Hajom
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Results: 35 records
B01: symbol - cross - fleurdelysée
Scene Description: Ornate, four-leaf acanthus motif? -- seen here in the left arch
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 21 June 1997 by BSI
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B02: Apostle or saint - St. Stephen - birth (?)
Scene Description: Birth of Stephen? Is he being held as an infant? -- seen here in the right arch
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 21 June 1997 by BSI
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B02: sacrament - baptism?
Scene Description: or: Presentation of Christ in the Temple to Simeon?
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 21 June 1997 by BSI
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B03: Apostle or saint - St. Stephen - on horseback
Scene Description: He rides on a horse in the night; a moon and star by his shoulder -- seen here in the left arch
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 21 June 1997 by BSI
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B04: human figure - male - crowned - with fleur-de-lis
Scene Description: King Herod - the cock on the table comes to life and announces "Christus natus est" -- seen here in the right arch
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 21 June 1997 by BSI
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B05: design element - motifs - floral - fleur-de-lis
Scene Description: seen here to the left of the martyrdom of Stephen scene -- a large one on the side of the basin; there is no arch over it
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Riverside Surtam, 2010
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 30 August 2010 [http://idaserneberg.wordpress.com/category/hajom/] [accessed 20 April 2014]
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B06: Apostle or saint - St. Stephen - martyrdom by stoning
Scene Description: St.Stephen's stoning. Hand of God appears from above to carry his soul.
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 21 June 1997 by BSI
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B07: Apostle or saint - St. Christopher and Christ-child
Scene Description: St.Christopher carrying the child across the water.
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 21 June 1997 by BSI
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view of font
Scene Description: a composite font
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 21 June 1997 by BSI
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view of font
Scene Description: the three parts of the font are ill-matched and show the composite nature of the object
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920704F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920704F5]
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view of font - northwest side
Scene Description: Photo caption: "Dopfunten i Hajoms kyrka med avbildningar av Staffanslegenden i korets södra del, från NÖ."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Maria Mellgren, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 October 2005 by Maria Mellgren [www.bebyggelseregistret.raa.se] [accessed 20 April 2014]
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view of font
Scene Description: the base on which the basin is raised here is not the original one; the original one was probably made up of a round stem and a circular lower base
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Image Source: digital image [2186-046.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hajoms_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200157733.jpg] [accessed 17 August 2020]
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view of font
![the base on which the basin is raised here is not the original one; the original one was probably made up of a round stem and a circular lower base [NB: the original photograph has "A.R. 1916" in white lettering at the bottom-right corner]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0200817019_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the base on which the basin is raised here is not the original one; the original one was probably made up of a round stem and a circular lower base [NB: the original photograph has "A.R. 1916" in white lettering at the bottom-right corner]
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Image Source: digital image [2186-045.tif] of a 1916 B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hajoms_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200157732.jpg] [accessed 17 August 2020]
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view of font
Scene Description: the base on which the basin is raised here is not the original one; the original one was probably made up of a round stem and a circular lower base
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Image Source: digital image [2186-043.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hajoms_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200157730.jpg] [accessed 17 August 2020]
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view of font
Scene Description: the base on which the basin is raised here is not the original one; the original one was probably made up of a round stem and a circular lower base
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Image Source: digital image [2186-042.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hajoms_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200157729.jpg] [accessed 17 August 2020]
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design element - motifs - vine - acanthus
Scene Description: all around the upper side of the basin
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 21 June 1997 by BSI
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animal - bird - cockerel
Scene Description: is this the cock from Herod's dinner announcing the birth of Christ?
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 21 June 1997 by BSI
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human figure - head
Scene Description: seen here in the spandrel between the two scenes -- curiously the combined column, two arches and spandrel head appears to form a stylised angel
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 21 June 1997 by BSI
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symbol - cross - Latin - crosslet cross
Scene Description: but the lower arm is not crossed
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 21 June 1997 by BSI
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symbol - cross - Greek - in a circle
Scene Description: seen here in the leftmost spandrel
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 21 June 1997 by BSI
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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - columns
Scene Description: irregular; one of them appears to be a stylised angel
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 21 June 1997 by BSI
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view of basin
Scene Description: SHM source caption: "korsform"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920704F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920704F5]
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: SHM source caption: "två gestalter med ett barn - frambärandet i templet"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920704F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920704F5]
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: SHM source caption: "Kristoffer"
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920704F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920704F5]
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: SHM Source caption: "Stefanus stenas"
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920704F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920704F5]
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: SHM source caption: "tuppundret"
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920704F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920704F5]
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: SHN source caption: "ryttare - (Stefanus ?)"
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view of basin in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2186-044.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hajoms_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200157731.jpg] [accessed 17 August 2020]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: detached bell-cote
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kemitsv, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 June 2011 by Kemitsv [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hajoms_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 20 April 2014]
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view of church exterior - north porch
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph Okänt år. Okänd fotograf. Källa: RAÄ ATABild CD 1604 [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hajoms-kyrka-2186-004.jpg] [accessed 20 April 2014]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Scene Description: Photo caption: "Långhuset i Hajoms kyrka sett mot koret, från V."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Maria Mellgren, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 October 2005 by Maria Mellgren [www.bebyggelseregistret.raa.se] [accessed 20 April 2014]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: Photo caption: "Långhuset i Hajoms kyrka sett mot koret, från V."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Maria Mellgren, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 October 2005 by Maria Mellgren [www.bebyggelseregistret.raa.se] [accessed 20 April 2014]
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view of base - lower base
Scene Description: the lower base of the medieval font photographed in 1964
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Image Source: digital image [2186-047.tif] of a 1964 B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hajoms_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200157734.jpg] [accessed 17 August 2020]
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information
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of field notes taken 21 June 1997 by BSI
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 00151HAJ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 1997-06-21
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Cognate Fonts: the font at Hyssna [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Hajoms kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the presbyterium, S side
Church Notes: church originally early12thC
Church Address: Stomvägen 1, 511 97 Hajom, Sweden
Site Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (SW) road 156, N of road 41, in the municipality of Jord, 25 km SW of Borås, 30 km from Gothenburg
Ecclesiastic Region: Göteborgs stift
Historical Region: Marks härad, Västra Götalands län
Additional Comments: altered font? / composite font (basin and base do not match) -- Christ child is presented to Simeon in the temple? [this description replaces the child being carried in the previous panel - see written text]
Font Notes:
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Noted in Hallbäck (1966). The Svenska Kyrkan site [www.svenskakyrkan.se/default.aspx?id=651719] [accessed 20 April 2014] notes: "Dopfunten är från sent 1100-tal. Här finns tre bildfält som berättar om den gamla Staffanlegenden. Först rider Staffan i natten och får se den märkliga stjärnan. På nästa bild berättar Staffan för Heodes om det under som skett. Herodes reser sig förskräckt och tuppen flaxar upp från måltiden. Till vänster ser man tuppen sitta i ornamentet och utropa: Christus natus est! Kristus är född! Den tredje bilden föreställer Staffans martyrdöd.Här finns även en bild av den heliga Kristoffer som bär Jesusbarnet över en strid ström och en bild av Jesusbarnet i templet." Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920704F5] as a baptismal font made of three parts, the basin being sandstone and the base limestone; it remarks that the stem of the base is modern, of 1965, while the lower base, though medieval, may not have belonged to this font either; it further notes some similarities with the font at Hyssna and gives the entry in Hallbäck (1966) as reference. On-site notes: this font illustrates the legend of St. Stephen in several scenes: 1)an ornate four-leaf acanthus motif; 2)the birth of St. Stephen - he is held as an infant? [or is this a reference to something else?]; 3)he rides on a horse in the night. 4)the feast of King Herod - the cock on the table comes to life and announces "Christus natus est" [Christ is born]; 5)St. Stephen's stoning when the hand of God comes down to take his soul; 6)St. Christopher carrying the child across the water; 7)Christ child is presented to Simeon in the church? [this description replaces the child being carried in the previous panel - see written text]. The the bowl is earlier than the base - a different stone for the bowl and the base. There is no drainage hole in the bowl. The fleurdelysée motifs suggest a later date than usually assigned to this font.
COORDINATES
UTM: 33V 353258 6376135
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.503983, 12.5509
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 30′ 14.34″ N, 12° 33′ 3.24″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone (basin only) -- limestone (base)
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: chalice-shaped, hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: no drainage system
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 8-10 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 57-58 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 75-77 cm* / 75 cm**
Height of Basin Side: 33 cm*
Basin Total Height: 43 cm*
Height of Base: 49 cm*
Height of Central Column: 28 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 92 cm* / 90 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920704F5]
REFERENCES
- Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Sjuhäradsbygden", Från Borås och de sju häradena 1966, 1966, p. 54ff, 154