Osterslov No. 2 / Österslöf / Österslöv
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: the new church of 1878
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 March 2014 by Jorchr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Österslövs_kyrka,_mars_2014.jpg] [accessed 13 March 2020]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: the 17thC font in use in this church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Carl-Johan Ivarsson, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Carl-Johan Ivarsson in Kyrkokartan.se [https://www.allakartor.se/venue_images_475/58487_51878136.jpg] [accessed 13 March 2020]
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view of base
Scene Description: as displayed in the museum
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2024
Image Source: digital image of field notes taken 7 July 2024 by BSI
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design element - motifs - roll moulding - patterned
Scene Description: now very eroded; probably a braided pattern originally
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2024
Image Source: digital image of field notes taken 7 July 2024 by BSI
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animal - reptile - snake
Scene Description: several of them; their interlaced bodies covering the sides
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Image Source: digital image of field notes taken 7 July 2024 by BSI
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animal - mammal - lion - head - with prey - 4
Scene Description: one at each angle, biting into the bodies of the snakes that populate the sides of the base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2024
Image Source: digital image of field notes taken 7 July 2024 by BSI
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view of base
Scene Description: as displayed in the museum
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2024
Image Source: digital image of field notes taken 7 July 2024 by BSI
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information
Scene Description: museum label
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Image Source: digital image of field notes taken 7 July 2024 by BSI
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view of base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900511F2] [accessed 28 August 2021]
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view of base in context
Scene Description: the base of the medieval font as displayed in the museum
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Image Source: digital image [1781-011.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph taken by Otto Rydbeck, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Österslövs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200070149.jpg] [accessed 13 March 2020]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 00188OST
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 1997-06-23; 2024-07-07
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late?), Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Tove [Rydbeck, SHM]
Cognate Fonts: Gumlösa [cf. FontNotes]; similar to the Bjaresjö font base
Museum: Lunds universitets historiska museum, LUHM 32436
Church / Chapel Name: Österslövs kyrka
Font Location in Church: in museum
Previous Font Location(s): originally from Österslövs kyrka
Church Notes: original church 12thC; demolished 1875; new church 1878;
Church Address: Vivedalsvägen 2, Österslöv, 291 94 Kristianstad, Sweden
Site Location: Skåne, Skåne län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located N of the E22, E of Råbelövssjön, 15-20 km NE of Kristianstad
Ecclesiastic Region: Lunds Stift
Historical Region: Villands härad
Font Notes:
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Tynell (1913-1921) has two entries for Österslöv [spelled Österslöf]; the second entry, "Österslöf II" describes a base of sandstone, round to square and decorated with lion protomes; Tynell (ibid.) adds that [pieces of?] the missing basin were built into an old fireplace at Österslöv's rectory; Tynell (ibid.) gives the location of this base as the Lunds universitets historiska museum. Noted and illustrated in Rydbeck (1936) in her section on the Tove master. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900511F2] as a the base of a sandstone baptismal font made of sandstone in the last quarter of the 12th century by Tove; the SHM bases its attribution on the similarities with the snakes and lions on the Tove font at Gumlösa. The museum at Lund University has the base of the medieval font; it is roughly round to square in shape, with a patterned roll moulding atop; a grotesque head covers each corner of the base, their teeth biting the writhing bodies of the snakes that fill the sides; there is a large hole in the inside, probably part of the font drainage channel. The present font and its notable lid in the new church are 17th-century.
COORDINATES
UTM: 33V 453430 6217443
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 56.099833, 14.251361
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 56° 5′ 59.4″ N, 14° 15′ 4.9″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: missing
Drainage System: centre hole in basin & base
Drainage Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Height of Base: 30 cm* / 23 cm** [50 cm* /** ext. diam.] / 33-34 cm***
Square Base Dimensions: 48 x 52 cm***
Notes on Measurements: Tynell (1913-1921) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900511F2] / *** BSI on-site [NB: measurements of the fragment]
REFERENCES
- Carlsson, Frans, "Lyngsjömästaren - en tysk stenhuggare i Skåne omkring 1200", 65, Fornvännen. Tidskrift for Svensk Antikvarisk Forskning, 1970, pp. 318-327; p. 318
- Rydbeck, Otto, "De äldsta kända byggmästarna i Skåne", 1927, Tidskrift för konstvetenskap, 1927, pp. 34??; p. 34
- Statens Historiska Museum, Stocholm, Medeltidens bildvärld, 2003. URL: https://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/sok/avancerad.asp.