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B01: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Nativity

Takes place in two arches. The first shows Mary and Joseph; the second depicts the infant in the manger with the ox and ass.
Scene Description: Takes place in two arches. The first shows Mary and Joseph; the second depicts the infant in the manger with the ox and ass.
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B01: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Nativity

Takes place in two arches. The first shows Mary and Joseph; the second depicts the infant in the manger with the ox and ass.
Scene Description: Takes place in two arches. The first shows Mary and Joseph; the second depicts the infant in the manger with the ox and ass.
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 July 2002 by BSI
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B01: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Nativity

Takes place in two arches. The first shows Mary and Joseph; the second depicts the infant in the manger with the ox and ass, the latter seen here in a sort of melee identified in the SHM [cf. Image 1200714017] as "barnet, åsnan och oxen"
Scene Description: Takes place in two arches. The first shows Mary and Joseph; the second depicts the infant in the manger with the ox and ass, the latter seen here in a sort of melee identified in the SHM [cf. Image 1200714017] as "barnet, åsnan och oxen"

B02: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation to the shepherds

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B03: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - adoration of the kings

Scene is represented in two arches. The first shows two magi; the second arch depicts the third magus kneeling before an adult Christ figure, enthroned. There is a Romanesque Church carved behind the figure of Christ.
Scene Description: Scene is represented in two arches. The first shows two magi; the second arch depicts the third magus kneeling before an adult Christ figure, enthroned. There is a Romanesque Church carved behind the figure of Christ.
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B03: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - adoration of the kings - detail

the extreme right of the second arch of the Adoration of the Magi -- notice the cruciferous nimbus and the Romanesque church-like building behing Christ
Scene Description: the extreme right of the second arch of the Adoration of the Magi -- notice the cruciferous nimbus and the Romanesque church-like building behing Christ
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B03: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - three Wise Men - adoration of the kings

Scene is represented in two arches. The first shows two magi; the second arch depicts the third magus kneeling before an adult Christ figure, enthroned. There is a Romanesque Church carved behind the figure of Christ.
Scene Description: Scene is represented in two arches. The first shows two magi; the second arch depicts the third magus kneeling before an adult Christ figure, enthroned. There is a Romanesque Church carved behind the figure of Christ.
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 July 2002 by BSI
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view of font

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view of font - upper view

showing the plain baptismal dish
Scene Description: showing the plain baptismal dish
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Håkan Svensson (Xauxa), 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 August 2005 by Håkan Svensson (Xauxa) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Egby_church_baptismal_font.jpg] [accessed 2 October 2016]
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view of basin - interior

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view of basin - detail

the two arches in which the Adoration of the Magi is included: 2 Magi in the left arch; 1 Magus and Christ in the right arch -- unfortunately the motif (?) in the central spandrel is now unreadable
Scene Description: the two arches in which the Adoration of the Magi is included: 2 Magi in the left arch; 1 Magus and Christ in the right arch -- unfortunately the motif (?) in the central spandrel is now unreadable
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 July 2002 by BSI
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design element - motifs - varied

a different motif in each spandrel, some much eroded
Scene Description: a different motif in each spandrel, some much eroded

design element - architectural - arcade - round arches

they are practically arch-heads, as the supports are mere stumps
Scene Description: they are practically arch-heads, as the supports are mere stumps

view of basin - detail

identified in the SHM caption as the Adoration of the Magi: "heliga tre kungars tillbedjan, detalj"
Scene Description: identified in the SHM caption as the Adoration of the Magi: "heliga tre kungars tillbedjan, detalj"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920810F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920810F3] [accessed 14 July 2020]
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view of basin - detail

identified in the SHM caption as the Adoration of the Magi: "heliga tre kungars tillbedjan, detalj"
Scene Description: identified in the SHM caption as the Adoration of the Magi: "heliga tre kungars tillbedjan, detalj"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920810F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920810F3] [accessed 14 July 2020]
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view of basin - detail

identified in the SHM caption as the Annunciatio to the Shepherds: "bebådelsen av herdarna"
Scene Description: identified in the SHM caption as the Annunciatio to the Shepherds: "bebådelsen av herdarna"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920810F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920810F3] [accessed 14 July 2020]
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view of basin - detail

identified in the SHM caption as "barnet, åsnan och oxen', part of the Nativity scene
Scene Description: identified in the SHM caption as "barnet, åsnan och oxen', part of the Nativity scene
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920810F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920810F3] [accessed 14 July 2020]
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view of basin - detail

identified in the SHM caption as "Jesu födelse", part of the Nativity scene
Scene Description: identified in the SHM caption as "Jesu födelse", part of the Nativity scene
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920810F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920810F3] [accessed 14 July 2020]
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view of church exterior - south view

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 July 2004 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Egby_kyrka_01.jpg] [accessed 2 October 2016]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Source caption: "Egby kyrka.Kyrkorummet med predikstol och orgelläktare."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Egby kyrka.Kyrkorummet med predikstol och orgelläktare."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 March 2004 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EgbyPICT0004.JPG] [accessed 2 October 2016]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Håkan Svensson (Xauxa), 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 August 2005 by Håkan Svensson (Xauxa) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Egby_church_nave.jpg] [accessed 2 October 2016]
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animal - mammal - head - 4

though this base was much re-cut to serve as the basis of a dial, the four characteristic animal heads can still be discerned; there probably were carvings or paintings in the areas between the heads originally
Scene Description: though this base was much re-cut to serve as the basis of a dial, the four characteristic animal heads can still be discerned; there probably were carvings or paintings in the areas between the heads originally
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
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animal - mammal - head

one of the four heads at 90-degree angles on the base
Scene Description: one of the four heads at 90-degree angles on the base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920810F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920810F3] [accessed 14 July 2020]
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animal - mammal - head - 4

though this base was much re-cut to serve as the basis of a dial, the four characteristic animal heads can still be discerned; there probably were carvings or paintings in the areas between the heads originally
Scene Description: though this base was much re-cut to serve as the basis of a dial, the four characteristic animal heads can still be discerned; there probably were carvings or paintings in the areas between the heads originally
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: detail of a digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920810F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920810F3] [accessed 14 July 2020]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 00190EGB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2002-07-19
Font Date: ca. 1170-1180?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late?), Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Sighraf / Sighrafr / Sigraf? [influence] [basin only?] / Anonymous Hegwald workshop? [SHM]]
Church / Chapel Name: Egby kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, E end, S side
Church Notes: original church probably wooden, replaced by a 12thC stone building; re-built soon thereafter as fortified church; re-built during 1817 renovation with tower added 1818; renovated 1959
Church Address: Egby 87, 387 95 Köpingsvik, Sverige
Site Location: Öland, Kalmar län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the Norra Mot, towards the E side of the island, opposite Borgholm
Ecclesiastic Region: Växjö stift
Historical Region: Slättebo Härad
Additional Comments: recycled font used previously as sundial: "The base of the font re-carved when the font was used (upside down) as the base of a sundial from 1818-1905" (Bostrom (ibid.))
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Boström (1966- ): Bd. II, hft. 2 (1975), p. 381ff) as a baptismal font of Gotland sandstone, dated to the 1170s or 1180s and "closely related to Sighraf and the anonymous Bestiarius" [Roosval cited as source]. "The base of the font re-carved when the font was used (upside down) as the base of a sundial from 1818-1905" (ibid.). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920810F3] as a "Hegvald, kretsen kring" baptismal font made of sandstone in the second half of the 12th century; the SHM database entry makes reference to Boström, Anderson and Roosval [cf. supra], and their attributions to Sigraf and Bestiarius, but states its workmanship rather as being of the circle of Hegvald. The basin is cylindrical with a tallish chamfer; the vertical sides of the basina re ornamented with an arcade of five broad round arches with foliage (?) motif in the spandrels; the arches themselves contain: a Nativity over two arches, an Adoration of the Magi over another two arches, and, lastly, an Annunciation to the Shepherds under a single arch. The base had four lions heads, at 90-degree angles, three of which are still recognisable. This font has suffered much, as the reworking of the base and the upper rim of the basin show, but the iconographic program on the basin sides is still in fair, though not by any means perfect, shape.

COORDINATES

UTM: 33V 610963 6304763
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 56.873333, 16.820556
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 56° 52′ 24″ N, 16° 49′ 14″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (Gotland)
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
Rim Thickness: 8-10 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 75-76 cm* / 77 cm** / 75 cm***
Basin Depth: 26 cm*
Height of Basin Side: 28 cm*
Basin Total Height: 52 cm*
Height of Base: 48 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm* / 100 cm***
Font Height (with Plinth): 107 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site / ** Boström (1966- ): Bd. II, hft.2, p. 383 / *** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920810F3]

REFERENCES

  • Boström, Ragnhild, Sveriges Kyrkor: Öland, Stockholm: Generalstabens litografiska anstals förlag, 1966-, Bd. II, hft. 2, p. 381-385