Jarfalla / Järfälla / Jerfälla

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view of font

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bysmon, 2014
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 30 November 2014 by Bysmon [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Järfälla_kyrka,_dopfunten,_2016-11-27a.jpg] [accessed 26 Fenruary 2020]
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view of font

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bysmon, 2014
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 30 November 2014 by Bysmon [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Järfälla_kyrka,_dopfunten,_2016-11-27c.jpg] [accessed 26 Fenruary 2020]
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Source caption: "Järfälla kyrka, Järfälla kommun, Stockholms län. Dopfunten. Dopfunten är från slutet av 1100-talet. Den är huggen i sandsten av stenhuggaren Semi-Byzantinos [sic] från en stenhuggarskola i Mälardalen."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Järfälla kyrka, Järfälla kommun, Stockholms län. Dopfunten. Dopfunten är från slutet av 1100-talet. Den är huggen i sandsten av stenhuggaren Semi-Byzantinos [sic] från en stenhuggarskola i Mälardalen."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bysmon, 2014
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 30 November 2014 by Bysmon [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Järfälla_kyrka,_dopfunten,_2016-11-27b.jpg] [accessed 26 Fenruary 2020]
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Source caption: "Den gamla dopfunten i Järfälla kyrka, Järfälla, Stockholms län. Dopfunten är den äldsta och märkligaste av kyrkans lösa inventarier. Gjord av sandsten och placerad under triumfbågen mellan kor och långhus. Anses vara från slutet av 1100-talet, ungefär samtidigt med kyrkan och utgör det enda som bevarats av kyrkans äldsta inredning. Den är tillverkad av en i Mälardalen verksam stenhuggarskola till vilken den gotländske stenhuggaren Semi-Byzantios anses ha gett upphovet.[...] Skålens dekor består överst av ett flätverk, som bildar rundlar kring stiliserade djur och nederst av bevingade och sammanflätade drakar. På foten sitter tre odjurshuvuden och ett gumsehuvud. Om dopfunten har museilektor Ernst Klein skrivit: "Vid den ha kanhända ännu gråhåriga, botfärdiga asadyrkare böjt sitt huvud och avsvurit Oden, Tor och Frej."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Den gamla dopfunten i Järfälla kyrka, Järfälla, Stockholms län. Dopfunten är den äldsta och märkligaste av kyrkans lösa inventarier. Gjord av sandsten och placerad under triumfbågen mellan kor och långhus. Anses vara från slutet av 1100-talet, ungefär samtidigt med kyrkan och utgör det enda som bevarats av kyrkans äldsta inredning. Den är tillverkad av en i Mälardalen verksam stenhuggarskola till vilken den gotländske stenhuggaren Semi-Byzantios anses ha gett upphovet.[...] Skålens dekor består överst av ett flätverk, som bildar rundlar kring stiliserade djur och nederst av bevingade och sammanflätade drakar. På foten sitter tre odjurshuvuden och ett gumsehuvud. Om dopfunten har museilektor Ernst Klein skrivit: "Vid den ha kanhända ännu gråhåriga, botfärdiga asadyrkare böjt sitt huvud och avsvurit Oden, Tor och Frej."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [Järfälla kommuns Bilddatabas. Bild nr 03327] of a B&W photograph by ATA, 1948 för utställningen Kyrkan arbetar i Ostermans Bilhall [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Järfälla_kyrka,_dopfunt_i_sandsten_från_slutet_av_1100-talet.jpg] [accessed 26 February 2020]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

animal - bird - in a circle

biting the circled enclosure
Scene Description: biting the circled enclosure
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bysmon, 2014
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 30 November 2014 by Bysmon [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Järfälla_kyrka,_dopfunten,_2016-11-27a.jpg] [accessed 26 Fenruary 2020]
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design element - motifs - wheel

seen here on the right; made up of several concentric circles
Scene Description: seen here on the right; made up of several concentric circles
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [3547-138.TIF] of a B&W photograph taken in 1904 by Otto Janse, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Järfälla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200122582.jpg] [accessed 26 February 2020]
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design element - motifs - interlace

between the linked circles on the basin sides and spandrels
Scene Description: between the linked circles on the basin sides and spandrels
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [3547-138.TIF] of a B&W photograph taken in 1904 by Otto Janse, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Järfälla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200122582.jpg] [accessed 26 February 2020]
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animal - bird - necks tangled - 2

their tails are tangled with the tails of the pair of dragons
Scene Description: their tails are tangled with the tails of the pair of dragons
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [3547-138.TIF] of a B&W photograph taken in 1904 by Otto Janse, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Järfälla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200122582.jpg] [accessed 26 February 2020]
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animal - mammal - deer - in a circle

biting the circled enclosure
Scene Description: biting the circled enclosure
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [3547-136.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Järfälla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200122580.jpg] [accessed 26 February 2020]
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design element - motifs - circle - linked circles - 7

all around the basin sides; six have animals in them, one has a wheel-like motif
Scene Description: all around the basin sides; six have animals in them, one has a wheel-like motif
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [3547-134.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Järfälla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200122578.jpg] [accessed 26 February 2020]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

animal - bird - facing each other - in a circle - 2

heads touching, wings fully open
Scene Description: heads touching, wings fully open
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [3547-008.TIF] of a B&W photograph taken in 1913 by S. Rodhe in Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Järfälla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200122252.jpg] [accessed 26 February 2020]
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animal - mammal - deer - horned deer - in a circle

biting the circled enclosure
Scene Description: biting the circled enclosure
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [Järfälla kommuns Bilddatabas. Bild nr 03327] of a B&W photograph by ATA, 1948 för utställningen Kyrkan arbetar i Ostermans Bilhall [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Järfälla_kyrka,_dopfunt_i_sandsten_från_slutet_av_1100-talet.jpg] [accessed 26 February 2020]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

animal - fabulous animal or monster - dragon - intertwined - 2

their necks tangled with each other's, their tails tangled with the pair of birds'
Scene Description: their necks tangled with each other's, their tails tangled with the pair of birds'
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [Järfälla kommuns Bilddatabas. Bild nr 03327] of a B&W photograph by ATA, 1948 för utställningen Kyrkan arbetar i Ostermans Bilhall [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Järfälla_kyrka,_dopfunt_i_sandsten_från_slutet_av_1100-talet.jpg] [accessed 26 February 2020]
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view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bysmon, 2014
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 30 November 2014 by Bysmon [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Järfälla_kyrka,_2014ba.jpg] [accessed 26 Fenruary 2020]
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view of church exterior in context

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © L.G.foto, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2011 by L.G.foto [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Järfälla_kyrka_från_luften.jpg] [accessed 26 February 2020]
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view of church exterior - bell tower

Source caption: "Klockstapeln, mot sydöst."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Klockstapeln, mot sydöst."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [3547-065.TIF] taken in 1911 by B. Almqvist, in Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Järfälla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200122414.jpg] [accessed 26 February 2020]
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view of font in context

the basin of the font is visible by the south pillar of the chancel arch
Scene Description: the basin of the font is visible by the south pillar of the chancel arch
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [3547-097.TIF] taken in 1949 by Nils Lagergren, in Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Järfälla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200122470.jpg] [accessed 26 February 2020]
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view of font in context

at the time -1922- the font was located in the centre aislejust west of the communion railing
Scene Description: at the time -1922- the font was located in the centre aislejust west of the communion railing
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [3547-096.TIF] taken in 1922 by Ingegerd Henschen, in Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Järfälla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200122498.jpg] [accessed 26 February 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east

the font, only partially visible, is located beneath the chancel arch, south side
Scene Description: the font, only partially visible, is located beneath the chancel arch, south side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [3547-098.TIF] taken in 1956 by Nils Lagergren, in Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Järfälla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200122510.jpg] [accessed 26 February 2020]
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human figure - head - 4

of the four heads, one may be human (too damaged for identification), the other three animal, of which two look feline and the other, seen here on the left, a ram
Scene Description: of the four heads, one may be human (too damaged for identification), the other three animal, of which two look feline and the other, seen here on the left, a ram
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bysmon, 2014
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 30 November 2014 by Bysmon [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Järfälla_kyrka,_dopfunten,_2016-11-27b.jpg] [accessed 26 Fenruary 2020]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

design element - motifs - roll moulding

just above the heads, quite pronounced
Scene Description: just above the heads, quite pronounced
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [3547-135.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Järfälla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200122579.jpg] [accessed 26 February 2020]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 05851JAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late?), Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Mälardalstype? / Semi-Byzantios?
Cognate Fonts: Bro, Sånga and Litslena (Uppland), as well as Ytterselö (Södermanland)
Church / Chapel Name: Järfälla kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the chancel arch, S side
Church Address: Kyrkvägen 8, 177 46 Järfälla, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 8 580 218 00
Site Location: Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the E18, just N of Barkarby, in the southern part of Uppland, 20-25 km NW of Stockholm
Ecclesiastic Region: Stockholms stift
Historical Region: Sollentuna härad, Stockholms län, Uppland
Additional Comments: damaged font: one of the heads on the base is badly damaged
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. VI, hft. 4: 531, 558-561) as a sandstone baptismal font of the late-12th century; the basin is cylindrical with tall sides and a conical underbowl, and is believed to be the work of a Mällarad workshop, a central Swedish work; the basin sides, as well as those on the underbowl, are completely covered in a busy low-relief, the main structure of which are several large circles occupied by different animals (birds, deer, fabulous animals...), interlace, etc. The base is round and has a roll moulding on the upper end; below it, four protruding heads, one of which (usually a human head) is badly damaged (the others appear to be one ram and two felines); the rest of the base is plain. The same source (ibid.) gives the baptismal fonts at Bro, Sånga and Litslena (Uppland) and the one at Ytterselö (Södermanland) as cognate fonts. [NB: for a fuller subject analysis of the motifs on this font see the BSI entry for Sånga, as the decorative programmes are similar].

COORDINATES

UTM: 33V 662959 6589099
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 59.408889, 17.871111
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 59° 24′ 32″ N, 17° 52′ 16″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 70 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 88 cm
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. VI, hft. 4: 558)

REFERENCES

  • Brandel, Sven, Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland, Stockholm: Svenska Bokhandelscentralen, 1921-1984, Bd. VI, hft. 4: 531, 558-561