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angel

Scene Description: Source caption: "ängel och liggande gestalt"

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900920F2] [accessed 16 May 2021]

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animal - mammal - lion

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900920F2] [accessed 16 May 2021]

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animal - mammal - lion - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "lejon, detalj"

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900920F2] [accessed 16 May 2021]

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: appears to be part of the basin block

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900920F2] [accessed 16 May 2021]

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human figure - prostrate

Scene Description: Source caption: "ängel och liggande gestalt"

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900920F2] [accessed 16 May 2021]

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symbol - tree - Tree of life

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kristus i livsträd"

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symbol - tree - Tree of life

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kristus i livsträd"

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900920F2] [accessed 16 May 2021]

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "The church building of "Sköns kyrka" at Kyrkvägen 42, Sundsbruk, Sundsvall Municipality"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hans Lindqvist, 2014

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 13 July 2014 by Hans Lindqvist [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sköns_kyrka_02.JPG] [accessed 16 May 2021]

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "The church building of "Sköns kyrka" at Kyrkvägen 42, Sundsbruk, Sundsvall Municipality"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hans Lindqvist, 2014

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 13 July 2014 by Hans Lindqvist [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sköns_kyrka_05.JPG] [accessed 16 May 2021]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Sköns kyrka [...] Foto av teckning av Bureus, Kungliga Biblioteket, Stockholm."

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Image Source: digital image [9916-9.TIF] of a 1600 drawing by Johan Bureus in the Kungliga Biblioteket, Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sköns_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200045657.jpg] [accessed 15 May 2021]

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view of church exterior in context - northwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Sköns kyrka [...] Kyrkan från nordväst med omgivningar. Foto för tidningen Hemmet."

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Image Source: digital image [9916-4.TIF] of a 1898 B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sköns_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200045636.jpg] [accessed 15 May 2021]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: " Interior view of the church building of "Sköns kyrka" at Kyrkvägen 42, Sundsbruk, Sundsvall Municipality" -- showing the medieval font in the southeast corner

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hans Lindqvist, 2014

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 13 July 2014 by Hans Lindqvist [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sköns_kyrka_15.JPG] [accessed 16 May 2021]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Sköns kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten från 1100-talet. På cuppan ett rikt flätverk med figurer, fyrkantig fot med fyra bevingade djur, starkt vittrad."

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Image Source: digital image [9916-19.TIF] of a 1912 B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sköns_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200045700.jpg] [accessed 15 May 2021]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "funten, som sannolikt varit vittrad, har utsats för en brutal nyhuggning, som utplånat alla detaljer"

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900920F2] [accessed 16 May 2021]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 05557SKO
Church/Chapel: Sköns kyrka
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter [originally]
Church Location: Kyrkvägen 42, 863 36 Sundsbruk, Sweden / Tel.: +46 60 52 67 30
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Medelpad, Västernorrland
Directions to Site: Located off (E) Birsta and highway E4, 5 km NNE of Sundsvall
Ecclesiastic Region: Härnösands stift
Historical Region: Sköns tingslag, Medelpad, Västernorrlands län
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SE corner
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Gotland font
Church Notes: medieval [12th-13thC?] church was dedicated to St Peter, and had two towers, east and west; church demolished 1846; present church consecrated 1850
Noted and illustrated in Cornell (1918). Described in Sveriges kyrkor: Medelpad (Bd. I, hft. 1: 61, 65, 66) as a sandstone baptismal font from the Gotland workshops and dated to the 12th century. The basin is roughly hemispherical and has crude decoration of foliage and figures (?) on its sides; the base is rounded but with a square foot or lower base and is ornamented with what appear to be animals "med långa bakben" [=with long back legs] around the sides. The basin has a crack that has been repaired wit cement. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900920F2] as a baptismal font made of limestone ca. 1200; the SHM entry identifies Christ, a Tree of Life, and angel and a prostrate figure on the basin sides, lions on the base, and it comments on the weathering and the massive damage caused to it by re-cutting [="funten, som sannolikt varit vittrad, har utsats för en brutal nyhuggning, som utplånat alla detaljer"]. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 62.447953, 17.352497
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 62° 26′ 52.63″ N, 62° 26′ 52.63″ N
UTM: 33V 621385 6926294

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (Gotland)
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 92 cm* / **
Font Height (less Plinth): 98 cm* / 10 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Sveriges kyrkor: Medelpad (Bd. I, hft. 1: 61) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900920F2]

REFERENCES

Cornell, Henrik, Norrlands Kyrkliga Konst under Medeltiden, Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksells Bocktryckeri A.-B., 1918
Cornell, Henrik, Sveriges kyrkor: Medelpad, Stockholm: Generalstabens litografiska anstalt, 1929-1939