Borrby / Borreby
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UBH01: animal - mammal - lion - head - holding tendril in its mouth
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UBH02: human figure - head
Scene Description: one of two
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UBH03: animal - mammal - bear - holding tendril in its mouth
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UBH04: human figure - head
![long-haired and clean-shaven; the SHM identifies as female [="kvinnohuvud"]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/BOR2407019_compressed.png)
Scene Description: long-haired and clean-shaven; the SHM identifies as female [="kvinnohuvud"]
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view of font - southeast side
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view of font - north side
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view of font - southwest side
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view of font - southwest side
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view of font and baptismal dish - southwest side
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view of font and baptismal dish
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symbol - letter - L or E?
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view of basin - upper view
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
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design element - patterns - scalloped - fish scale pattern
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view of basin and baptismal dish
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design element - motifs - floral, foliage and fruit
Scene Description: in both the upper and lower spandrels
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design element - motifs - vine - grapevine
Scene Description: all around the basin sides
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view of basin and baptismal dish - upper view
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view of basin - upper view
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view of basin - south side - circular vine motif
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design element - motifs - moulding - flat moulding - circular vine motif
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view of basin
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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view of church exterior - northeast view
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Borrby kyrka in Skåne, Sweden"
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view of church exterior - southwest view
![Source caption: "Borrby kyrka [...] Gamla kyrkan från sydväst, riven 1838. Blyertsteckning."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210530030_compressed.png)
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view of church interior - baptismal dish - detail
![[cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/BOR2407022_compressed.png)
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view of church interior - looking west
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view of church interior - northeast view
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: showing partially the font on the south side of the chancel
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view of church interior - votive ship
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view of church interior - looking west
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view of church interior - window - stained glass
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view of church interior - pulpit
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view of church interior - altar and retable
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design element - motifs - rope moulding - beaded tape
Scene Description: beads in the folds of the rope
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design element - motifs - fish scale pattern
Scene Description: between the heads and another row lower down
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design element - motifs - vine
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 00375BOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2023-06-08; 2024-07-08
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (early?), Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Calcarius
Church / Chapel Name: Borrby kyrka / Sankta Maria kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, SE corner of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: present chuch 1838-1841 replaced medieval [12th-13thC?] stone building here; the watercolour paintings in the sacristy of the new church are copies of the frescoes in the old church
Church Address: Hörupsvägen 3, 276 30 Borrby, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 414 639 00
Site Location: Skåne, Skåne län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off local roads M1003/M1501/M1512 confluence, 4-5 km SSE of Hammenhög, about 15 km SW of Simris
Ecclesiastic Region: Lunds Stift
Historical Region: Ingelstads härad
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Brunius (1850). Described and illustrated in Tynell (1913-1921: [65] and pl. XXXI: 1): medieval baptismal font of the group that bears its name ["Borrbygruppen"], made of limestone from Gotland. Noted in Roosval (1918). Noted in Rydbeck (1936). Noted in Strömbom (1942). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900730F3] as a baptismal font made of limestone in the first half of the 13th century by Calcarius. Listed in Drake (2002: 183) as a baptismal font fom the Calcarius workshop. The cylindrical basin has a large tendril curling all around; at the upper rim, a flat moulding; at the lower, a rope moulding; the underbowl is decorated with scalloped pattern. The base is a round pedestal decorated with four protruding heads, two animal, two human; one of them biting the acanthus tendril that adorns the spaces between the heads; another band of the same motif runs all around below the heads. No font cover present. The baptismal dish is dated 1609. [NB: a second font in the church is said to be late-16th century, but we have no information on it].
COORDINATES
UTM: 33U 448005 6146073
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 55.458056, 14.177778
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 55° 27′ 29″ N, 14° 10′ 40″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (from Gotland)
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 8.5-9.25 cm***
Diameter (inside rim): 61-62 cm***
Diameter (includes rim): 81 cm* / 80 cm** / 79-80 cm***
Basin Depth: 43 cm***
Height of Basin Side: 34.5-35.5 cm***
Basin Total Height: 37 cm***
Height of Base: 49-52 cm***
Font Height (less Plinth): 89 cm***
Font Height (with Plinth): 98.7 cm* / 99 cm** / 98 cm***
Notes on Measurements: * Tynell (1913-1921: [65]) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900730F3] / *** BSI on-site
REFERENCES
- Brunius, Carl Georg, Skånes Konsthistoria från Medeltiden, Lund: Hos Förläggaren, 1850, p. 503 and pl. XIII: 4
- Drake, Colin Stuart, The Romanesque Fonts of Northern Europe and Scandinavia, Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002, p. 183
- 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, p. 192
- Rydbeck, Monica, Skånes stenmästare före 1200, 1936, p. 332, 333, 339
- Statens Historiska Museum, Stocholm, Medeltidens bildvärld, 2003. URL: https://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/sok/avancerad.asp.
- Strömbom, Ragnhild, "Calcarius, en gotländsk stenhuggareverkstad under 1100-talets slut och 1200-talets förra hälft", XI-XIII (1942-1944), Konsthistorisk tidskrift, 1942-1944
- Tynell, Lars, Skånes medeltida Dopfuntar, Stockholm: Cederquists Grafiska Aktiebolag, 1913-1921, p. [65] and pl. XXXI: 1