Nevishog / Nefvitshög / Nevitshog / Nevishög / Nevitshög
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animal - mammal - lion - head - 4
Scene Description: a/p identification in Carlsson, but they are very 'sui generis' lions, caricaruresque in the rendering
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900622F1] [accessed 15 July 2021]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
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Image Source: digital image [1571-9.TIF] of an undated [ca. 1913?] B&W photograph by Lars Tynell in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nevishögs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200059783.jpg] [accessed 15 July 2021]
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design element - motifs - rope
Scene Description: around the upper basin side
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900622F1] [accessed 15 July 2021]
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view of base - detail
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900622F1] [accessed 15 July 2021]
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view of church exterior in context - west view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Nevishögs kyrka"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jorchr, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 20 September 2014 by [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nevishögs_kyrka,_september_2014.jpg] [accessed 15 July 2021]
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view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "Nevishögs kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten. Rund och bukig cuppa. Fot med fyra odjurshuvuden."
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Image Source: digital image [1571-9.TIF] of an undated [ca. 1913?] B&W photograph by Lars Tynell in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nevishögs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200059783.jpg] [accessed 15 July 2021]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900622F1] [accessed 15 July 2021]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 05326NEV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Nevishögs kyrka
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen?
Church Location: Vinningevägen 31, 245 91 Staffanstorp, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 46 274 25 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Skåne, Skåne län
Directions to Site: Located off local road M869 [aka Vinningevägen], in the municipality and just SE of Staffanstorp, 8-10 km S of Lund, 15-20 km ENE of Malmö
Ecclesiastic Region: Lunds Stift
Historical Region: Bara härad, Staffanstorps kommun, Skåne
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: ca. 1200(?) church; modified 15thC, 1845, 1856;
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Tynell (1913-1921) as a baptismal font made of sandstone with disproportionate measurements, as the base is 108 cm wide versus a total height of only 77 cm. Described and illustrated in Carlsson (1976: 127 and pl. 195) as a baptismal of the 12th century with four lion heads on the base; the font consists of a hemispheric basin, plain except for a rope moulding at the upper basin side and a a rind moulding at the bottom of the underbowl; the base has four large protruding heads set at 90-degree angles; they are crudely carved and may represent lions. Noted in Nordström (1984). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900622F1] as a baptismal font made of sandstone ca. 1200 by a regional workshop; the SHM entry remarks on the disproportionated width of the base. No cover present
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.631944, 13.228056
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 37′ 55″ N, 13° 13′ 41″ E
UTM: 33U 388446 6166541
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 70 cm* / **
Font Height (less Plinth): 77 cm* / 86 cm**
Square Base Dimensions: 108 cm* [max. length at the tip of the heads]
Notes on Measurements: * Tynell (1913-1921) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900622F1] [NB: the difference in total height between Tynell and the SHM is odd]
REFERENCES
Carlsson, Frans, The Iconology of Tectonics in Romanesque Art, Hässleholm: AM-Tryck, 1976
Nordström, Folke, Mediaeval Baptismal Fonts: An Iconographical Study, Stockholm: Universitetet i Umeå, 1984
Tynell, Lars, Skånes medeltida Dopfuntar, Stockholm: Cederquists Grafiska Aktiebolag, 1913-1921