Asphult / Äsphult / Esphult

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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - columns - columns with capitals and bases

Scene Description: Source caption: "Äsphults kyrka. Dopfunt av sandsten, fyrkantig skål och fot. Medeltida."

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Image Source: digital image [1745-008.TIF] of a B&W photograph by Lars Tynell in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Äsphults_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200066469.jpg] [accessed 23 February 2023]

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design element - architectural - arch - round arch - blind - columns - columns with capitals and bases

Scene Description: unlike the single arch on the other side, this is fully formed with decorated supports

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens historiska museet, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the Medeltidens bildvärld [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid= 900630F3] [accessed 24 February 2023]

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design element - architectural - arch or window - round

Scene Description: a totally plain single arch or window on this side

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Image Source: digital image [1745-012.TIF] of a B&W photograph by Gunnar Truedsson in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Äsphults_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200066473.jpg] [accessed 23 February 2023]

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design element - motifs - palmette - 12

Scene Description: Source caption: "Äsphults kyrka. Dopfunt av sandsten, fyrkantig skål och fot. Medeltida." -- three palmettes on each side of the square basin

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the Medeltidens bildvärld [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid= 900630F3] [accessed 24 February 2023]

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design element - motifs - piping

Scene Description: plain pipes

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens historiska museet, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the Medeltidens bildvärld [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid= 900630F3] [accessed 24 February 2023]

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design element - motifs - piping - torsade

Scene Description: torsade pipes

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens historiska museet, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the Medeltidens bildvärld [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid= 900630F3] [accessed 24 February 2023]

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design element - motifs - torus-scotia-torus

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens historiska museet, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the Medeltidens bildvärld [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid= 900630F3] [accessed 24 February 2023]

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information

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Image Source: digital image of field notes taken 19 July 2024 by BSI

information

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Image Source: digital image of field notes taken 19 July 2024 by BSI

symbol - cross - Greek - fleuronnée - in a circle

Scene Description: Source caption: "ringkors" -- with inserts in the spandrels of the cross

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the Medeltidens bildvärld [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid= 900630F3] [accessed 24 February 2023]

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view of basin - upper view

Scene Description: showing the basin interior and the centre drain hole

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2024

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 July 2024 by BSI

view of basin and baptismal dish - upper view

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 July 2024 by BSI

view of church exterior - northwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Äsphults kyrka, exteriör"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Väsk, 2005

Image Source: digital photograph 16 June 2005 by Väsk [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Äsphults_kyrka,_exteriör_3.jpg] [accessed 23 February 2023]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Äsphults kyrka, exteriör"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Väsk, 2005

Image Source: digital photograph 16 June 2005 by Väsk [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Äsphults_kyrka,_exteriör_6.jpg] [accessed 23 February 2023]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 July 2024 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel

Scene Description: Source caption: "Äsphults kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster." -- the font is partially visible in the bottom-left corner of the image

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Image Source: digital image of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Äsphults_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200066468.jpg] [accessed 23 February 2023]

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view of church interior - chancel and east end

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 July 2024 by BSI

view of church interior - looking west

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 July 2024 by BSI

view of church interior - pulpit

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Äsphults kyrka. Dopfunt av sandsten, fyrkantig skål och fot. Medeltida."

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Image Source: digital image [1745-009.TIF] of a B&W photograph by Gunnar Truedsson in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Äsphults_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200066470.jpg] [accessed 23 February 2023]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Äsphults kyrka. Dopfunt av sandsten, fyrkantig skål och fot. Medeltida."

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Image Source: digital image [1745-010.TIF] of a B&W photograph by Gunnar Truedsson in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Äsphults_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200066471.jpg] [accessed 23 February 2023]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Äsphults kyrka. Dopfunt av sandsten, fyrkantig skål och fot. Medeltida."

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Image Source: digital image [1745-011.TIF] of a B&W photograph by Gunnar Truedsson in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Äsphults_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200066472.jpg] [accessed 23 February 2023]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Äsphults kyrka. Dopfunt av sandsten, fyrkantig skål och fot. Medeltida." -- notice the large side drain cut into the top of the base in this side

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Image Source: digital image [1745-012.TIF] of a B&W photograph by Gunnar Truedsson in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Äsphults_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200066473.jpg] [accessed 23 February 2023]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Äsphults kyrka. Dopfunt av sandsten, fyrkantig skål och fot. Medeltida."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]

Image Source: digital image [1745-013.TIF] of a B&W photograph by Gunnar Truedsson in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Äsphults_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200066474.jpg] [accessed 23 February 2023]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Äsphults kyrka. Dopfunt av sandsten, fyrkantig skål och fot. Medeltida."

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Image Source: digital image [1745-014.TIF] of a B&W photograph by Gunnar Truedsson in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Äsphults_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200066475.jpg] [accessed 23 February 2023]

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view of font

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the Medeltidens bildvärld [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid= 900630F3] [accessed 24 February 2023]

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view of font

Scene Description: the cut made to the interior of the upper rim to fit a cover can be seen in this image

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view of font

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view of font

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 July 2024 by BSI

view of font

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 July 2024 by BSI

view of font

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 July 2024 by BSI

view of font in context

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00398ASP
Church/Chapel: Äsphults kyrka
Church Location: Liarumsvägen 808, 298 94 Linderöd, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 44 34 00 68
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Skåne, Skåne län
Directions to Site: Located off the M1979 [aka Liarumsvägen], i the municipality of Kristianstad, 3-4 km N of the E22, NE of Hörby
Ecclesiastic Region: Lunds Stift
Historical Region: Linderödsåsen, Skåne lan
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the N chancel arch pillar
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: palmettgruppen [SHM]
Church Notes: church ca. 1200; modified 15th and 17thC; restored late-19thC
Noted and illustrated in Tynell (1913- ). In Rydbeck (1936). Noted and illustrated in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid= 900630F3] [accessed 24 February 2023] as a baptismal font made of sandstone ca. 1200 [NB: the church itself is usually dated to the same time period]; of the 'palmettgruppen'; several traces of colour remain. Noted in Drake (2002). No cover present but the interior of the upper rim of the basin was cut originally to accommodate a cover.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.9792, 13.799233
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 58′ 45.12″ N, 13° 47′ 57.24″ E
UTM: 33U 425073 6204415

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 10-15 cm**
Diameter (inside rim): 44 x 48 cm**
Basin Depth: 30 cm**
Basin Total Height: 51 cm**
Height of Base: 53 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 85 cm* / 84 cm**
Trapezoidal Basin: 65 x 65 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld / ** BSI on-site

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Drake, Colin Stuart, The Romanesque Fonts of Northern Europe and Scandinavia, Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002
Rydbeck, Monica, Skånes stenmästare före 1200, 1936
Statens Historiska Museum, Stocholm, Medeltidens bildvärld, 2003. Accessed: 2024-09-07 00:00:00. URL: https://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/sok/avancerad.asp.
Tynell, Lars, Skånes medeltida Dopfuntar, Stockholm: Cederquists Grafiska Aktiebolag, 1913-1921