Sjosas / Sjösås
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animal - fabulous animal or monster - unidentified
Scene Description: seen here in the left arch
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Image Source: digital image [2092-007.TIF] of a 1927 B&W photograph by Ragnar Blomqvist, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjösås_Nya_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200087832.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2022]
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animal - mammal - lion - passant - foliated tail - foliated tongue
Scene Description: seen here in the right arch, passant to the right
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Image Source: digital image [2092-007.TIF] of a 1927 B&W photograph by Ragnar Blomqvist, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjösås_Nya_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200087832.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2022]
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animal - mammal - lion - passant-regardant - foliated tail
Scene Description: seen here in the centre arch; passant to the left
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Image Source: digital image [2092-007.TIF] of a 1927 B&W photograph by Ragnar Blomqvist, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjösås_Nya_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200087832.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2022]
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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - beaded-tape - columns - columns with capitals
Scene Description: the capitals are very stylised
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Image Source: digital image [2092-007.TIF] of a 1927 B&W photograph by Ragnar Blomqvist, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjösås_Nya_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200087832.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2022]
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design element - motifs - braid
Scene Description: all around below the rim; much damaged now
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910614F1] [accessed 17 April 2022]
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design element - motifs - floral, foliage or plant
Scene Description: in each spandrel, each one different from the other
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910614F1] [accessed 17 April 2022]
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design element - motifs - foliage?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2020
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 24 June 2020 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjösås_nya_kyrka_Dopfunt_01.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2022]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2020
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 24 June 2020 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjösås_nya_kyrka_Dopfunt_01.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2022]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2020
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 24 June 2020 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjösås_nya_kyrka_Dopfunt_01.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2022]
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design element - motifs - zigzag
Scene Description: all around the lower edge of the basin; much damaged now but still discernible in this old photograph
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Image Source: digital image [2092-005.TIF] of a 1921 B&W photograph by Sven Brandel, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjösås_Nya_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200087773.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2022]
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design element - patterns - unidentified
Scene Description: partly discernible here, all around the underbowl
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Image Source: digital image [2092-007.TIF] of a 1927 B&W photograph by Ragnar Blomqvist, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjösås_Nya_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200087832.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2022]
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head - 4
Scene Description: some human, some animal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2020
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 24 June 2020 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjösås_nya_kyrka_Dopfunt_01.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2022]
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head - animal? - unidentified - 4
Scene Description: all the heads on the bottom appear to be animal, some perhaps with prey but too eroded and damaged for identification
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2020
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 24 June 2020 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjösås_nya_kyrka_Dopfunt_01.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2022]
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: SHM caption: "fabeldjur"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910614F1] [accessed 17 April 2022]
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sjösås nya kyrka. Carl-Gustaf Blom-Carlsson utarbetade 1851 ett ritningsförslag till en kyrkobyggnad empirestil. 1865 var kyrkan färdig.Den första gudstjänsten hölls den 13 augusti samma år medan invigningen förättades den 10 september av biskop Henrik Gustaf Hultman."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 28 August 2014 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjösås_nya_kyrka.Exteriiör_06.JPG] [accessed 17 April 2022]
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sjösås gamla kyrka. Exteriör från sydöst."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 24 June 2020 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjösås_gamla_kyrka_0003.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2022]
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view of church exterior in context - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sjösås gamla kyrka"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alex Lee, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph 6 June 2006 by Alex Lee [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjosas_church.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2022]
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view of church interior - baptismal dish
![Source caption: "Sjösås gamla kyrka [...] Dopskål, koppar, 1955.."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0220417003_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sjösås gamla kyrka [...] Dopskål, koppar, 1955.."
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Image Source: digital image [2090-199.TIF] of a 1955 B&W photograph by Iwar Anderson in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjösås_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200088238.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2022]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sjösås gamla kyrka. Interiör mot öster."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 24 June 2020 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjösås_gamla_kyrka_Interiör_001.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2022]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sjösås nya kyrka.Interiör mot väster."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 24 June 2020 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjösås_nya_kyrka_Interiör_00001.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2022]
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view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sjösås gamla kyrka. Interiör."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph 19 June 2012 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjösås_gla_kyrka0020.JPG] [accessed 17 April 2022]
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view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sjösås nya kyrka.Interiör mot öster."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 24 June 2020 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjösås_nya_kyrka_Interiör_06.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2022]
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view of font
![Source caption: "Sjösås gamla kyrka [...] Dopfunt, trä, tillverkad 1955."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0220417002_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sjösås gamla kyrka [...] Dopfunt, trä, tillverkad 1955."
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Image Source: digital image [2090-200.TIF] of a 1955 B&W photograph by Iwar Anderson in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjösås_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200088239.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2022]
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view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sjösås Nya kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, omkring 1200."
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Image Source: digital image [2092-005.TIF] of a 1921 B&W photograph by Sven Brandel, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjösås_Nya_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200087773.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2022]
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view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sjösås Nya kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, omkring 1200."
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Image Source: digital image [2092-007.TIF] of a 1927 B&W photograph by Ragnar Blomqvist, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjösås_Nya_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200087832.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2022]
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view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sjösås nya kyrka. Dopfunt i sandsten.Tillhör den i Småland vanliga fabeldjursgrppen. Ca 1200-t." [NB: the modern metal inner lining of the basin, a part of which is visible here, has an inscription on it
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2020
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 24 June 2020 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjösås_nya_kyrka_Dopfunt_01.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2022]
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view of font and baptismal dish
![Source caption: "Sjösås gamla kyrka [...] Dopfunt, trä, tillverkad 1955."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0220417004_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sjösås gamla kyrka [...] Dopfunt, trä, tillverkad 1955."
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Image Source: digital image [2090-252.TIF] of a 1955 B&W photograph by Iwar Anderson in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjösås_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200088415.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2022]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sjösås nya kyrka.Medeltida dopfunt och triumfkrucifix från 1400 talet."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 24 June 2020 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjösås_nya_kyrka_Dopfunt_02.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2022]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sjösås nya kyrka. Dopfunt i sandsten.Tillhör den i Småland vanliga fabeldjursgrppen. Ca 1200-t."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 24 June 2020 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjösås_nya_kyrka_Dopfunt_01.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2022]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 02468SJO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Sjösås kyrka
Church Location: [address & coordinates for the old church] Sjåsås gamla kyrka, 360 42 Braås, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Småland, Kronobergs län
Directions to Site: Located off local road G903 [aka Sjösåsvägen], just N of Viås, about 1 km N Braås, N of county road 23/37, in the municipality and 25-30 km NE of Växjö. The old church is 4 km S of the new church. The new church is located S of Viås
Ecclesiastic Region: Växjö stift
Historical Region: Uppvidinge härad
Font Location in Church: The font is located in the new church
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Njudungsmästarens posthuma verksted [Blomqvist] / Njudungsgruppen variant 1 / Bestiarius, Group 4 [Drake] / Fabeldjursgrppen
Cognate Fonts: Drev, Dädesjö (Småland)
Church Notes: 12thC stave church; replaced by 'ligtimmer' church 13thC; stone church 15thC; much modified and renovated 1770s; abandoned when new church built, but restored 1940s and back into use -- the new church, built 4 km away from the old one, was consecrated in 1865
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Blomqvist (1929) as a baptismal font made by he 'Njudungsmästarens posthuma verksted' in the 12th ecntury. Vandeput (1982: 32) mentions the baptismal font at Sjösås as being a cognate of those at Drev and Dädesjö. Inventoried and illustrated in Borg (2002) as a baptismal font in the 'Njudungsgruppen variant 1', made of sandstone between 1170 and 1220. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910614F1] as a baptismal font of the Njudungsgruppen made of sandstone in the late-12th century. Listed in Drake (2002: 183) as a baptismal font of the Bestiarius workshop (Group 4). The medieval font from the old church was moved to the new church; the old church, which still holds services, acquired a new baptismal font made of wood in 1955.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.068833, 15.05675
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 4′ 7.8″ N, 15° 3′ 24.3″ E
UTM: 33V 503441 6325050
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining. No cover present.
Diameter (inside rim): 53 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 67.5 cm* / 67 cm**
Height of Basin Side: 39 cm*
Basin Total Height: 42 cm* [39 + 7]
Height of Base: 31 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 77 cm*
Font Height (with Plinth): 93 cm** [inludes modern plinth]
Trapezoidal Basin: 50 x 50 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Borg (2002) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910614F1]
REFERENCES
Drake, Colin Stuart, The Romanesque Fonts of Northern Europe and Scandinavia, Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002
Vandeput, E., Église de Saint-Léonard à Zoutleeuw (Léau), Léau/Zoutleeuw: [s.n.], 1982