Ostra Herrestad / Östra-Herrestad

Results: 49 records

Apostle or saint - St. Michael - slaying the dragon

standing figure holding small round shield(?) in his left hand; stands on a dragon; the right hand holds an unidentified object [a spear?] that may have been broken or damaged; no halo evident -- SHM entry caption: "gestalt med sköld stående på drake (St Mikael?)"; Tynell mentions a spear in his right hand

Scene Description: standing figure holding small round shield(?) in his left hand; stands on a dragon; the right hand holds an unidentified object [a spear?] that may have been broken or damaged; no halo evident -- SHM entry caption: "gestalt med sköld stående på drake (St Mikael?)"; Tynell mentions a spear in his right hand

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900713F2] [accessed 29 August 2021]

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

Christ - haloed - right hand raised in benediction - left hand holding processional cross

Scene Description: the SHM entry captions thi figure simply as "manligt helgon med korsstav" -- on the north side of the basin

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900713F2] [accessed 29 August 2021]

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

design element - architectural - arcade - blind - pointed arches

Scene Description: all around

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900713F2] [accessed 29 August 2021]

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

design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: quatrefoil-shaped

Image Source: digital image [1507-074.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph by Lars Tynell, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Östra_Herrestads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200066712.jpg] [accessed 29 August 2021]

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

design element - motifs - torus-scotia

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900713F2] [accessed 29 August 2021]

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

human figure - holding sword in his right - holding book in his left hand - standing on a male figure holding a sword - unidentified

Scene Description: on the west side of the basin [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2024 by BSI

human figure - male - crowned - seated - holding a book and a lilly

Scene Description: on the east side of the basin [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2024 by BSI

information

Image Source: digital image of field notes taken 18 July 2024 by BSI

information

Image Source: digital image of field notes taken 18 July 2024 by BSI

view of basin and baptismal dish - upper view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2024 by BSI

view of basin - east side - detail

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2024 by BSI

view of basin - east side - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2024 by BSI

view of basin - south side - detail

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2024 by BSI

view of basin - upper view

Scene Description: the interior of the basin has been half-filled with cement

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2024 by BSI

view of basin - west side - detail

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2024 by BSI

view of church exterior - northeast view

Source caption: "Östra Herrestads kyrka [...] Kyrkan från nordöst." -- showing the tower after its 1889 alteration from the Danish-style stepped top

Scene Description: Source caption: "Östra Herrestads kyrka [...] Kyrkan från nordöst." -- showing the tower after its 1889 alteration from the Danish-style stepped top

Image Source: digital image [1507-001.TIF] of a 1908 B&W photograph by Theodor Wåhlin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Östra_Herrestads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200066635.jpg] [accessed 29 August 2021]

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view of church exterior - south portal

Scene Description: Source caption: "Östra Herrestads Kyrka [...] Sydportalen."

Image Source: digital image [1507-017.TIF] of a 1906 B&W photograph by Theodor Wåhlin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Östra_Herrestads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200066651.jpg] [accessed 29 August 2021]

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Östra Herrestads Kyrka [...] Sydportalens tympanon."

Image Source: digital image [1507-015.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph by Otto Rydbeck, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Östra_Herrestads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200066649.jpg] [accessed 29 August 2021]

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view of church exterior - south portal - tympanum - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Östra Herrestads Kyrka [...] Detalj av södra portalens tympanon."

Image Source: digital image [1507-014.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Östra_Herrestads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200066648.jpg] [accessed 29 August 2021]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Source caption: "Östra Herrestads kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydväst [sic]. Foto efter teckning av Georg J:son Karlin. Original i handteckningssamlingen, ATA." -- showing the tower before its 1889 alteration from the Danish-style stepped top

Scene Description: Source caption: "Östra Herrestads kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydväst [sic]. Foto efter teckning av Georg J:son Karlin. Original i handteckningssamlingen, ATA." -- showing the tower before its 1889 alteration from the Danish-style stepped top

Image Source: digital image [1507-025.TIF] of a 1966 B&W photograph by Nils Lagergren of an undated [pre-1889] drawing by Georg J:son Karlin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Östra_Herrestads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200066659.jpg] [accessed 29 August 2021]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Source caption: "Östra Herrestads kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst. Foto efter teckning av O. Sörling 1870. Original i handteckningssamlingen, ATA." -- showing the tower in 1870, before its 1889 alteration from the Danish-style stepped top

Scene Description: Source caption: "Östra Herrestads kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst. Foto efter teckning av O. Sörling 1870. Original i handteckningssamlingen, ATA." -- showing the tower in 1870, before its 1889 alteration from the Danish-style stepped top

Image Source: digital image [1507-028.TIF] of a 1966 B&W photograph by Nils Lagergren of a 1870 drawing by Olof Sörling, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Östra_Herrestads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200066662.jpg] [accessed 29 August 2021]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Östra Herrestads Kyrka"

Image Source: digital photograph 1 April 2012 by Tizinell [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Östra_Herrestad_Church.jpg] [accessed 29 August 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2024 by BSI

view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Östra Herrestads kyrka i Simrishamns kommun."

Image Source: digital photograph 7 August 2012 by Jorchr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Östra_Herrestads_kyrka_i_augusti_2012.jpg] [accessed 29 August 2021]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2024 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel and east end

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2024 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel arch - north side - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2024 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel arch - south side - capital

Scene Description: Source caption: "Östra Herrestads kyrka [...] Kapitäl, triumfbågen."

Image Source: digital image [1507-052.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Östra_Herrestads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200066686.jpg] [accessed 29 August 2021]

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view of church interior - chancel arch - south side - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2024 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel arch - south side - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2024 by BSI

view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Östra Herrestads kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster."

Image Source: digital image [1507-035.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Östra_Herrestads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200066669.jpg] [accessed 29 August 2021]

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view of church interior - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2024 by BSI

view of church interior - looking west

Scene Description: Source caption: "Östra Herrestads kyrka [...] Interiör mot väster."

Image Source: digital image [1507-036.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Östra_Herrestads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200066670.jpg] [accessed 29 August 2021]

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view of church interior - looking west

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2024 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - ceiling - painting - detail

Scene Description: towards the east end of the nave, near the chancel

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2024 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - ceiling - painting - detail - King David - prophets

towards the east end of the nave, near the chancel: a large tree sprouts from the side of King David and reaches the Madonna and Child at the top; in between are kings and prophets of the Old Testament their names written on little scrolls

Scene Description: towards the east end of the nave, near the chancel: a large tree sprouts from the side of King David and reaches the Madonna and Child at the top; in between are kings and prophets of the Old Testament their names written on little scrolls

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2024 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - ceiling - painting - detail - St. Erik, King of Sweden

this probably depivts 'Erik den helige', aka., Sankt Erik, Erik Jedvardsson; king of Sweden 1156-1160; crusader in Finland; was assassinated and later made a saint by Rome

Scene Description: this probably depivts 'Erik den helige', aka., Sankt Erik, Erik Jedvardsson; king of Sweden 1156-1160; crusader in Finland; was assassinated and later made a saint by Rome

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2024 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - ceiling - painting - detail - St. Francis

towards the east end of the nave, near the chancel: here is St Francis -- although the painted scroll is missing his name the knotted cinculum provides the symbol for his identification

Scene Description: towards the east end of the nave, near the chancel: here is St Francis -- although the painted scroll is missing his name the knotted cinculum provides the symbol for his identification

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2024 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - ceiling - painting - detail - St. Mauritius

Scene Description: towards the east end of the nave, near the chancel: St Mauritius

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2024 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - ceiling - painting - detail - St. Olav

Scene Description: towards the east end of the nave, near the chancel: here is St Olav, king of Norway, crowned and holding a large ax on his shoulder

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2024 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - ceiling - painting - detail - bishop with sword and crozier

Scene Description: if the sword had been on his head it could have meant to depict Thomas Becket

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2024 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - ceiling - painting - detail - devils

Scene Description: several devils engaged in different tasks occupy this section of the painted ceiling

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2024 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - ceiling - painting - detail - monk?

unfortunately the legend on the scroll is gone; could it be Bernard of Clairvaux? is the repeated "8" all around the figure a related symbol?

Scene Description: unfortunately the legend on the scroll is gone; could it be Bernard of Clairvaux? is the repeated "8" all around the figure a related symbol?

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2024 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Tynell (1913-1921: pl. XXII: 2)

Copyright Instructions: PD

view of font

Source caption: "Östra Herrestads kyrka [...] Dopfunt av spräcklig kalksten, skålen och foten i fyrpass, i inbuktningarna figurer i hög relief. Medeltida."

Scene Description: Source caption: "Östra Herrestads kyrka [...] Dopfunt av spräcklig kalksten, skålen och foten i fyrpass, i inbuktningarna figurer i hög relief. Medeltida."

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view of font

Source caption: "Östra Herrestads kyrka [...] Skiss över dopfunt av spräcklig kalksten, skålen och foten i fyrpass, i inbuktningarna figurer i hög relief. Medeltida. Teckning av Georg J:son Karlin."

Scene Description: Source caption: "Östra Herrestads kyrka [...] Skiss över dopfunt av spräcklig kalksten, skålen och foten i fyrpass, i inbuktningarna figurer i hög relief. Medeltida. Teckning av Georg J:son Karlin."

Image Source: digital image [1507-076.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph of a drawing by Georg J:son Karlin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Östra_Herrestads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200066714.jpg] [accessed 29 August 2021]

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view of font and baptismal dish - south side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2024 by BSI

view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Östra Herrestads kyrka [...] Dopfunt och kolonett vid triumfbågen."

Image Source: digital image [1507-033.TIF] of a 1906 B&W photograph by Theodor Wåhlin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Östra_Herrestads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200066667.jpg] [accessed 29 August 2021]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Östra Herrestads kyrka [...] Dopfunt av spräcklig kalksten, skålen och foten i fyrpass, i inbuktningarna figurer i hög relief. Medeltida."

Image Source: digital image [1507-075.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Östra_Herrestads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200066713.jpg] [accessed 29 August 2021]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 05801HER

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Östra-Herrestads kyrka

Church Location: Östra-Herrestads kyrkby, 272 96 Simrishamn, Sweden

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Skåne, Skåne län

Directions to Site: Located off the confluence of local roads M1551 and M1554 [aka Herrestadsvägen] 3 km NE of Hammenhög, about 15 km ESE of Tomelilla and about the same distance W of Simrishamn

Ecclesiastic Region: Lunds Stift

Historical Region: Ingelstads härad, Skåne län

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, E end

Century and Period: 14th century, Gothic

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Holmbygruppen [Tynell] / Lübeck type-b / musselcuppstyp modifierad [SHM]

Cognate Fonts: The fonts at Hedesunda in Gästrikland, and Frötuna in Uppland, for instance

Church Notes: late-12thC(?) church; original tympanum inscribed after Carl stone mason; modified 15thC; expanded and present tower added 1880s;

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted in Brunius (1850) Described and illustrated in Tynell (1913-1921) as a baptismal font of the Holmygruppen made of limestone; Tynell's entry describes the four figures, one of which is seated and crowned, anothe stabbs a dragon with a spear, a third is armed with a sword and stands on anothe human holding a sword, while the fourth figure, haloed, holds a processional cross in his left hand, the right hand raised in benediction. Mentioned as a reference font in Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. II, hft. 3: 293 and 292n4) as a baptismal font with a quatrefoil basin and a rounded underbowl, its sides ornamented with a blind arcade of pointed arches (it could be described also as pointed-rib pattern); there are four human figures at 90-degree angles on the sides, some damaged; the upper rim side has a moulding all around. The base is a tetra-lobed pedestal with an equally-shaped centre ring. Tynell (ibid.) refers to the font at Östra-Herrestad in Skåne as part of the Holmby group, similar to the one at Frötuna in Uppland. Roosval (1917: 199) gives the font at Hedesunda in Gästrikland as cognate as well. Drake (2002: 183) lists this font as part of the "Lübeck type-b (quatrefoil basin)". Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900713F2] as a 'musselcuppstyp modifierad' batismal font made of limestone in the 14th century. The limestone of this font is of the type often found on English fonts and described as a "marble" [e.g.: Frosterley, etc.]. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.526111, 14.166389

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 31′ 34″ N, 14° 9′ 59″ E

UTM: 33U 447376 6153655

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone

Number of Pieces: 3

Font Shape: quatrefoil (mounted) -- chalice-shaped

Basin Interior Shape: quatrefoil

Basin Exterior Shape: quatrefoil

Drainage Notes: no lining -- basin interior is half-filled with cement; no drain hole visible now

Rim Thickness: 7-9 cm***

Diameter (inside rim): 60-79 cm***

Diameter (includes rim): 95 cm* / 96 cm ** / 79-95 cm***

Basin Depth: 7-8 cm*** [half-filled with cement[

Basin Total Height: 53 cm***

Height of Base: 44 cm***

Height of Central Column: 31 cm***

Font Height (less Plinth): 98 cm* / ** / 97 cm***

Notes on Measurements: * Tynell (1913-1921: 57) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900713F2] / *** BSI on-site

REFERENCES

Brandel, Sven, Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland, Stockholm: Svenska Bokhandelscentralen, 1921-1984

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

Muir, Thomas S., Ecclesiological Notes on Some of the Islands of Scotland, Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1885

Roosval, Johnny, Dopfuntar i Statens Historiska Museum, 1917

Statens Historiska Museum, Stocholm, Medeltidens bildvärld, 2003. Accessed: 2024-09-06 00:00:00. URL: https://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/sok/avancerad.asp.

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