Tjarby / Tjärby
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![Source caption: "Tjärby kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sten. 1100-talets senare del."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210510024_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Tjärby kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sten. 1100-talets senare del."
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view of basin - detail
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view of basin - detail
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view of basin - detail
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view of basin - detail
![Sonne de Torrens (BSI) suggests this may be a 'Traditio legis' scene: Matthew 16:19, "I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven.": Peter [right] receives keys, Paul [left] a book/scroll](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/TJA2407015_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Sonne de Torrens (BSI) suggests this may be a 'Traditio legis' scene: Matthew 16:19, "I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven.": Peter [right] receives keys, Paul [left] a book/scroll
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: since the 'trimming' of the upper rim area of the basin is so regular the diagonal cut must have been done to chisel off the damaged areas
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view of basin and baptismal dish - upper view
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angel - standing - showing wings- 3
Scene Description: notice the position of the feet
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angel - standing - holding censer - showing wings
Scene Description: the angel on the right holds a censer
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Old Testament - prophets - Jonah and the whale?
![[cf. Nordström identification in FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1210510031_compressed.png)
Scene Description: [cf. Nordström identification in FontNotes]
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New Testament - Matthew 16: 19 - Traditio legis - detail
Scene Description: a decorated maniple hangs from the left arm of God
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New Testament - Matthew 16: 19 - Traditio legis
![Matthew 16:19, "I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven.": Peter [right] receives keys, Paul [left] a book/scroll](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1210510029_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Matthew 16:19, "I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven.": Peter [right] receives keys, Paul [left] a book/scroll
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design element - motifs - moulding - graded
Scene Description: on the underbowl of the basin fragment
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![Source caption: "Tjärby kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sten, cuppan. 1100-talets senare del." [NB: Nordström (1984: 64) identifies Jonah on this font.[cf. FontNotes]]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210510023_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Tjärby kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sten, cuppan. 1100-talets senare del." [NB: Nordström (1984: 64) identifies Jonah on this font.[cf. FontNotes]]
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view of basin - detail
![Source caption: "Tjärby kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sten, cuppan. 1100-talets senare del."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210510022_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Tjärby kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sten, cuppan. 1100-talets senare del."
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view of basin - detail
![Source caption: "Tjärby kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sten, cuppan. 1100-talets senare del."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210510021_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Tjärby kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sten, cuppan. 1100-talets senare del."
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view of basin - detail
![Source caption: "Tjärby kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sten, cuppan. 1100-talets senare del." ["Traditio legis"? [cf. FontNotes]]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210510020_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Tjärby kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sten, cuppan. 1100-talets senare del." ["Traditio legis"? [cf. FontNotes]]
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Tjärby kyrka i Laholms kommun i Hallands län"
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![Source caption: "Tjärby kyrka [...] Kyrkan från söder."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210510018_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Tjärby kyrka [...] Kyrkan från söder."
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![a square-topped font is partially visible on the right [southeast corner]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210510019_compressed.png)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 00210TJA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Date Visited: 2024-07-17
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century [basin only], Romanesque [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Tjärby kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SE corner
Church Notes: medieval [13thC?] church demolished 1906 and re-built on the same site
Church Address: Tjärby kyrkby, Tjärby och Daggarp, 312 91 Laholm, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 430 190 59
Site Location: Halland, Hallands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off local road N536, S of county road 15, 2-3 km N of Lahom, in the municipality and 15-20 km SE of Halmstad
Ecclesiastic Region: Göteborgs stift
Historical Region: Höks härad
Additional Comments: damaged font / fragment of a font / basin cut irregularly
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Hallbäck (1969) as a baptismal font of sandstone, one of Halland's strangest, dated to the late-12th century, believed to have been made by a stone mason trained in England. Only a fragment of the basin survived, the sides of which show figures [cf. infra]. The lost upper part was finiashed in 1937 with cement. Nordström (1984: 64) identifies Jonah on this font. Lidén (1998: 72) argues against the identification of this figure as St. Olav. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920501F1] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the secod half of the 12th century; only the lower half approx. remains of the square basin; the drain hole is plugged with cement; the pedestal base is also a later addition. No cover present. Sonne de Torrens (BSI) notes on the basin side with three seated persons: Traditio legis [early Christian iconographic motif of Christ distributing the New Law to the apostles: Paul --> Christ --> Peter with key] -- the SHM caption, however, reads: "biskop med två flankerande gestalter"; two of the other sides have a trio of angels standing (one of the angels in one of these two scenes carries a censer); the fourth side has a boat in the water with four figures in it [cf. Nordström supra]; the basin underbowl is almost flat but does have a graded moulding.
COORDINATES
UTM: 33V 379946 6268725
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 56.5475, 13.047222
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 56° 32′ 51″ N, 13° 2′ 50″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: [blocked with cement] -- no lining
Diameter (inside rim): 40 x 41 cm**
Basin Depth: 9 cm**
Height of Basin Side: 25 cm* / 23-24 cm**
Basin Total Height: 30 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 81 cm* / 80 cm** [includes the later base]
Trapezoidal Basin: 58 x 58 cm* / 56 x 56 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920501F1] / ** BSI on-site [measurements of the fragment]
REFERENCES
- Hallbäck, Sven Axel, Medeltida dopfuntar i Halland, 1969, p. 13, 67
- Lidén, Anne, "Nordisk stenskulptur med Olavsmotiv: Kritik och tolkning kring dopfunten i Löderup", 1995-1996, 1998, pp. 66-81; p. 72
- Nordström, Folke, Mediaeval Baptismal Fonts: An Iconographical Study, Stockholm: Universitetet i Umeå, 1984, p. 64
- Statens Historiska Museum, Stocholm, Medeltidens bildvärld, 2003. URL: https://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/sok/avancerad.asp.