Burseryd / Burserud

Results: 56 records

B01: animal - mammal - lion - 2 - facing each other - fighting

their tails resemble acanthus leaves; the lion on the left has its tail inside a ring; there are two rosettes in this scene: one with five petals, the other with eight

Scene Description: their tails resemble acanthus leaves; the lion on the left has its tail inside a ring; there are two rosettes in this scene: one with five petals, the other with eight

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 by BSI [with SHM permission]

B01: animal - mammal - lion - 2 - facing each other - fighting - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 by BSI [with SHM permission]

B02: inscription - Runic characters

Scene Description: one English version: "Arinbjörn made me. Vidkunn the priest wrote me. And here I shall stand for a while" [cf. Inscription notes]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 by BSI [with SHM permission]

B03: animal - fabulous animal or monster - manticore - griffin - fighting

Scene Description: griffin-like creature on the left, hooded manticore on the right

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 by BSI [with SHM permission]

B03: animal - fabulous animal or monster - manticore - griffin - fighting - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 by BSI [with SHM permission]

B03: animal - fabulous animal or monster - manticore - griffin - fighting - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 by BSI [with SHM permission]

B04: animal - mammal - horse - 2 - facing each other - acanthus plant or Tree of Life

Scene Description: three plants, one between the horses

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 by BSI [with SHM permission]

B04: animal - mammal - horse - 2 - facing each other - acanthus plant or Tree of Life - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 by BSI [with SHM permission]

LBH01: human figure - head

Scene Description: rounded face; no hair or head-cover; one eye damaged [or intended that way?]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 by BSI [with SHM permission]

LBH02: head?

Scene Description: perhaps a fabulous beast?

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 by BSI [with SHM permission]

LBH03: human figure - head - wearing hat - flat hat

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 by BSI [with SHM permission]

LBH04: human figure - head

Scene Description: rounded face; no hair or head-cover; one eye damaged [or intended that way?]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 by BSI [with SHM permission]

design element - architectural - column - columns with capitals and bases - 4

the stems of these columns appear to be made of several shafts clustered together; the capitals and bases are made of mouldings

Scene Description: the stems of these columns appear to be made of several shafts clustered together; the capitals and bases are made of mouldings

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 by BSI [with SHM permission]

design element - motifs - braid

Scene Description: at the lower end of the sides panels

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 by BSI [with SHM permission]

design element - motifs - floral or foliage

Scene Description: acanthus, cinquefoil and eight-petal rosette in a square

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 by BSI [with SHM permission]

design element - motifs - floral or foliage

one is an eight-petal rosette; then a five upside-down trefoiled leaves inside a heat-shaped enclosure; two others are five-petalled and are upright -- the latter two motifs are replicated on the upper part of two of the basin sides

Scene Description: one is an eight-petal rosette; then a five upside-down trefoiled leaves inside a heat-shaped enclosure; two others are five-petalled and are upright -- the latter two motifs are replicated on the upper part of two of the basin sides

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 by BSI [with SHM permission]

design element - motifs - foliage

a pattern made of three- and five-leaf plants inside heart-shaped frames, on their sides, run around the upper side of two of the panels on the sides -- this motif is replicated on parts of the base

Scene Description: a pattern made of three- and five-leaf plants inside heart-shaped frames, on their sides, run around the upper side of two of the panels on the sides -- this motif is replicated on parts of the base

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 by BSI [with SHM permission]

design element - motifs - plant - acanthus?

Scene Description: to the right and left of the head or animal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 by BSI [with SHM permission]

design element - motifs - rope moulding

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 by BSI [with SHM permission]

design element - motifs - vine - acanthus

Scene Description: runs around the upper side of two of the panels on the sides

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 by BSI [with SHM permission]

information

Scene Description: museum label

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 by BSI [with SHM permission]

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inventory archival notes on this font, Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm [http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/fid.asp?fid=94253] [accessed 8 October 2012]

Scene Description: inventory archival notes on this font, Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm [http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/fid.asp?fid=94253] [accessed 8 October 2012]

Image Source: digital image of the inventory archival notes at the Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm [http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/fid.asp?fid=94253] [accessed 8 October 2012]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

information

Scene Description: inventory archival notes on this font, Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm [http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/fid.asp?fid=94253] [accessed 8 October 2012]

Image Source: digital image of the inventory archival notes at the Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm [http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/fid.asp?fid=94253] [accessed 8 October 2012]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

information

Scene Description: inventory archival notes on this font, Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm [http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/fid.asp?fid=94253] [accessed 8 October 2012]

Image Source: digital image of the inventory archival notes at the Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm [http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/fid.asp?fid=94253] [accessed 8 October 2012]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

information

Scene Description: inventory archival notes on this font, Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm [http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/fid.asp?fid=94253] [accessed 8 October 2012]

Image Source: digital image of the inventory archival notes at the Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm [http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/fid.asp?fid=94253] [accessed 8 October 2012]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

information

Scene Description: inventory archival notes on this font, Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm [http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/fid.asp?fid=94253] [accessed 8 October 2012]

Image Source: digital image of the inventory archival notes at the Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm [http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/fid.asp?fid=94253] [accessed 8 October 2012]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

information

Scene Description: inventory archival notes on this font, Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm [http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/fid.asp?fid=94253] [accessed 8 October 2012]. The B&W photograph attached to this page of the notes is probably from Roosval (1917)

Image Source: digital image of the inventory archival notes at the Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm [http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/fid.asp?fid=94253] [accessed 8 October 2012]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

information

Scene Description: inventory archival notes on this font, Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm [http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/fid.asp?fid=94253] [accessed 8 October 2012]

Image Source: digital image of the inventory archival notes at the Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm [http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/fid.asp?fid=94253] [accessed 8 October 2012]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

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Image Source: on-site notes taken 28 August 2012 by BSI

Copyright Instructions: IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

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Image Source: on-site notes taken 28 August 2012 by BSI

Copyright Instructions: IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

information

Image Source: on-site notes taken 28 August 2012 by BSI

Copyright Instructions: IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

view of base - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "manshuvud"

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950925F1] [accessed 12 September 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

view of base - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "manshuvud"

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950925F1] [accessed 12 September 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

view of base - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "manshuvud - treenighetssymbol (?)"

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950925F1] [accessed 12 September 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

view of base - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "manshuvud - treenighetssymbol (?)"

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950925F1] [accessed 12 September 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

view of basin

Scene Description: showing the considerable damage on it

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 16 June 1997 by BSI [with SHM permission]

view of basin - interior

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 by BSI [with SHM permission]

view of basin - upper view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 by BSI [with SHM permission]

view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: in 1932

Image Source: B&W photograph taken in 1932 by Hulda Andersson; in Riksantikvarieämbetet [http://kmb.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16000200069148] [accessed 14 September 2012]

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 September 2012 by Björn Lindell [http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:BurserydsKyrka-3.jpg] [accessed 14 September 2012

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: [NB: the original photograph has been edited for lens distortion correction]

Image Source: digital photograph [edited] taken 8 September 2012 by Björn Lindell [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BurserydsKyrka-3.jpg] [accessed 8 October 2012]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 by BSI [with SHM permission]

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 by BSI [with SHM permission]

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 by BSI [with SHM permission]

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 by BSI [with SHM permission]

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 by BSI [with SHM permission]

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 by BSI [with SHM permission]

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 by BSI [with SHM permission]

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 by BSI [with SHM permission]

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 by BSI [with SHM permission]

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 by BSI [with SHM permission]

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 by BSI [with SHM permission]

view of font

a full set of photographs of this font by Lennart Karlsson and the museum inventory archival notes are available at the SHM archive web site [http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/fid.asp?fid=94253] [accessed 8 October 2012]

Scene Description: a full set of photographs of this font by Lennart Karlsson and the museum inventory archival notes are available at the SHM archive web site [http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/fid.asp?fid=94253] [accessed 8 October 2012]

Image Source: photograph taken 25 September 1995 by Lennart Karlsson

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

view of font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 16 June 1997 by BSI [with SHM permission]

view of font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 16 June 1997 by BSI [with SHM permission]

view of font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 16 June 1997 by BSI [with SHM permission]

INFORMATION

FontID: 00181BUR

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Museum and Inventory Number: Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm

Church/Chapel: [original font from Burseryds kyrka moved to the SHM in the 1870s]

Church Location: [NB: address & coordinates are for the church] Kyrkvägen 16, 330 26 Burseryd, Sweden

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Småland, Jönköpings län

Directions to Site: Burseryd is located about 4 km W of Smålands-stenar and road 26 [the original font is now in a museum]

Ecclesiastic Region: Växjö stift

Historical Region: Jönköpings län, Småland

Font Location in Church: [now in a museum]

Century and Period: 13th century (late?), Late Romanesque

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Arnbjörn [Roosval, Blomqvist, Jansson, Borg, SHM] / Bestiarius group [variant]

Cognate Fonts: [a 1936 copy now in the original church]

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Lennart Karlsson, to the Middle Ages curator and to the staff at the Statens Historiska Museum of Stockholm for their help in documenting this font during our two visits to the SHM

Church Notes: present 18thC building replaced an earlier church, originally medieval; new church restored 1965

Font Notes: Click to view

Described and illustrated by Margit Hovning in Roosval (1917) [25. Inv. 4454] as a font made of sandstone with an inscription by master mason Arnbjörn, received in the SHM in 1870. Described and illustrated in Blomqvist (1929) with references to Hovning in Roosval [cf. supra] and the inscription with the attribution to Arnbjörn [aka Arinbiorn]. Jansson (1987) records the transcription of the Runic inscription and the English translation; it gives the name of the artist who made it, Arinbjörn, as well as the name of Vidkunn, "the priest who wrote me". Listed in Drake (2002) as a variant of the Bestiarius workshop fonts. Inventoried and illustrated in Borg (2002), who mentions a copy in the church. Described and illustrated in the Statens Historiska Museum inventory archive notes [http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/fid.asp?fid=94253] [accessed 8 October 2012] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the mid-13th century by Arnbjörn; cracked and repaired with internal metal staples. On-site notes: this font is made of a single block of stone; the basin has four columns which divide the sides into four parts ornamented in different ways: on one part of the basin, a Runic inscription; to the right of the inscription, in the next section, there are two four-legged creatures facing each other; a winged and eared creature fighting with a lion which has a human head wearing a hood; an acanthus band frames the upper and lower edges of this section; to the right of this section, there are two horses facing each other; to the right of this, two lions, very stylized and similar to a later Gotland font-master's images of lions; the base is ornamented with four heads (three are clearly human, the fourth is a monster/animal) and acanthus vine motifs fill the spaces in between. No cover present. The present font in the church is a 1936 copy of the original font which was moved to the SHM in 1870.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.208222, 13.286056

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 12′ 29.6″ N, 13° 17′ 9.8″ E

UTM: 33V 396470 6341867

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone

Number of Pieces: one

Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Rim Thickness: 10.5-16 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 58-60 cm* / 59 cm** / 60 cm***

Diameter (includes rim): 80.5-90 cm* / 82 cm** / ***

Basin Depth: 28 cm** / ***

Height of Basin Side: 38 cm* / 39 cm***

Basin Total Height: 42-45 cm* / 45 cm***

Height of Base: 35-37 cm* / 36 cm***

Font Height (less Plinth): 79-80 cm* / 80 cm** / 79 cm***

Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site / ** Roosval (1917) / *** Borg (2002)

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: runes

Inscription Location: on one side of the basin

Inscription Text: 1)"Arinbjörn gjorde mig. Vidkum präst skrev mig och här skall [jag] stå en tid" [SHM] 2)"Arinbjörn made me. Vidkunn the priest wrote me. And here I shall stand for a while." English translation in Jansson 3)"Arinbiorn gorthe mik vitkunder prester skref mik ok har skal um stand stanta. D.a. Arnbjorn gjorde mig, Vidkunn prast skref meg, och har skall (jag) lange standa." Swedish translation by Roosval

Inscription Source: SHM; Jansson (1987: 169); Roosval (1917: 52)

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

Jansson, Sven B. F., Runes in Sweden, Gidlunds, Sweden: Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, Central Board of National Antiquiries, 1987

Roosval, Johnny, Die Steinmeister Gottlands: Eine Geschichte der führenden Taufsteinwerkstätte des schwedischen Mittlealters, ihre Voraussetzungen und Begleit-Erscheinungen, Stockholm: A.-B. C.E. Fritzes K. Hofbokhandel, 1918

Roosval, Johnny, Dopfuntar i Statens Historiska Museum, 1917