as the font was being rotated for the photograph against the same background] -- there is another font here, partially visible in the background, inside the arcade, on the left
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2838-039.tif] from an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [KMB-16000200166705] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skeby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200166705.jpg] [accessed 4 January 2018]
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view of font

Source caption: "Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100- eller 1200-talet." [NB: the position of the font in this photograph should not be taken as indicative of its position in relation to the altar, as the font was being rotated for the photograph against the same background]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100- eller 1200-talet." [NB: the position of the font in this photograph should not be taken as indicative of its position in relation to the altar, as the font was being rotated for the photograph against the same background]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2838-038.tif] from an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [KMB-16000200166704] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skeby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200166704.jpg] [accessed 4 January 2018]
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view of font

Source caption: "Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100- eller 1200-talet." [NB: the position of the font in this photograph should not be taken as indicative of its position in relation to the altar, as the font was being rotated for the photograph against the same background]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100- eller 1200-talet." [NB: the position of the font in this photograph should not be taken as indicative of its position in relation to the altar, as the font was being rotated for the photograph against the same background]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2838-037.tif] from an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [KMB-16000200166703] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skeby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200166703.jpg] [accessed 4 January 2018]
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view of font

Source caption: "Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100- eller 1200-talet. Snabbinv."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100- eller 1200-talet. Snabbinv."
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Image Source: digital image [2838-035.tif] of an undated photograph taken by Karl Brynolf Hellner, in Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [KMB-16000200166700] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skeby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200166700.jpg] [accessed 4 January 2018]
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view of font

Source caption: "Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100- eller 1200-talet."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100- eller 1200-talet."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2838-034.tif] of a B&W photograph taken in 1927 by Ärland Noréen [KMB-16000200166699] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skeby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200166699.jpg] [accessed 4 January 2018]
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view of font

Source caption: "Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100- eller 1200-talet."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100- eller 1200-talet."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2838-032.tif] of a B&W photograph taken in 1890 by Sanfrid Welin, in Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [KMB-16000200166695] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skeby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200166695.jpg] [accessed 4 January 2017]
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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - columns with capitals and bases

some arches are supported on full columns; some have no support; the one here between John and Christ is only the lower half of a column
Scene Description: some arches are supported on full columns; some have no support; the one here between John and Christ is only the lower half of a column
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 21 June 1997 by BSI
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design element - motifs - foliage

in the spandrels of the arcade
Scene Description: in the spandrels of the arcade
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 21 June 1997 by BSI
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animal - mammal - lion - head or mask? - tongue sticking out

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 21 June 1997 by BSI
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view of basin

Source caption: "Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100- eller 1200-talet, cuppan."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100- eller 1200-talet, cuppan."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2838-036.tif] of a B&W photograph taken in 1890 by Sanfrid Welin, in Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [KMB-16000200166701] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skeby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200166701.jpg] [accessed 4 January 2017]
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design element - motifs - plant or tree

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2838-034.tif] of a B&W photograph taken in 1927 by Ärland Noréen [KMB-16000200166699] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skeby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200166699.jpg] [accessed 4 January 2018]
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view of basin

Source caption: "Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100- eller 1200-talet, cuppan."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100- eller 1200-talet, cuppan."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2838-033.tif] of a B&W photograph taken in 1890 by Sanfrid Welin, in Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [KMB-16000200166697] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skeby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200166697.jpg] [accessed 4 January 2017]
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view of church exterior - southeast view

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Svens Welt, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 July 2012 by Svens Welt [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skeby_kyrka_15214b.jpg] [accessed 4 January 2018]
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view of church exterior - southeast view

Source caption: "Kyrkan från söder, teckning i Peringskiölds Monumenta, avfotograferad."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kyrkan från söder, teckning i Peringskiölds Monumenta, avfotograferad."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2838-007.tif] of a drawing in Peringskiöld's Monumenta, in Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [KMB-16000200166093] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skeby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200166093.jpg] [accessed 4 January 2018]
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view of church interior - crucifix

Source caption: "Triumfkrucifix från Skedby kyrka i Skeby socken, Kinnefjärdings härad, Götene kommun, f.d. Skaraborgs län, Skara stift, Västergötland, Västra Götalands län, Sverige. Kristus på korset är skulpterad i gotisk stil med utmärglad kropp och sår i sidan. Krucifixet är daterat till 1320-1350. Triumfkrucifix brukade placeras i övergången mellan långhus och kor. Krucifixet tillhör Västergötlands museum. Fotot taget i utställningen "Legenden Elin" på Skövde stadsmuseum sommaren 2013."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Triumfkrucifix från Skedby kyrka i Skeby socken, Kinnefjärdings härad, Götene kommun, f.d. Skaraborgs län, Skara stift, Västergötland, Västra Götalands län, Sverige. Kristus på korset är skulpterad i gotisk stil med utmärglad kropp och sår i sidan. Krucifixet är daterat till 1320-1350. Triumfkrucifix brukade placeras i övergången mellan långhus och kor. Krucifixet tillhör Västergötlands museum. Fotot taget i utställningen "Legenden Elin" på Skövde stadsmuseum sommaren 2013."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Achird [Gunnar Creutz], 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 July 2013 by Achird [Gunnar Creutz] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Triumfkrucifix_fr_Skeby_kyrka_i_Västergötland_0888.jpg] [accessed 4 January 2018]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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Image Source: digital image [2838-022.tif] from an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [KMB-16000200166127] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skeby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200166127.jpg] [accessed 4 January 2018]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west

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Image Source: digital image [2838-019.tif] of an undated [pre-1969?] B&W photograph by Axel Forssén, in Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [KMB-16000200166124] [accessed 4 January 2018]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 00125SKE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 1997-06-20
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Skaragruppen [SHM] / Master Othelric? / Bestiarius?
Cognate Fonts: the fonts at Sene and Skalvum?
Church / Chapel Name: Skeby Kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W of the small apse on the S side of the nave
Church Notes: original church ca. 1150; present church is a late-18thC re-building of the medieval church
Church Address: Skeby kyrkby, 531 95 Källby, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 511 285 00
Site Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) highway 44, E of Lidköping, WSW of Götene and in its municipality
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Kinnefjärdings härad
Additional Comments: NB: we photographed only one side of the basin, that with the Baptism of Christ (priorities at the time in 1997!)
Font Notes:
Noted in Hallbäck (1971). Listed and illustrated in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920517F2] with date in the 12th century. Svenska kyrkan [www.svenskakyrkan.se/savare/harjevad-kyrka] [accessed 28 February 2020] gives master Othelric as the carver of the fonts at Härjevad, Hornborga, Norra Härene, Öttum, Skeby, Västerplana and of the church of Skälvum. This font was carved by the same workshop which carved the Skalvum font. It his chalice shaped, has three scenes on the bowl. Divided by round arches, an arcade frames the three scenes: 1)Baptism of Christ; there are three figures present, to the left is an angel pointing to an enormous bird (dove?) (holy spirit?); to the right is John the Baptism holding a book in his right hand and with his left hand holds the wrist of the right hand of Christ, who is immersed in water, holding a processional cross in his left hand; 2)to the right of the Baptism scene is a warrior (St. Michael) fighting a dragon; 3)a man on horseback armed with a bow and arrow fights against a centaur holding a large shield and possibly a sword [a 'querky' detail here: the bow, though stretched, has no arrow in it, but two -not- one- arrows are on the way towards the centaur, somehow bypassing the column]; like the one on the font at Skalvum, has some supporting columns, while some of the arch-heads have no support [e.g.: the Baptism scene occupies three arches, but has supporting columns only at the extreme ends; the centre arch-head has no support on the left and, curiously, only the half bottom of the right column, so that the carver could show the John holding Christ's arm] others have full columns and the spandrels are decorated with a stylised foliated motif; the underside of the bowl has the head of a beast, a floral motif and another motif that is now damaged and cannot be identified; the lower end consists of two parts: a plain circular lower base, and a short moulded plinth, also round; the latter may be of a later date. No cover present. The upper rim of the basin shows significant damage at various spots.

COORDINATES

UTM: 33V 401802 6485009
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 58.4946, 13.3153
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 58° 29′ 40.56″ N, 13° 18′ 55.08″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: chalice-shaped, cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin & base
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 13-15 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 48-49 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 74-77 cm* / 74 cm**
Height of Basin Side: 34-37 cm*
Basin Total Height: 52 cm*
Height of Base: 12 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 64 cm*
Font Height (with Plinth): 81 cm* / 82 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site / ** SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920517F2]

REFERENCES

  • Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Skaraborg", 1971-1972, Västergötlands Fornminnesförenings Tidskrift, 1971-1972, pp. 39-357; p. 326
  • Nordström, Folke, Mediaeval Baptismal Fonts: An Iconographical Study, Stockholm: Universitetet i Umeå, 1984, p. 159:74, 76, 166:14