Appuna

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view of font

the two parts now in the museum [SHM]; the lower base is said to be in Appuna, in the new church
Scene Description: the two parts now in the museum [SHM]; the lower base is said to be in Appuna, in the new church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens historiska museet, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950512F6] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950512F6] [accessed 5 April 2020]
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view of font

the two parts now in the museum [SHM]; the lower base is said to be in Appuna, in the new church
Scene Description: the two parts now in the museum [SHM]; the lower base is said to be in Appuna, in the new church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens historiska museet, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950512F6] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950512F6] [accessed 5 April 2020]
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design element - motifs - plant - acanthus?

Source caption: "bladornament, cuppans undersida"
Scene Description: Source caption: "bladornament, cuppans undersida"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens historiska museet, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950512F6] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950512F6] [accessed 5 April 2020]
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design element - architectural - arch-head - round - beaded-tape

each arch containing a large acanthus-like plant with leaves that overflow the frame of the arch, one from the front of the arch, another from behind the arch
Scene Description: each arch containing a large acanthus-like plant with leaves that overflow the frame of the arch, one from the front of the arch, another from behind the arch
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens historiska museet, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950512F6] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950512F6] [accessed 5 April 2020]
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animal - mammal - quadruped - passant

Source caption: "lejonliknande djur"
Scene Description: Source caption: "lejonliknande djur"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens historiska museet, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950512F6] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950512F6] [accessed 5 April 2020]
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animal - mammal - quadruped - passant

Source caption: "lejonliknande djur"
Scene Description: Source caption: "lejonliknande djur"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens historiska museet, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950512F6] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950512F6] [accessed 5 April 2020]
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animal - mammal - lion - passant

lion passant to the right -- Source caption: "lejon"
Scene Description: lion passant to the right -- Source caption: "lejon"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens historiska museet, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950512F6] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950512F6] [accessed 5 April 2020]
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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - beaded-tape - columns - columns with capitals

the top of the arches has been lost but what remains shows a well-defined arcade; the capitals are plain and there are no bases on the also plain columns
Scene Description: the top of the arches has been lost but what remains shows a well-defined arcade; the capitals are plain and there are no bases on the also plain columns
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens historiska museet, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950512F6] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950512F6] [accessed 5 April 2020]
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animal - mammal - lion - passant

lion passant to the left in the right aech facing another such in the left arch -- Source caption: "motställda lejon"
Scene Description: lion passant to the left in the right aech facing another such in the left arch -- Source caption: "motställda lejon"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens historiska museet, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950512F6] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950512F6] [accessed 5 April 2020]
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view of church exterior in context - south view

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © L.G.foto, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 April 2011 by L.G.foto [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Appuna_kyrka_från_luften.jpg] [accessed 5 April 2020]
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view of church exterior - southeast view

probably a photograph of one of two watercolours remaining of the old church before its demolition, kept in the sacristy of the new church
Scene Description: probably a photograph of one of two watercolours remaining of the old church before its demolition, kept in the sacristy of the new church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 July 2003 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Appuna_g_kyrka2.JPG] [accessed 5 April 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east

probably a photograph of one of two watercolours remaining of the old church before its demolition, kept in the sacristy of the new church
Scene Description: probably a photograph of one of two watercolours remaining of the old church before its demolition, kept in the sacristy of the new church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 July 2003 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Appuna_g_kyrka1.JPG] [accessed 5 April 2020]
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view of church interior - looking west

interior of the late-19thC church
Scene Description: interior of the late-19thC church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 December 2011 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Appuna_8.jpg] [accessed 5 April 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east

interior of the late-19thC church: the late-17thC font is partially visible at the far [east] end, right [south] side
Scene Description: interior of the late-19thC church: the late-17thC font is partially visible at the far [east] end, right [south] side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2000
Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 January 2000 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Appuna_3.jpg] [accessed 5 April 2020]
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design element - motifs - vine - acanthus

Source caption: "bladornament, skaft och cuppans undersida" -- the image shows a partial view of the underbowl and of the upper section of the pedestal base
Scene Description: Source caption: "bladornament, skaft och cuppans undersida" -- the image shows a partial view of the underbowl and of the upper section of the pedestal base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens historiska museet, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950512F6] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950512F6] [accessed 5 April 2020]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 06238APP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late?), Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Bestiarius, Group 1
Museum: Statens historiska museum, Stockholm, inv.nr. 7890
Church / Chapel Name: [originally from Appuna kyrka]
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Church Notes: medieval (12thC?) church demolished 1886; new church inaugurated 1887
Church Address: Appuna, 590 21 Väderstad, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 142 552 00
Site Location: Östergötland, Östergötlands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Appuna is located off (N) of tthe E4, 3-4 km NE of Väderstad, 10 km WNW of Mjölby and in its municipality
Ecclesiastic Region: Linköpings stift
Historical Region: Göstrings härad, Mjölby kn, Östergötlands län
Additional Comments: disused font (now in a museum; it may have been unused also since the introduction of a later font here in the mid-17thC [cf. FontNotes])
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in Roosval (1917). Listed in Drake (2002: 141, 183) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period belonging to the Bestiarius workshop (Group 1); the basin has a "cylindrical upper part above a steeply sloping lower section [NB: the font is reported in the Statens Historiska museum of Stockholm]. Noted and illustrated in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950512F6] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the late-12th century; the basin is decorated with animal and foliage motifs [NB: the lower base of the old font appears to be in the new church at Appuna]. Noted and illustrated in Ullén & Ljungstedt (2003) with date in the 13th century.. The serving font in the new church was made of red limestone in 1660 by Michael Hacke, of Skänninge. There are two baptismal dishes in use one made of brass in the 17th century, the other made of silver in 1963 and bearing the inscription "Låten barnen komma till mig".

COORDINATES

UTM: 33V 497738 6466862
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 58.342667, 14.961361
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 58° 20′ 33.6″ N, 14° 57′ 40.9″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (inside rim): 47 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 61 cm*
Basin Depth: 14 cm*
Basin Total Height: 32-34 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Ullén & Ljungstedt (2003)

REFERENCES

  • Drake, Colin Stuart, The Romanesque Fonts of Northern Europe and Scandinavia, Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002, p. 141, 183
  • Ullén, Marian, Östergötlands medeltida dopfuntar, Stockholm: Riksantikvarieämbetet och författarna, 2003, p. 80, fig. 11,