Glostorp

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view of font

shown here with the new replacement base [cf. Image File Nos.: 0201019010 and 0201019011 for earlier photographs showing an earlier base]
Scene Description: shown here with the new replacement base [cf. Image File Nos.: 0201019010 and 0201019011 for earlier photographs showing an earlier base]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900808F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=900808F3#] [accessed 19 October 2020]
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view of font

Source caption: "Glostorps kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Glostorps kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [675-18.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glostorps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200053064.jpg] [accessed 19 October 2020]
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view of font

Source caption: "Glostorps kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Glostorps kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [675-16.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glostorps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200053062.jpg] [accessed 19 October 2020]
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animal - fabulous animal or monster - centaur - lion - fighting - detail

this centaur holds a sword in its right hand while its left hand holds the tail of the lion -- notice the adorned vest or doublet worn by the human part of the centaur
Scene Description: this centaur holds a sword in its right hand while its left hand holds the tail of the lion -- notice the adorned vest or doublet worn by the human part of the centaur
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900808F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=900808F3#] [accessed 19 October 2020]
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animal - fabulous animal or monster - centaur - lion - fighting

another centaur fighting a lion scene; this centaur holds a sword in its right hand while its left hand holds the tail of the lion -- notice the adorned vest or doublet worn by the human part of the centaur
Scene Description: another centaur fighting a lion scene; this centaur holds a sword in its right hand while its left hand holds the tail of the lion -- notice the adorned vest or doublet worn by the human part of the centaur
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900808F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=900808F3#] [accessed 19 October 2020]
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animal - fabulous animal or monster - centaur - lion - fighting - detail

a detail of Image File No. 1201019019 -- the lion, in a passant-gardant pose appears to be eating a bunch of arum or grapes
Scene Description: a detail of Image File No. 1201019019 -- the lion, in a passant-gardant pose appears to be eating a bunch of arum or grapes
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900808F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=900808F3#] [accessed 19 October 2020]
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animal - fabulous animal or monster - centaur - lion - fighting

on the left a sword-wielding centaur arracks a passant-gardant lion eating a bunch of arum or grapes; the left hand of the centaur holds the tail of the lion -- notice the decorated mane of the lion and the complex acanthus plant on its back
Scene Description: on the left a sword-wielding centaur arracks a passant-gardant lion eating a bunch of arum or grapes; the left hand of the centaur holds the tail of the lion -- notice the decorated mane of the lion and the complex acanthus plant on its back
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900808F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=900808F3#] [accessed 19 October 2020]
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view of basin

Source caption: "Baptismal font from Glostorp church, Sweden. About 1150."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Baptismal font from Glostorp church, Sweden. About 1150."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sven Rosborn, 1998
Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 February 1998 by Sven Rosborn [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baptismal_font_glostorp_church_sweden.jpg] [accessed 19 October 2020]
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animal - fabulous animal or monster - centaur - lion - fighting - detail

the lion, in a passant-gardant pose appears to be eating a bunch of arum or grapes
Scene Description: the lion, in a passant-gardant pose appears to be eating a bunch of arum or grapes
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [675-23.TIF] of a 1958 B&W photograph by Jesper Hörn, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glostorps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200053069.jpg] [accessed 19 October 2020]
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view of basin

Source caption: "Glostorps kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, detalj."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Glostorps kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, detalj."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [675-22.TIF] of a 1958 B&W photograph by Jesper Hörn, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glostorps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200053068.jpg] [accessed 19 October 2020]
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animal - fabulous animal or monster - centaur - lion - fighting - detail

the centaur holds a weapon in its left hand and the leg of the fleeing lion in the right; notice the braided hair on the head of the centaur
Scene Description: the centaur holds a weapon in its left hand and the leg of the fleeing lion in the right; notice the braided hair on the head of the centaur
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [675-21.TIF] of a 1958 B&W photograph by Jesper Hörn, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glostorps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200053067.jpg] [accessed 19 October 2020]
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view of basin

Source caption: "Glostorps kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, detalj."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Glostorps kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, detalj."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [675-20.TIF] of a 1958 B&W photograph by Jesper Hörn, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glostorps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200053066.jpg] [accessed 19 October 2020]
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view of church exterior - northeast view

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jorchr, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 September 2012 by Jorchr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glostorps_kyrka_i_september_2012.jpg] [accessed 19 October 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east

Source caption: "Glostorps kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster." -- notice the medieval font by the left [north] pillar of the chancel arch
Scene Description: Source caption: "Glostorps kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster." -- notice the medieval font by the left [north] pillar of the chancel arch
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [675-13.TIF] of a 1946 B&W photograph by O. Ohm. in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glostorps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200053059.jpg] [accessed 19 October 2020]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 00401GLO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late?), Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Hörsgruppen [Tynell] / Mårtensgruppen [SHM & Rydbeck] / Oxie-Glostorsgruppen [Rydbeck]
Cognate Fonts: others in those groups
Church / Chapel Name: Glostorps kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, E end
Church Notes: 12thC medieval church; enlarged 16th-17thC; restored 18thC; west tower of 1782; demolished 1861; present new church of 1860-1861
Church Address: Glostorps kyrkoväg 25, 238 41 Oxie, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 40 27 93 80
Site Location: Skåne, Skåne län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located SE of the E6-E20 junction, 10 km SSE of Malmö
Ecclesiastic Region: Lunds Stift
Historical Region: Oxie härad
Additional Comments: altered font (present base is modern but an older base can be seen in early photographs [cf. ImagesArea])
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Tynell (1913) who puts this sandstone font in the 'Hörsgruppen'. Rydbeck (1936) notes about this font in the context of an Oxie-Glostorsgruppen in her chapter dedicated to fonts and other sculpture by the Mårten workshop. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900808F3] as a 'Mårtensgruppen' baptismal font made of sandstone in the late-12th century; the basin is original but the base is a modern replacement. There are three zoomachia scenes around the sides of the basin; in all three it is an armed centaur that attacks a lion that appears to be eating bunhed fruit; in two of the scenes a centaur armed with a sword in its right hand holds the tail of the lion with the left; in the third scene the centaur is armed with a weapon that has a long handle, while its right hand holds the leg of the fleeing lion; there are complex vegetal patterns in the blank spaces among the animals, some with large [grape?] plants with palmettes and bearing fruit bunches; one of the centaurs has long braided hair; an earlier base is seen in some early-20th century(?) photographs of the font [cf. ImagesArea], roughly cylindrical, with a thick moulding atop and thick fluting around the sides in a zig-zag pattern; the present base is a modern replacement. No cover present.
[NB: the entry for Barstorp in Svenska Kyrkan [https://www.kyrkoguiderlundsstift.se/skane_282_text.html] [accessed 2 November 2025] notes that materials from the Barstorp church, including possibly the 12th-century baptismal font by Oxiemästaren were re-used at nearby Glostorp: "Det äldsta bevarade inventariet i kyrkan är dopfunten från mitten av 1100-talet tillverkad av den så kallade Oxiemästaren, som uppfört ett flertal kyrkor på söderslätt."

COORDINATES

UTM: 33U 376302 6155062
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 55.525917, 13.040419
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 55° 31′ 33.3″ N, 13° 2′ 25.51″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: tub-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 60 cm* / **
Basin Total Height: 35.5 cm* / 40 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Tynell (1913-1921) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900808F3]

REFERENCES

  • Rydbeck, Monica, Skånes stenmästare före 1200, 1936, p. 176ff
  • Tynell, Lars, Skånes medeltida Dopfuntar, Stockholm: Cederquists Grafiska Aktiebolag, 1913-1921, p. 81-82 and pl. XXXIX: 1