Vireda

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Apostle or saint - St. Lawrence - with grill

seen here in the right arch
Scene Description: seen here in the right arch
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © IR, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 9 July 2011 by IR [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vireda_kyrka_dopfunt.JPG] [accessed 3 March 2020]
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animal - bird

the bird with folded wings, passant to the right -- notice the large 'capitals' of the supporting columns
Scene Description: the bird with folded wings, passant to the right -- notice the large 'capitals' of the supporting columns
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2564-081.TIF] of a B&W photograph taken in 1911 by Algot Friberg, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vireda_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200090135.jpg]
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animal - bird - passant

passant to the right; unlike the other one in this font, its wings are open
Scene Description: passant to the right; unlike the other one in this font, its wings are open
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2564-078.TIF] of a B&W photograph taken in 1911 by Algot Friberg, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vireda_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200090132.jpg]
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animal - mammal - deer - passant-regardant

seen here in the left arch
Scene Description: seen here in the left arch
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © IR, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 9 July 2011 by IR [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vireda_kyrka_dopfunt.JPG] [accessed 3 March 2020]
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animal - mammal - deer or goat - passant

seen here in the centre arch, with either a long tongue hanging out or something in its mouth
Scene Description: seen here in the centre arch, with either a long tongue hanging out or something in its mouth
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © IR, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 9 July 2011 by IR [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vireda_kyrka_dopfunt.JPG] [accessed 3 March 2020]
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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - beaded tape - columns with capitals

the arch-heads are decorated with beaded-tape pattern; the capitals are medallion-shaped and decorated with floral motifs inside, massive in relation to the columns, which are very short
Scene Description: the arch-heads are decorated with beaded-tape pattern; the capitals are medallion-shaped and decorated with floral motifs inside, massive in relation to the columns, which are very short
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © IR, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 9 July 2011 by IR [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vireda_kyrka_dopfunt.JPG] [accessed 3 March 2020]
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design element - motifs - ball, bead or pellet

many of them, all around the lower side of the basin; mostly grouped in threes
Scene Description: many of them, all around the lower side of the basin; mostly grouped in threes
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2564-080.TIF] of a B&W photograph taken in 1911 by Algot Friberg, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vireda_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200090134.jpg]
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design element - motifs - ball, bead or pellet

a number of them, between most of the heads
Scene Description: a number of them, between most of the heads
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © IR, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 9 July 2011 by IR [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vireda_kyrka_dopfunt.JPG] [accessed 3 March 2020]
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design element - motifs - braid

damaged in several spots
Scene Description: damaged in several spots
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © IR, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 9 July 2011 by IR [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vireda_kyrka_dopfunt.JPG] [accessed 3 March 2020]
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design element - motifs - floral and/or foliage - varied

some of them appear to be triquetras
Scene Description: some of them appear to be triquetras
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © IR, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 9 July 2011 by IR [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vireda_kyrka_dopfunt.JPG] [accessed 3 March 2020]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © IR, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 9 July 2011 by IR [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vireda_kyrka_dopfunt.JPG] [accessed 3 March 2020]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © IR, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 9 July 2011 by IR [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vireda_kyrka_dopfunt.JPG] [accessed 3 March 2020]
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human figure - head, face or mask

a whole row of them below the rope moulding
Scene Description: a whole row of them below the rope moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © IR, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 9 July 2011 by IR [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vireda_kyrka_dopfunt.JPG] [accessed 3 March 2020]
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view of base - detail

Source caption: "manshuvuden, foten"
Scene Description: Source caption: "manshuvuden, foten"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910703F2] [accessed 28 April 2022]
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view of basin - detail

Source caption: "Laurentius"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Laurentius"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910703F2] [accessed 28 April 2022]
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view of basin - detail

Source caption: "fyrfoting med fana (Agnus Dei?)"
Scene Description: Source caption: "fyrfoting med fana (Agnus Dei?)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910703F2] [accessed 28 April 2022]
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view of basin - detail

Source caption: "drake - basilisk"
Scene Description: Source caption: "drake - basilisk"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910703F2] [accessed 28 April 2022]
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view of basin - detail

Source caption: "fågel"
Scene Description: Source caption: "fågel"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910703F2] [accessed 28 April 2022]
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view of church exterior - south view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kemitsv, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 June 2009 by Kemitsv [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vireda_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 3 March 2020]
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view of church exterior in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © L.G.Photo, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 July 2014 by L.G.Foto [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vireda_kyrka_från_luften.jpg] [accessed 3 March 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east

showing the old font on the left [north] side, east of the pulpit
Scene Description: showing the old font on the left [north] side, east of the pulpit
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2564-037.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vireda_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200089925.jpg] [accessed 4 March 2020]
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view of church interior - nave - north wall - painting

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hans A. Rosbach, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 July 2014 by Hans A. Rosbach [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vireda_kyrka_2014-07-17-055.jpg] [accessed 4 March 2020]
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view of font

a goat or deer in the left arch, a man carrying an object in the right arch [St Lawrence and his grill?]
Scene Description: a goat or deer in the left arch, a man carrying an object in the right arch [St Lawrence and his grill?]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2564-079.TIF] of a B&W photograph taken in 1911 by Algot Friberg, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vireda_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200090133.jpg]
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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2564-082.TIF] of an undated drawing by Olof Hermelin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vireda_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200090136.jpg]
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view of font

left arch: a deer carrying something in its mouth? -- right arch: much eroded; an avian creature?
Scene Description: left arch: a deer carrying something in its mouth? -- right arch: much eroded; an avian creature?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2564-084.TIF] of a B&W photograph taken in 1920 by Sven Brandel, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vireda_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200090138.jpg]
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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910703F2] [accessed 28 April 2022]
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view of font - northwest side

NB: the font has been moved at least twice inside the church; it must have been originally at the west end, near the entranceway; an earlier photograph shows the font also at the east end, but on the opposite [north] side, by the pulpit; seen here, in 2011, in the southeast corner of the nave
Scene Description: NB: the font has been moved at least twice inside the church; it must have been originally at the west end, near the entranceway; an earlier photograph shows the font also at the east end, but on the opposite [north] side, by the pulpit; seen here, in 2011, in the southeast corner of the nave
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © IR, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 9 July 2011 by IR [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vireda_kyrka_dopfunt.JPG] [accessed 3 March 2020]
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view of font in context

in the southeast corner of the nave
Scene Description: in the southeast corner of the nave
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © IR, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 July 2011 by IR [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vireda_kyrka_dopfunt.JPG] [accessed 3 March 2020]
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view of iconographic program

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of a drawing in Blomqvist (1929)
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INFORMATION

FontID: 00152VIR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Vireda kyrka
Church Location: Vireda kyrka, 578 92 Aneby, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 380 412 25
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Småland, Jönköpings län
Directions to Site: Located E of highway E4 and the Vättern, in the municipality of Aneby, about 25 km NE of Huskvarna / Jönköping
Ecclesiastic Region: Linköpings stift
Historical Region: Tveta härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, N side
Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Huvudmästarnas efterföljare [Blomqvist] / Lekerydsgruppen [Borg] / Bestiarius, Group 7-Transitional
Cognate Fonts: Rydaholm; Lekeryd and Växtorp No. 1 in general shape. The fonts at Rydaholm and Lyngsjö depict the martyrdom of St. Lawrence as well
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in Blomqvist (1929) in his chapter on 'Huvudmästarnas efterföljare' fonts. Nordström (1984: 118) notes that "on the fonts at Vireda and Rydaholm in Småland, St. Lawrence is depicted standing, carrying the instrument of his martyrdom, the gridiron, in his hand". Inventoried and illustrated in Borg (2002) aa a 'Lekerydsgruppen' baptismal font made of sandstone between 1170 and 1220. digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910703F2] as a 'Bestiariusgruppen' baptismal font made of sandstone in the second half of the 12th century; the basin is decorated with and arcade of nine arches that inlude a human figure and eight animals. Described and illustrated in Drake (2002: 141, 142, 183 and pl. 307) as a baptismal font of the Bestiarius workshop (Group 7-Transitional); like the fonts at Lekeryd and Växtorp No. 1, it has "a ring of human heads peering out from under the overhang of the bowl" (ibid., p. 141); it is very similar to the font at Rydaholm, in the same area. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.9155, 14.633361
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 54′ 55.8″ N, 14° 38′ 0.1″ E
UTM: 33V 478277 6419361

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 10 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 61 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 81 cm* / **
Basin Depth: 35 cm*
Basin Total Height: 56 cm* [24 + 32]
Height of Base: 32 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 101 cm* / 99 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Borg (2002)

REFERENCES

Blomqvist, Ragnar, Studier i Smålands romanska stenkonst, 1929
Borg, Raine, Smålands medeltida dopfuntar, Göteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, 2002
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