Oxie

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animal - mammal - bear - head

Scene Description: seen here in the middle, to the right of the ram's head
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900809F1] [accessed 19 July 2021]
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animal - mammal - lion - passant-gardant - holding or eating grapes

Scene Description: showing on this side the front half body of one such on the left, following behind the rump of another
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900809F1] [accessed 19 July 2021]
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animal - mammal - lion - passant-gardant - holding or eating grapes - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "lejon med druvklase"
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900809F1] [accessed 19 July 2021]
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animal - mammal - ram - head

Scene Description: Source caption: " Baptismal font in Oxie Church, detail"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Yakikaki, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph 9 July 2018 by Yakikaki [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baptismal_font_in_Oxie_Church,_detail_(3).jpg] [accessed 19 July 2021]
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animal - mammal - unidentified - head

Scene Description: Source caption: " Baptismal font in Oxie Church, detail"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Yakikaki, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph 9 July 2018 by Yakikaki [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baptismal_font_in_Oxie_Church,_detail_(1).jpg] [accessed 19 July 2021]
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animal - mammal - unidentified - head

Scene Description: monkey? -- Source caption: " Baptismal font in Oxie Church, detail"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Yakikaki, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph 9 July 2018 by Yakikaki [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baptismal_font_in_Oxie_Church,_detail_(2).jpg] [accessed 19 July 2021]
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design element - motifs - moulding - graded

Scene Description: the stem is moulded top to bottom
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900809F1] [accessed 19 July 2021]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: much damaged now
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900809F1] [accessed 19 July 2021]
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design element - motifs - vine - grapevine - bearing fruit

Scene Description: palmette-shaped motif; unlike the patterns on fonts of the palmettegrupp, it does not spread around the bodies of the passant lions, the heads of which are shown here to either side
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900809F1] [accessed 19 July 2021]
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view of church exterior

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lars A, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph 21 March 2012 by Lars A [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oxie2.jpg] [accessed 19 July 2021]
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view of church exterior - portal

Scene Description: Source caption; "Oxie kyrka [...] Portalen."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [674-15.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph by Monica Rydbeck, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oxie_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200060306.jpg] [accessed 19 July 2021]
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view of church exterior - portal - left side - detail

Scene Description: Source caption; "Oxie kyrka [...] Detalj av portalen."
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Image Source: digital image [674-18.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph by Monica Rydbeck, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oxie_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200060311.jpg] [accessed 19 July 2021]
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view of church exterior - portal - righ side - detail

Scene Description: Source caption; "Oxie kyrka [...] Portalen, detalj efter konservering."
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Image Source: digital image [674-21.TIF] of a 1935 B&W photograph by Osvald Owald, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oxie_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200060314.jpg] [accessed 19 July 2021]
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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption; "Oxie kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydväst."
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Image Source: digital image [674-5.TIF] of a 1929 B&W photograph by Erik Andrén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oxie_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200060290.jpg] [accessed 19 July 2021]
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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: the large white Paschal candle visible at the far [east] end of the left [north] bank of benches marks the location of the font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joa222kim, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 13 September 2013 by Joa222kim [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oxie_kyrka2.JPG] [accessed 19 July 2021]
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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption; "Oxie kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten från 1200-talets mitt."
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Image Source: digital image [674-36.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph by Lars Tynell, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oxie_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200060331.jpg] [accessed 19 July 2021]
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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption; "Oxie kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten från 1200-talets mitt."
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Image Source: digital image [674-38.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oxie_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200060333.jpg] [accessed 19 July 2021]
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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joa222kim, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 13 September 2013 by Joa222kim [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oxie_kyrka4.JPG] [accessed 19 July 2021]
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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Baptismal font from Oxie church in Sweden about 1150."
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Image Source: digital photograph 19 August 2002 by Sven Rosborn [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baptismal_font_Oxie_church_Sweden.jpg] [accessed 19 July 2021]
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view of font

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900809F1] [accessed 19 July 2021]
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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption; "Oxie kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten från 1200-talets mitt."
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Image Source: digital image [674-35.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oxie_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200060330.jpg] [accessed 19 July 2021]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 00402OXI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Oxie church
Church Location: Oxie kyrkoväg 227, 238 34 Oxie, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 40 27 93 80
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Skåne, Skåne län
Directions to Site: Located off (S) local road M559 [aka Kungshögsvägen], in the municipality and 11 km E of Malmö city ​​centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Lunds Stift
Historical Region: Oxie härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the NE pillar of the chancel arch
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Hörsgruppen [Tynell] / Oxiemästaren [Rydbeck] / Mårtensgruppen [SHM]
Cognate Fonts: Glostorp, etc. [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: 12thC church; modified since; re-built in 1848 by C.G. Brunius; restored 1900
Font Notes:
Baptismal font here noted in Brunius (1850). Described and illustrated in Tynell (1913-1921) as a font of the 'Hörsgruppen', somewhat similar to the font at Glostorp. Rydbeck (1936) places the palmettes decorating the portal capitals in her section on master Mårten, but not the font itself, which is instead attributed to an 'Oxiemästaren', presumed disciple of Mårten's. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900809F1] as a 'Mårtensgruppen' baptismal font made of sandstone in the second half of the 12th century. No cover present. Two brass baptismal dishes are mentioned in this church: one 16th-century, the other designed by silversmith W. Crona of Malmö. a 1961 gift.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.550556, 13.097778
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 33′ 2″ N, 13° 5′ 52″ E
UTM: 33U 379997 6157702

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 3
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 68 cm* / 66 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 77.4 cm* / 100 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Tynell (1913-1921) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900809F1] [NB: note the large difference in hight measurements]

REFERENCES

Brunius, Carl Georg, Skånes Konsthistoria från Medeltiden, Lund: Hos Förläggaren, 1850
Rydbeck, Monica, Skånes stenmästare före 1200, 1936
Tynell, Lars, Skånes medeltida Dopfuntar, Stockholm: Cederquists Grafiska Aktiebolag, 1913-1921