Bergunda

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animal - fabulous animal or monster - winged lion - foliated tongue sticking out - passant

passant to the left -- like the other animals on this font this one, too, has interlace decoration appearing to develop from its mane -- notice the repaired damage on this side
Scene Description: passant to the left -- like the other animals on this font this one, too, has interlace decoration appearing to develop from its mane -- notice the repaired damage on this side
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910615F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=910615F3] [accessed 26 May 2020]
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animal - fabulous animal or monster - winged lion - passant

passant to the right -- if the 'hump' on its back is meant to be its wings, the animal would be a winged lion, as most of the other features would support that identification: the tail, seen here below, rather than above, is floriated, as is the long tongue issuing from its upside-down head -- like the other animals on this font, the mane appears to develop into an interlace, much eroded here
Scene Description: passant to the right -- if the 'hump' on its back is meant to be its wings, the animal would be a winged lion, as most of the other features would support that identification: the tail, seen here below, rather than above, is floriated, as is the long tongue issuing from its upside-down head -- like the other animals on this font, the mane appears to develop into an interlace, much eroded here
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910615F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=910615F3] [accessed 26 May 2020]
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animal - mammal - lion - passant-gardant

passant to the right - the floriated tail end that appears to sprout from the back of the lion resembles the motifs in the arcade spandrels -- although much eroded now, there is an interlace decorating part of the lion's body, as if it developped from the the end of its mane
Scene Description: passant to the right - the floriated tail end that appears to sprout from the back of the lion resembles the motifs in the arcade spandrels -- although much eroded now, there is an interlace decorating part of the lion's body, as if it developped from the the end of its mane
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910615F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=910615F3] [accessed 26 May 2020]
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animal - mammal - lion - passant-regardant

passant to the left - the lion appears to be biting the end of its floriated tail -- there is interlace decoration on the lion's body, as if it developped from the the end of its mane
Scene Description: passant to the left - the lion appears to be biting the end of its floriated tail -- there is interlace decoration on the lion's body, as if it developped from the the end of its mane
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910615F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=910615F3] [accessed 26 May 2020]
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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - beaded-tape - columns - columns with capitals

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910615F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=910615F3] [accessed 26 May 2020]
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design element - motifs - braid - 2-strand

all around the side of the upper rim
Scene Description: all around the side of the upper rim
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910615F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=910615F3] [accessed 26 May 2020]
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design element - motifs - foliage or plant

in all the spandrels of the arcade
Scene Description: in all the spandrels of the arcade
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910615F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=910615F3] [accessed 26 May 2020]
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design element - motifs - rope

like diagonal flutes
Scene Description: like diagonal flutes
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 April 2010 by Pieter Kuiper [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fabeldjursfunt.jpg] [accessed 26 May 2020]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding

like diagonal fluting; with heads at 90-degree angles
Scene Description: like diagonal fluting; with heads at 90-degree angles
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 April 2010 by Pieter Kuiper [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fabeldjursfunt.jpg] [accessed 26 May 2020]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding

like diagonal fluting; with heads at 90-degree angles
Scene Description: like diagonal fluting; with heads at 90-degree angles
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 April 2010 by Pieter Kuiper [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fabeldjursfunt.jpg] [accessed 26 May 2020]
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design element - motifs - sawtooth or zigzag

all around
Scene Description: all around
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910615F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=910615F3] [accessed 26 May 2020]
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design element - motifs - vine

on the shelf-like protrusions
Scene Description: on the shelf-like protrusions
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 April 2010 by Pieter Kuiper [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fabeldjursfunt.jpg] [accessed 26 May 2020]
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head - animal and human - 4

protome-like; the one on the right here, on the lower level, clearly human
Scene Description: protome-like; the one on the right here, on the lower level, clearly human
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910615F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=910615F3] [accessed 26 May 2020]
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head - animal and human - 4

protome-like; of the two visible here: a lion's on the left, human on the right
Scene Description: protome-like; of the two visible here: a lion's on the left, human on the right
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 April 2010 by Pieter Kuiper [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fabeldjursfunt.jpg] [accessed 26 May 2020]
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view of base

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 April 2010 by Pieter Kuiper [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fabeldjursfunt.jpg] [accessed 26 May 2020]
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view of base - detail

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910615F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=910615F3] [accessed 26 May 2020]
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view of church exterior - southeast view

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 April 2010 by Pieter Kuiper [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bergunda_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 26 May 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east

the church had just undergone its second renovation of the 20thC in 1939; the medieval font was removed from the centre aisle and placed by the south wall, west of the south chancel doorway [not visible in this image]
Scene Description: the church had just undergone its second renovation of the 20thC in 1939; the medieval font was removed from the centre aisle and placed by the south wall, west of the south chancel doorway [not visible in this image]
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Image Source: digital image [896-017.TIF] of a 1940 B&W photograph by Bertil Berthelson in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bergunda_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200069896.jpg] [accessed 26 May 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east

shown here before the 1939 renovation of the church, with the medieval font standing at the east end of the centre aisle
Scene Description: shown here before the 1939 renovation of the church, with the medieval font standing at the east end of the centre aisle
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Image Source: digital image [896-018.TIF] of a 1926 B&W photograph by Ragnar Blomqvist in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bergunda_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200069897.jpg] [accessed 26 May 2020]
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view of font

Source caption: "Dopfunt av sandsten i två block. På foten åtta huvuden, på cuppan djur under rundbågsarkader. Från 1100-talet."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt av sandsten i två block. På foten åtta huvuden, på cuppan djur under rundbågsarkader. Från 1100-talet."
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Image Source: digital image [896-023.TIF] of a 1926 B&W photograph by Ragnar Blomqvist in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bergunda_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200069902.jpg] [accessed 26 May 2020]
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view of font

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 April 2010 by Pieter Kuiper [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fabeldjursfunt.jpg] [accessed 26 May 2020]
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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910615F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=910615F3] [accessed 26 May 2020]
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view of font in context

the medieval font is partially visiblein the bottom-right corner of the image, beneath the "Läktare för grevarna på Bergkvara"
Scene Description: the medieval font is partially visiblein the bottom-right corner of the image, beneath the "Läktare för grevarna på Bergkvara"
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 April 2010 by Pieter Kuiper [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greveläktaren.jpg] [accessed 26 May 2020]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 06244BER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Bergunda kyrka
Church Location: Bergunda kyrka, 355 93 Växjö, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 470 70 48 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Småland, Kronobergs län
Directions to Site: Located off local road G710, E of highway 23, 2-3 km SW of Växjö
Ecclesiastic Region: Växjö stift
Historical Region: Kinnevalds härad, Kronobergs län
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end of the nave, S side
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Njudungsmästaren [Blomqvist] / Njudungsgruppen [Borg,SHM] / Bestiarius, Group 3 [Drake]
Cognate Fonts: Other such fonts in the group
Church Notes: church raided and/or destroyed by Danish troops; bell tower demolished 1732; church renovated 1826; restored 1904, 1939
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in Blomqvist (1929) who includes this font in his section on the 'Njudungsmästaren' with date in the late-12th century. Inventoried and illustrated in Borg (2002) as a baptismal font of the 'Njudungsgruppen' made of sandstone 1170-1220. Drake (2002) lists this font with the Bestiarius workshop (Group 3). Cylindrical basin decorated with lions and winged lions in an arcade of beaded tape; compound base with two levels, both decorated with large rope mouldings and heads at 90-degree angles, the heads both human and animal. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910615F3] as a 'Njudungsgruppen' baptismal font made of sandstone in the late-12th century.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.860306, 14.74575
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 51′ 37.1″ N, 14° 44′ 44.7″ E
UTM: 33V 484497 6301865

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (inside rim): 50 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 64 cm* / 65 cm**
Basin Depth: 30 cm*
Height of Basin Side: 31 cm*
Basin Total Height: 38 cm*
Height of Base: 43 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 81 cm* / 80 cm**
Trapezoidal Basin: 54 x 54 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Borg (2002) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910615F3]

REFERENCES

Blomqvist, Ragnar, Studier i Smålands romanska stenkonst, 1929
Borg, Raine, Smålands medeltida dopfuntar, Göteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, 2002
Drake, Colin Stuart, The Romanesque Fonts of Northern Europe and Scandinavia, Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002