Lekeryd

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Christ - Agnus Dei - with cross and banner - foliated tongue - passant

passant to the right; the cross-and-banner symbol is just sitting on the animal's back, not held by any of its four legs; the 'tongue' looks like an oversize arrow-head
Scene Description: passant to the right; the cross-and-banner symbol is just sitting on the animal's back, not held by any of its four legs; the 'tongue' looks like an oversize arrow-head
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910601F3] [accessed 19 October 2021]
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animal - bird - foliated tongue? - passant

passant to the right; the large shape issuing from the chicken-like bird could be prey instead
Scene Description: passant to the right; the large shape issuing from the chicken-like bird could be prey instead
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2583-042.TIF] of a 1919 B&W photograph by Gotthard Johansson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lekeryds_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200084013.jpg] [accessed 18 October 2021]
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animal - fabulous animal or monster - dragon - with prey - human prey? - passant

passant to the right; the shape issuing from its mouth appears to be a human extremity
Scene Description: passant to the right; the shape issuing from its mouth appears to be a human extremity
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910601F3] [accessed 19 October 2021]
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animal - mammal - lion - foliated tail - foliated tongue - passant-regardant

it is difficult to ascertain whether the shape issuing from its mouth is a foliated tongue or prey
Scene Description: it is difficult to ascertain whether the shape issuing from its mouth is a foliated tongue or prey
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2583-039.TIF] of a 1919 B&W photograph by Gotthard Johansson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lekeryds_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200084008.jpg] [accessed 18 October 2021]
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animal - mammal - lion - foliated tail - rampant

seen here in the centre arch [NB: unlike most of the other animals on this font this one appears to have some feline characteristics -- it is not clear whether one of the front legs aims for its mouth or not]
Scene Description: seen here in the centre arch [NB: unlike most of the other animals on this font this one appears to have some feline characteristics -- it is not clear whether one of the front legs aims for its mouth or not]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910601F3] [accessed 19 October 2021]
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animal - mammal - quadruped - 2

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910601F3] [accessed 19 October 2021]
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animal - mammal - quadruped - foliated tongue - foliated tail - passant

passant to the right, in the left arch [NB: most of the animals on this font are and their attibutes are rather fuzzy for identiffication]
Scene Description: passant to the right, in the left arch [NB: most of the animals on this font are and their attibutes are rather fuzzy for identiffication]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910601F3] [accessed 19 October 2021]
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animal - mammal - quadruped - foliated tongue - foliated tail - passant

seen here in the left arch, passant to the right; the shape issuing from its mouth has an arrow-pointed tip
Scene Description: seen here in the left arch, passant to the right; the shape issuing from its mouth has an arrow-pointed tip
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910601F3] [accessed 19 October 2021]
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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - beaded-tape - 8 - columns - columns with capitals

the deaded-tape pattern is only used in the arch-heads; each circular capital has an inscribed motif or synbol (cross, circle, floral, etc); the supports of the arcade are very short, smaller than the capitals, with different patterns in them, some repeated
Scene Description: the deaded-tape pattern is only used in the arch-heads; each circular capital has an inscribed motif or synbol (cross, circle, floral, etc); the supports of the arcade are very short, smaller than the capitals, with different patterns in them, some repeated
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910601F3] [accessed 19 October 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

design element - motifs - ball, bead or pellet

at irregular spots, all around the lower edge of the basin
Scene Description: at irregular spots, all around the lower edge of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910601F3] [accessed 19 October 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

design element - motifs - braid

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.: 910601F3] [accessed 19 October 2021]
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design element - motifs - floral or foliage - 8

some of them resemble a trquetra; some of the lower arms have beaded-tape pattern but the pattern does not appear on the horizontal arms
Scene Description: some of them resemble a trquetra; some of the lower arms have beaded-tape pattern but the pattern does not appear on the horizontal arms
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910601F3] [accessed 19 October 2021]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910601F3] [accessed 19 October 2021]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding

the moulding is part of the upper block
Scene Description: the moulding is part of the upper block
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910601F3] [accessed 19 October 2021]
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design element - patterns - scalloped

all around, just below the human heads
Scene Description: all around, just below the human heads
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2583-038.TIF] [vertically rotated] of an undated [1952+] B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lekeryds_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200084002.jpg] [accessed 18 October 2021]
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human figure - head - 14 - ball - 14

although in the upper base position the heads are part of the upper block -- between the necks of the figures are ball-like motifs
Scene Description: although in the upper base position the heads are part of the upper block -- between the necks of the figures are ball-like motifs
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910601F3] [accessed 19 October 2021]
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symbol - plant or tree - Tree of life?

seen here in the centre arch
Scene Description: seen here in the centre arch
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2583-034.TIF] of a 1919 B&W photograph by Gotthard Johansson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lekeryds_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200083991.jpg] [accessed 18 October 2021]
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view of basin - detail

Source caption: "Lekeryds kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, detal. Anonymmästaren Bestiarius skola, början av 1200-talet."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Lekeryds kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, detal. Anonymmästaren Bestiarius skola, början av 1200-talet."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2583-036.TIF] of a 1919 B&W photograph by Gotthard Johansson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lekeryds_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200083995.jpg] [accessed 18 October 2021]
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view of basin - detail

Source caption: "Lekeryds kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, detal. Anonymmästaren Bestiarius skola, början av 1200-talet."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Lekeryds kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, detal. Anonymmästaren Bestiarius skola, början av 1200-talet."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2583-037.TIF] of a 1919 B&W photograph by Gotthard Johansson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lekeryds_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200083998.jpg] [accessed 18 October 2021]
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view of basin - detail

Source caption: "Lekeryds kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, detal. Anonymmästaren Bestiarius skola, början av 1200-talet."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Lekeryds kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, detal. Anonymmästaren Bestiarius skola, början av 1200-talet."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2583-039.TIF] of a 1919 B&W photograph by Gotthard Johansson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lekeryds_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200084008.jpg] [accessed 18 October 2021]
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view of church exterior - east view

Source caption: "Lekeryds kyrka [...] Kyrkan mot öster."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Lekeryds kyrka [...] Kyrkan mot öster."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2583-004.TIF] of a 1933 B&W photograph by Sigurd Curman, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lekeryds_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200083936.jpg] [accessed 18 October 2021]
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view of church exterior - northwest view

Source caption: "Kyrkan i Lekeryd"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kyrkan i Lekeryd"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tanzania, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph 12 April 2010 by Tanzania [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lekeryds_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 19 October 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior - sacristy - door

Source caption: "Lekeryds kyrka [...] Gammal dörr med järnbeslag." -- the old door , said to be from the main entranceway of the original building, now leads into the sacristy from the north side
Scene Description: Source caption: "Lekeryds kyrka [...] Gammal dörr med järnbeslag." -- the old door , said to be from the main entranceway of the original building, now leads into the sacristy from the north side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2583-019.TIF] of a 1919 B&W photograph by Gotthard Johansson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lekeryds_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200083966.jpg] [accessed 18 October 2021]
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Source caption: "Lekeryds kyrka"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Lekeryds kyrka"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © L.G.foto, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph 20 April 2009 by L.G.foto [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:0483Lekeryds_kyrka.jpg] accessed 19 October 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church interior - looking east

Source caption: "Lekeryds kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster. Från restaureringen 1952." -- showing the top of the medieval font on the right [south] side, by the psalm board
Scene Description: Source caption: "Lekeryds kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster. Från restaureringen 1952." -- showing the top of the medieval font on the right [south] side, by the psalm board
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2583-020.TIF] of an undated [1952+] B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lekeryds_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200083968.jpg] [accessed 18 October 2021]
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view of font

Source caption: "Lekeryds kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten. Anonymmästaren Bestiarius skola, början av 1200-talet."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Lekeryds kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten. Anonymmästaren Bestiarius skola, början av 1200-talet."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2583-034.TIF] of a 1919 B&W photograph by Gotthard Johansson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lekeryds_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200083991.jpg] [accessed 18 October 2021]
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view of font

Source caption: "Lekeryds kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten. Anonymmästaren Bestiarius skola, början av 1200-talet."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Lekeryds kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten. Anonymmästaren Bestiarius skola, början av 1200-talet."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2583-035.TIF] of a 1919 B&W photograph by Gotthard Johansson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lekeryds_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200083992.jpg] [accessed 18 October 2021]
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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.: 910601F3] [accessed 19 October 2021]
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view of font - detail

Source caption: "Lekeryds kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, detalj. Anonymmästaren Bestiarius skola, början av 1200-talet. Från restaureringen." [the source had the image upside-down; showing it vertically rotated here]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Lekeryds kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, detalj. Anonymmästaren Bestiarius skola, början av 1200-talet. Från restaureringen." [the source had the image upside-down; showing it vertically rotated here]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2583-038.TIF] [vertically rotated] of an undated [1952+] B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lekeryds_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200084002.jpg] [accessed 18 October 2021]
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view of font - detail

Source caption: "Lekeryds kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, detal. Anonymmästaren Bestiarius skola, början av 1200-talet."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Lekeryds kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, detal. Anonymmästaren Bestiarius skola, början av 1200-talet."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2583-040.TIF] of a 1919 B&W photograph by Gotthard Johansson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lekeryds_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200084009.jpg] [accessed 18 October 2021]
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view of font - detail

Source caption: "Lekeryds kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, detal. Anonymmästaren Bestiarius skola, början av 1200-talet."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Lekeryds kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, detal. Anonymmästaren Bestiarius skola, början av 1200-talet."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2583-041.TIF] of a 1919 B&W photograph by Gotthard Johansson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lekeryds_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200084011.jpg] [accessed 18 October 2021]
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view of font - detail

Source caption: "Lekeryds kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, detal. Anonymmästaren Bestiarius skola, början av 1200-talet."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Lekeryds kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, detal. Anonymmästaren Bestiarius skola, början av 1200-talet."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2583-042.TIF] of a 1919 B&W photograph by Gotthard Johansson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lekeryds_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200084013.jpg] [accessed 18 October 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of font and baptismal dish in context

along the north wall, with the sacristy entranceway at the far end
Scene Description: along the north wall, with the sacristy entranceway at the far end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph 11 October 2018 by Barbro Thörn, in KyrkoKartan [www.kyrkokartan.se/058358/Lekeryds_kyrka] [accessed 19 Oc tober 2021]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing

INFORMATION

FontID: 06251LEK
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Lekeryds kyrka
Church Location: Kyrkvägen 8, 561 95 Lekeryd, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 36 858 80
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Småland, Jönköpings län
Directions to Site: Located off the F986-132 crossroads, 10-12 km ESE of Huskvarna, 18 km E of Jönköping
Ecclesiastic Region: Växjö stift
Historical Region: Tveta härad, Jönköpings län
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, NE end, by the pulpit
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: by Anonymmästaren Bestiarius skola [Johansson] / Lekerydsgruppen [Blomqvist, Borg] / Bestiariusgruppen [SHM] / Bestiarius - Group 7-Transitional [Drake]
Cognate Fonts: Växtorp No. 1, Rydaholm, Svarttorp and Vireda [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: 12thC church; modified since; renovated 1922 and 1952
Font Notes:
Included in Blomqvist (1929) in his chapter on 'Huvudmästarnas efterföljare' as a 'Lekerydsgruppen' font with those of Växtorp, Rydaholm and Vireda; made of sandstone in the 13th century. Inventoried and illustrated in Borg (2002) as a 'Lekerydsgruppen' baptismal font made of sandstone in 1170-1220. Described in Drake (2002: 141, 183) as a baptismal of the Bestiarius workshop (Group 7 - Transitional); like the fonts at Vaxtorp No. 1, Svarttorp and Vireda - adds Drake (ibid., p. 141), "these [oval shapes] have grown and become a ring of human heads peering out from under the overhang of the bowl". Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910601F3] as a 'Bestiariusgruppen' baptismal font made of sandstone in the second half of the 12th century, the basin decorated with an arcade of eight arches. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.7725, 14.417778
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 46′ 21″ N, 14° 25′ 4″ E
UTM: 33V 465368 6403531

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): 60 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 77 cm* / 76 cm**
Basin Depth: 32 cm*
Height of Basin Side: 43 cm*
Basin Total Height: 70 cm* [height of the block including carved heads]
Height of Base: 33 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 103 cm* / 104 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Borg (2002) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910601F3]

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