Skanor No. 1 / Skanör

Results: 42 records

design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: the base here appears to have been throughly restored [cf. earlier photographs in this section]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900807F2] [accessed 30 July 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

design element - patterns - striated

Scene Description: a narrow band of it around the upper rim side

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900807F2] [accessed 30 July 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

human figure - male - bearded - crowned - cross - Greek - processional cross

Scene Description: Source caption: "två krönta män flankerande kors"

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900807F2] [accessed 30 July 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

human figure - male - bearded - crowned - cross - Greek - processional cross

Scene Description: Source caption: "två krönta män och kors"

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900807F2] [accessed 30 July 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

human figure - male - bearded - crowned - with ax and cross - St. Olav

Scene Description: the figure, identified as St. Olav in various sources, holds the ax on the right hand and a cross-topped objet on the left

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900807F2] [accessed 30 July 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

human figure - male - bearded - with key and cross - St. Peter

Scene Description: he holds a large key in his right hand and an orb-and-cross(?) in his left

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900807F2] [accessed 30 July 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

information

Image Source: digital image of field notes taken 12 July 2024 by BSI

information

Image Source: digital image of field notes taken 12 July 2024 by BSI

view of basin

Scene Description: Source caption: "Skanörs kyrka (Sankt Olofs kyrka) [...] Dopfunt av kalksten, sjukantig. Detalj av cuppan."

Image Source: digital image [1406-120.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph by Monica Rydbeck, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skanörs_kyrka_(Sankt_Olofs_kyrka)_-_KMB_-_16000200061842.jpg] [accessed 30 July 2021]

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of basin - east side

on the left side a crowned figure with raise sword in right hand, left hand on processional cross -- on the right side a bishop holding a crozier in his left habd; his right hand holds the same processional cross as the king

Scene Description: on the left side a crowned figure with raise sword in right hand, left hand on processional cross -- on the right side a bishop holding a crozier in his left habd; his right hand holds the same processional cross as the king

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 July 2024 by BSI

view of basin - northeast side

Scene Description: showing 2 figures: a cleric on the left, a crowned figure on the right; 3 processional crosses

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 July 2024 by BSI

view of basin - south side

Scene Description: St. Olof with ax and orb-and-cross

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 July 2024 by BSI

view of basin - southeast side

Scene Description: St. Peter with key and orb-and-cross

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 July 2024 by BSI

view of basin - southwest side

Scene Description: 2 crowned figures; between them a processional cross

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 July 2024 by BSI

view of basin - west side

Scene Description: 2 crowned figures; a processional cross with flag on the right

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 July 2024 by BSI

view of basin - west side

Scene Description: 2 crowned figures; a processional cross with flag on the right

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 July 2024 by BSI

view of church - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Skanörs kyrka (Sankt Olofs kyrka) [...] Kyrkan från väster."

Image Source: digital image [1406-017.TIF] of a 1891 B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skanörs_kyrka_(Sankt_Olofs_kyrka)_-_KMB_-_16000200061644.jpg] [accessed 30 July 2021]

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of church exterior

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 July 2024 by BSI

view of church exterior - portal

Scene Description: Source caption: "Skanörs kyrka (Sankt Olofs kyrka) [...] Nyfunnen romansk portal."

Image Source: digital image [1406-039.TIF] of an undated [ca. 1944?] B&W photograph by Theodor Wåhlin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skanörs_kyrka_(Sankt_Olofs_kyrka)_-_KMB_-_16000200061674.jpg] [accessed 30 July 2021]

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Skanörs kyrka [...] Kyrkan från söder. Blyertsteckning från 1800-talet."

Image Source: digital photograph [htsk0529] 13 April 2015 by Lars Kennerstedt of an 1800s pencil drawing in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skanörs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000534196.jpg] [accessed 30 July 2021]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Source caption: "Skanörs kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst. Akvarellerad pennteckning av A.T.[[Albert Theodor]] Gellerstedt, troligen från 1860-talet."

Scene Description: Source caption: "Skanörs kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst. Akvarellerad pennteckning av A.T.[[Albert Theodor]] Gellerstedt, troligen från 1860-talet."

Image Source: digital photograph [htsk0528] 13 April 2015 by Lars Kennerstedt of an 1860s watercolour pencil drawing by A.T. Gellerstedt, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skanörs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000534196.jpg] [accessed 30 July 2021]

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of church exterior in context

Source caption: "Skanör Church (St. Olof Church), Skåne, Sweden [...] Människor, hästar och vagnar utanför Skanörs kyrka (Sankt Olofs kyrka), ursprungligen byggd på 1200-talet. Kyrkan byggdes ut i etapper under 1300- och 1400-talet. / People, horses and carriages outside Skanör Church (Saint Olof Church) in Scania, originally built in the 13th century. The church expanded gradually during the 14th and 15th centuries."

Scene Description: Source caption: "Skanör Church (St. Olof Church), Skåne, Sweden [...] Människor, hästar och vagnar utanför Skanörs kyrka (Sankt Olofs kyrka), ursprungligen byggd på 1200-talet. Kyrkan byggdes ut i etapper under 1300- och 1400-talet. / People, horses and carriages outside Skanör Church (Saint Olof Church) in Scania, originally built in the 13th century. The church expanded gradually during the 14th and 15th centuries."

Image Source: digital image of a ca. 1890 B&W photograph [glass plate negative] by Carl Curman, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [kmb.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16000200061653] [www.flickr.com/photos/34419668@N08/15656483824] [accessed 30 July 2021]

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of church exterior in context - north view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Skanörs kyrka (Sankt Olofs kyrka)"

Image Source: digital photograph 6 October 2019 by Jorchr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skanörs_kyrka_oktober_2019-1.jpg] [accessed 30 July 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of church exterior in context - northwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Skanörs kyrka (Sankt Olofs kyrka) [...] Kyrkan från nordväst."

Image Source: digital image [1406-012.TIF] of a 1900 B&W photograph by Otto Rydbeck, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skanörs_kyrka_(Sankt_Olofs_kyrka)_-_KMB_-_16000200061638.jpg] [accessed 30 July 2021]

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of church exterior in context - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Skanörs kyrka (Sankt Olofs kyrka) [...] Kyrkan från söder."

Image Source: digital image [1406-006.TIF] of a 1898 B&W photograph by Axel Sjöberg, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skanörs_kyrka_(Sankt_Olofs_kyrka)_-_KMB_-_16000200061631.jpg] [accessed 30 July 2021]

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of church exterior in context - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Skanörs kyrka (Sankt Olofs kyrka)"

Image Source: digital photograph 6 October 2019 by Jorchr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skanörs_kyrka_oktober_2019-2.jpg] [accessed 30 July 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Skanörs kyrka (Sankt Olofs kyrka) [...] Kyrkan från sydöst."

Image Source: digital image [1406-8.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skanörs_kyrka_(Sankt_Olofs_kyrka)_-_KMB_-_16000200061633.jpg] [accessed 30 July 2021]

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Skanörs kyrka"

Image Source: digital photograph 4 October 2014 by Jorchr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skanörs_kyrka_oktober_2014.jpg] [accessed 30 July 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church interior - chancel and east end

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 July 2024 by BSI

view of church interior - looking east

Source caption: "Skanörs kyrka (Sankt Olofs kyrka) [...] Interiör mot öster." -- showing the baptismal font on the left [north] side of the chancel, behind the psalm board

Scene Description: Source caption: "Skanörs kyrka (Sankt Olofs kyrka) [...] Interiör mot öster." -- showing the baptismal font on the left [north] side of the chancel, behind the psalm board

Image Source: digital image [1406-50.TIF] of a 1927 B&W photograph by William Andersson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skanörs_kyrka_(Sankt_Olofs_kyrka)_-_KMB_-_16000200061684.jpg] [accessed 30 July 2021]

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of church interior - looking east

Source caption: "painting by A. T. [Albert Theodor] Gellerstedt, published in "Ny illustrerad tidning" summer 1867. Scanned from "Från Skanör till Ljunghusen - En kavalkad i ord och bild""

Scene Description: Source caption: "painting by A. T. [Albert Theodor] Gellerstedt, published in "Ny illustrerad tidning" summer 1867. Scanned from "Från Skanör till Ljunghusen - En kavalkad i ord och bild""

Image Source: digital image of a painting by A. T. Gellerstedt, published in "Ny illustrerad tidning" summer 1867. Scanned from "Från Skanör till Ljunghusen - En kavalkad i ord och bild" [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skanörs_kyrka_-_interiör.jpg] [accessed 30 July 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-PD-Mark / PD-Art (PD-old default) / PD-Art (PD-old-70)

view of church interior - looking west

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 July 2024 by BSI

view of church interior - pulpit

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 July 2024 by BSI

view of church interior - votive ship

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 July 2024 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Skanörs kyrka (Sankt Olofs kyrka) [...] Dopfunt av kalksten, sjukantig."

Image Source: digital image [1406-121.TIF] of an undated [ca. 1913?] B&W photograph by Lars Tynell, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skanörs_kyrka_(Sankt_Olofs_kyrka)_-_KMB_-_16000200061844.jpg] [accessed 30 July 2021]

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of font and cover

Scene Description: Source caption: "Skanörs kyrka (Sankt Olofs kyrka) [...] Dopfunt av kalksten, sjukantig. Detalj av cuppan."

Image Source: digital image [1406-119.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skanörs_kyrka_(Sankt_Olofs_kyrka)_-_KMB_-_16000200061841.jpg] [accessed 30 July 2021]

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of font and cover

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900807F2] [accessed 30 July 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 July 2024 by BSI

view of font and cover - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Skanör Church, baptismal font"

Image Source: digital photograph 12 August 2014 by Yakikaki [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skanör_Church,_baptismal_font_2.JPG] [accessed 30 July 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of font and cover - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Skanör Church, baptismal font"

Image Source: digital photograph 12 August 2014 by Yakikaki [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skanör_Church,_baptismal_font_1.JPG] [accessed 30 July 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of font and cover - upper view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 July 2024 by BSI

view of font cover

Scene Description: with the finial section removed

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 July 2024 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 05410SKA

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Skanör kyrka / S:t Olofs kyrka

Church Patron Saints: St. Olaf [aka Olaf II Haraldsson, Óláfr Haraldsson, Olav, Olav Haraldsson, Olave, Olof]

Church Location: Östra Kyrkogatan 5, 239 30 Skanör, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 40 47 97 00

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Skåne, Skåne län

Directions to Site: Located off (N) county road 100 and Falsterbo, 20-25 km SW of Malmö

Ecclesiastic Region: Lunds Stift

Historical Region: Skytts härad, Vellinge komun, Skåne län

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, NE corner

Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Gothic

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Falsterbogruppen [Tynell] / Fröjelgruppen [SHM] / Fabeldyrsfonte

Cognate Fonts: several other such fonts at Fröjel, Kirke Helsinge, Magleby and Ølst, and the fragments of a basin at Kirke Stillinge

Church Notes: 12th-13thC(?) church; much modified 14th-16thC; crypt added;

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted in Brunius (1850). Described and illustrated in Tynell (1913-1921: 13, 91, 134, 147 and pl. XLII 2) as an octagonal mounted limestone baptismal font of the type known as "Fabeldyrsfonte" [=fabled animal fonts] / "Fröjel-Falsterbo" group, similar in general terms to the font at Kirke Helsinge in the Holbæk amt, Denmark. Like the latter font basin, it has a very narrow band of striated vertical pattern at the upper rim side; on the sides, a crowned bearded male figure holds an ax in the right hand and a cross-topped object [sceptre?] on his left [St. Olav?]; on the next side, to his left, a bearded male figure holds a key in his right hand and another cros-topped object [orb-and-cross?] in his left [St. Peter?]; the base is a two-part octagonal pedestal, the lower part splaying out widely at the bottom. [NB: Tynell gives references to both Brunius' Sk. kpnsdthist. and to W.L.H Duckworth's An ancient font at Skanör, Skåne, Sweden. Noted in Roosval (1918). Also noted in Mackeprang (1941: 390ff). Lidén (1998: 66-81) argues that these representations of St. Olav are the first to be ascertained on baptismal fonts, therefore denying previous identifications of this saint on earlier fonts. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900807F2] as a 'Fröjelgruppen' baptismal font made of limestone in the 14th century. [cf. Index entry for Skanör No. 2 for the fragment of a Gotland limestone font in this locality]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.419183, 12.849997

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 25′ 9.06″ N, 12° 50′ 59.99″ E

UTM: 33U 363916 6143542

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone

Number of Pieces: 3

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Drainage Notes: no lining

Diameter (inside rim): 87 cm***

Diameter (includes rim): 108 cm* / 95 cm** / 112 cm***

Basin Depth: 39-40 cm***

Basin Total Height: 50 cm***

Height of Base: 50 cm***

Font Height (less Plinth): 116 cm* / 100 cm** / ***

Notes on Measurements: * Tynell (1913-1921: 147) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900807F2] / *** BSI on-site [NB: significant difference between the measurements may be accounted for the presence of the font cover]

LID INFORMATION

Date: 17th century

Material: wood

Apparatus: no

Notes: octagonal with carved sides and top; raised at the centre on which a figural finial; damaged -- restored 1891

REFERENCES

Brunius, Carl Georg, Skånes Konsthistoria från Medeltiden, Lund: Hos Förläggaren, 1850

Lidén, Anne, "Nordisk stenskulptur med Olavsmotiv: Kritik och tolkning kring dopfunten i Löderup", 1995-1996, 1998, pp. 66-81; p. 66-81

Mackeprang, Mouritz, Danmarks middelalderlige døbefonte, 1941

Roosval, Johnny, Die Steinmeister Gottlands: Eine Geschichte der führenden Taufsteinwerkstätte des schwedischen Mittlealters, ihre Voraussetzungen und Begleit-Erscheinungen, Stockholm: A.-B. C.E. Fritzes K. Hofbokhandel, 1918

Statens Historiska Museum, Stocholm, Medeltidens bildvärld, 2003. Accessed: 2024-08-30 00:00:00. URL: https://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/sok/avancerad.asp.

Tynell, Lars, Skånes medeltida Dopfuntar, Stockholm: Cederquists Grafiska Aktiebolag, 1913-1921