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Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. John - symbol - eagle?

Scene Description: not haloed but must have meant to be John's symbol, as the other three symbols appear on this font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken by Lennart Karlsson, in Medeltidens bildvärld [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=940831F] [accessed 18 March 2020]

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Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Mark - symbol - winged lion - haloed - passant-regardant

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Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Matthew - symbol - angel - with scroll

Image Source: digital image [3562-078.TIF] of a B&W photograph taken in 1955 by Nils Lagergren [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bro_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200113225.jpg] [accessed 18 March 2020]

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Apostle or saint - Evangelists - symbol?

the bird and the winged lion may have been meant to be symbols for John and Mark respectively, together with a haloed angel holding a scroll on the uderbowl but, like many of the mostifs and symbols on this font, of questionable identification -- on the underbowl: Joseph dreams in the centre as part of the Nativity scene that covers the left side as well

Scene Description: the bird and the winged lion may have been meant to be symbols for John and Mark respectively, together with a haloed angel holding a scroll on the uderbowl but, like many of the mostifs and symbols on this font, of questionable identification -- on the underbowl: Joseph dreams in the centre as part of the Nativity scene that covers the left side as well

Image Source: digital image [3562-082.TIF] of a B&W photograph taken in 1955 by Nils Lagergren [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bro_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200113230.jpg] [accessed 18 March 2020]

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Christ - Christ in Majesty

Scene Description: [L->R]: Christ in Majesty(?) - bishop(?) with staff

Image Source: digital image [3562-077.TIF] of a B&W photograph taken in 1955 by Nils Lagergren [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bro_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200113224.jpg] [accessed 18 March 2020]

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New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Nativity - Christ child lying on the manger - animals present

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New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Nativity - Joseph sitting in a chair

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New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Nativity - Joseph's Doubts and Christ Child

Scene Description: there is no Mary in the Nativity scene on this font

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New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Nativity - detail

Scene Description: Christ child in the manger, with ox and mule

Image Source: digital image [3562-076.TIF] of a B&W photograph taken in 1951 by Nils Lagergren [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bro_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200113223.jpg] [accessed 18 March 2020]

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animal - 2

on the basin sides: two facing quadrupeds inscribed in circles linked by lion heads; the one on the right appears to be a lion; the one on the left a fabulous beast with a beaked head; notice how the carver is not constrained by the demarkating circles and over-rides the boundaries at will -- on the underbowl: part of the Nativity scene, the Child in the manger

Scene Description: on the basin sides: two facing quadrupeds inscribed in circles linked by lion heads; the one on the right appears to be a lion; the one on the left a fabulous beast with a beaked head; notice how the carver is not constrained by the demarkating circles and over-rides the boundaries at will -- on the underbowl: part of the Nativity scene, the Child in the manger

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animal - fabulous animal or monster - chimera

on the basin sides: a chimera(?) in the centre; a loose-end interlace on the right -- on the underbowl: haloed angel holding scroll in the right arch; mitred demi-figure holding a staff(?) on the left

Scene Description: on the basin sides: a chimera(?) in the centre; a loose-end interlace on the right -- on the underbowl: haloed angel holding scroll in the right arch; mitred demi-figure holding a staff(?) on the left

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animal - fabulous animal or monster - unidentified

the figure at the centre of the image is one of the strangest on this font, a real tour-de-force; the frame around it becomes a pair of serpent heads, one of which fites the other; at the opposite end, on the left, the head or mask is uoside fown; the animal in the frame appears to be a quadruped but the front end has the legs down whereas the hind quarters have the legs up; the head is upturned and bites the frame, itself a part of the serpent's body; In the two arches of the underbowl are the mitred figure holding a staff on the right, and a haloed male figure that could be Christ in Majesty in the left arch.

Scene Description: the figure at the centre of the image is one of the strangest on this font, a real tour-de-force; the frame around it becomes a pair of serpent heads, one of which fites the other; at the opposite end, on the left, the head or mask is uoside fown; the animal in the frame appears to be a quadruped but the front end has the legs down whereas the hind quarters have the legs up; the head is upturned and bites the frame, itself a part of the serpent's body; In the two arches of the underbowl are the mitred figure holding a staff on the right, and a haloed male figure that could be Christ in Majesty in the left arch.

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animal - reptile - snake - 2 - intertwined - fighting

Scene Description: here the circles become the bodies of two serpents, one biting the other

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cleric - bishop - wearing mitre - holding staff

the mitre looking like a crown -- [L->R]: Christ in Majesty(?) - bishop(?) with staff - haloed angel with scroll -- notice the detail on the base, probably a head but now eroded into anonymity

Scene Description: the mitre looking like a crown -- [L->R]: Christ in Majesty(?) - bishop(?) with staff - haloed angel with scroll -- notice the detail on the base, probably a head but now eroded into anonymity

Image Source: digital image [3562-069.TIF] of a B&W photograph taken in 1918 by Johnny Roosval [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bro_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200113216.jpg] [accessed 18 March 2020]

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design element - architectural - arcade - columns with capitals

Scene Description: some of the capitals are heads or masks; others totally plain and sketchy

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design element - motifs - floral or foliage

Scene Description: seen here in the centre arch

Image Source: digital image [3562-079.TIF] of a B&W photograph taken in 1955 by Nils Lagergren [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bro_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200113226.jpg] [accessed 18 March 2020]

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Image Source: edited detail of a digital image [3562-067.TIF] of a B&W photograph taken in 1943 by Per Olof Westlund [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bro_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200113214.jpg] [accessed 18 March 2020]

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design element - patterns - interlace

on the basin sides: an intricate interlace with many loose ends on the centre-left; beaked-head quadruped on the right -- on the underbowl: haloed angel holding scroll in the left arch; a floral or foliage motif resembling rabbit ears in the centre; end of the Nativity scene with animal and left end of Mary's bed -- notice the capital on the right, another lion head or mask

Scene Description: on the basin sides: an intricate interlace with many loose ends on the centre-left; beaked-head quadruped on the right -- on the underbowl: haloed angel holding scroll in the left arch; a floral or foliage motif resembling rabbit ears in the centre; end of the Nativity scene with animal and left end of Mary's bed -- notice the capital on the right, another lion head or mask

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design element - patterns - interlace - linked circles - with heads or masks

Scene Description: the circles, at times not very round, or incomplete, or animated into serpents... The masks at time feline, or grotesque...

Image Source: digital image [3562-080.TIF] of a B&W photograph taken in 1955 by Nils Lagergren [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bro_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200113227.jpg] [accessed 18 March 2020]

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head, face or mask

Scene Description: some are feline-looking others grotesque

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human figure - head

Scene Description: several; one at least, from the shape, could have been animal but it now totally eroded

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view of basin

Scene Description: showing the correspodence between basin side, underbowl and base

Image Source: digital image [3562-070.TIF] of a B&W photograph taken in 1918 by Johnny Roosval [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bro_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200113217.jpg] [accessed 18 March 2020]

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view of basin - underbowl

Scene Description: a human figure haloed on the left; on the right is a haloed angel holding a book

Image Source: digital image [3562-071.TIF] of a B&W photograph taken in 1918 by Johnny Roosval [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bro_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200113218.jpg] [accessed 18 March 2020]

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view of church exterior - bell-cote

Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 October 2009 by Zejo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bro_klockstapel.jpg] [accessed 18 March 2020]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 October 2009 by Zejo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bro_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 18 March 2020]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: the top of the font is discernible behind the bank of pews, far [east] end, right [south] side

Image Source: digital image [3562-044.TIF] of a B&W photograph taken in 1951 by Nils Lagergren [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bro_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200113180.jpg] [accessed 18 March 2020]

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view of church interior - retable

Scene Description: 16thC?

Image Source: digital image [3562-088.TIF] of a B&W photograph taken in 1955 by Nils Lagergren [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bro_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200113242.jpg] [accessed 18 March 2020]

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view of font

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view of font

Scene Description: *** [NB: the image is probably reversed from the original negative: the animals should be on the right and the interlace on the left]

Image Source: digital image [3562-065.TIF] of a B&W photograph taken in 1913 by Anders Roland [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bro_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200113212.jpg] [accessed 18 March 2020]

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view of font

Image Source: digital image [3562-064.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bro_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200113210.jpg] [accessed 18 March 2020]

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view of font

Image Source: digital image [3562-063.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bro_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200113209.jpg] [accessed 18 March 2020]

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view of font

Image Source: digital image [3562-062.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bro_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200113208.jpg] [accessed 18 March 2020]

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view of font

Image Source: digital image [3562-081.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph taken in 1955 by Nils Lagergren [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bro_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200113228.jpg] [accessed 18 March 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: at the east end, south side, opposite the pulpit

Image Source: digital image [3562-040.TIF] of a B&W photograph taken in 1943 by Per Olof Westlund [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bro_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200113173.jpg] [accessed 18 March 2020]

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view of font in context

Image Source: digital image [3562-068.TIF] of a B&W photograph taken in 1943 by Per Olof Westlund [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bro_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200113215.jpg] [accessed 18 March 2020]

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view of font in context

Image Source: digital image [3562-067.TIF] of a B&W photograph taken in 1943 by Per Olof Westlund [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bro_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200113214.jpg] [accessed 18 March 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 05854BRO

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Bro kyrka

Church Location: Assurs väg 3, 197 91 Bro, Sweden

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Uppsala, Uppsala län

Directions to Site: Located on the E18, 40-50 km SW of Uppsala, about the same distance NW of Stockholm

Ecclesiastic Region: Uppsala Stift

Historical Region: Bro härad, Uppsala län, Uppland

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, S side, to the right of the altar

Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Romanesque

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Mälardalsgruppen [SHM ]

Cognate Fonts: Järfälla, Sånga and Litslena (Uppland), as well as Ytterselö (Södermanland)

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted in Roosval (1918) and Nordström (1984). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 940831F] as a sandstone baptismal font of the Mälardalsgruppen with date in the 12th century. Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. 7, hft. 1: 30-34) as a cylindrical mounted baptismal font dated to the last quarter of the 12th century and made of Mälardal sandstone; the sides of the basin are vertical and ornamented with anthropomorfic figures, usually human heads on animal bodies, as well as foliage and geometrical motifs. The tall underbowl chamfer has an arcade of round arches containing a Nativity scene without Mary, a Christ in Majesty flanked by a haloed angel; a bishop in another arch [although his mitre looks like a crown], is followed by a haloed angel holding a scroll (perhaps the symbol of Matthew), and other motifs. The base is a separate block in the shape of truncated cone with an upper ring moulding ornamented with small heads. The bottom of the font appears to have a wooden ring protection around it. A cognate font of the ones at Järfälla, Sånga and Litslena (Uppland), and Ytterselö (Södermanland).

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 59.506064, 17.626819

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 59° 30′ 21.83″ N, 17° 37′ 36.55″ E

UTM: 33V 648671 6599342

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone [mälardalssandsten]

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Diameter (includes rim): 70 cm* / 69 cm**

Font Height (less Plinth): 96 cm* / 94 cm**

Notes on Measurements: * Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. 7, hft. 1: 31) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 940831F2]

REFERENCES

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

Nordström, Folke, Mediaeval Baptismal Fonts: An Iconographical Study, Stockholm: Universitetet i Umeå, 1984

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