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animal - fabulous animal or monster - centaur - holding his tail - foliated tail - passant-regardant

Scene Description: passant to the left

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910721F2] [accessed 5 September 2021]

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animal - fabulous animal or monster - unidentified - quadrupe - winged - holding cross or mace - passant

Scene Description: passant to the left; its font leg holds an object resembling a processional cross or a cross-topped mace, like the one held by the warrior in the fight scene

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910721F2] [accessed 5 September 2021]

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animal - fabulous animal or monster - unidentified - quadruped - winged - holding cross or mace - passant - detail

Scene Description: passant to the left; its font leg holds an object resembling a processional cross or a cross-topped mace, like the one held by the warrior in the fight scene

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910721F2] [accessed 5 September 2021]

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

Scene Description: passant to the left; identified as lion in the SHM caption: "bevingat lejon"

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910721F2] [accessed 5 September 2021]

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animal - mammal - lion - holding his tail - foliated tail - passant-regardant

Scene Description: passant to the left; identified as lion in the SHM caption: "tillbakablickande lejon"

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910721F2] [accessed 5 September 2021]

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animal? - 4

Scene Description: only some front legs remain of whatever animals were carved atop the mid section of the base

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 6 July 2011 by Ulf Klingström [Ulkl] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asa_kyrka_int10.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2021]

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animal? - head or protome - 4

Scene Description: set at 90-degree angles on the lower base level; practically nothing left of them now

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 6 July 2011 by Ulf Klingström [Ulkl] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asa_kyrka_int10.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2021]

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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - 7 - columns - double columns - columns with capitals - beaded-tape

Scene Description: both arches and columns are made of beaded-tape pattern

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910721F2] [accessed 5 September 2021]

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design element - motifs - braid

Scene Description: all around

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910721F2] [accessed 5 September 2021]

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design element - motifs - foliage - 7

Scene Description: one in each spandrel of the arcade

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910721F2] [accessed 5 September 2021]

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design element - motifs - foliage or vine

Scene Description: on the sides of the hanging platmorm in the middle of the base

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 6 July 2011 by Ulf Klingström [Ulkl] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asa_kyrka_int10.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2021]

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: on the lower level of the base

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 6 July 2011 by Ulf Klingström [Ulkl] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asa_kyrka_int10.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2021]

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

Scene Description: it has lost its pattern on some areas of its surface

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 6 July 2011 by Ulf Klingström [Ulkl] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asa_kyrka_int10.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2021]

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

Scene Description: only a small part of its bottom visible here

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 6 July 2011 by Ulf Klingström [Ulkl] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asa_kyrka_int10.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2021]

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design element - patterns - sawtooth or zigzag

Scene Description: all around

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910721F2] [accessed 5 September 2021]

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design element - patterns - scalloped, sawtooth or zigzag

Scene Description: very faint now, between the rope moulding and the sides of the hanging platmorm in the middle of the base

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 6 July 2011 by Ulf Klingström [Ulkl] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asa_kyrka_int10.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2021]

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design element - patterns - scalloped, sawtooth or zigzag

Scene Description: a row of, below the rope moulding of the lower base

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 6 July 2011 by Ulf Klingström [Ulkl] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asa_kyrka_int10.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2021]

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human figure - warrior - holding mace in his right hand - holding shield in his left hand - dragon - two-headed dragon - fighting

Scene Description: the end of the mace is cross-shaped, and is similar to the object being held by one of the fabulous beasts in another arch

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910721F2] [accessed 5 September 2021]

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Asa kyrka [...] Teckning av detalj på dopfunt. Av Per Vistrand 1881."

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Image Source: digital image [2059-003.TIF] of a 1881 drawing by Per Vistrand, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asa_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200068126.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2021]

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Asa kyrka [...] Teckning av detalj på dopfunt. Av Per Vistrand 1881."

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Image Source: digital image [2059-004.TIF] of a 1881 drawing by Per Vistrand, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asa_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200068127.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2021]

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Asa kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100-talet. Detalj."

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Image Source: digital image [2059-006.TIF] of a 1926 B&W photograph by Rahnar Blomqvist, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asa_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200068129.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2021]

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Asa kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100-talet. Detalj."

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Image Source: digital image [2059-007.TIF] of a 1926 B&W photograph by Rahnar Blomqvist, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asa_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200068130.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2021]

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Asa kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100-talet. Detalj."

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Image Source: digital image [2059-008.TIF] of a 1926 B&W photograph by Rahnar Blomqvist, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asa_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200068131.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2021]

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view of basin - iconographic program

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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Blomqvist (1929)

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Asa kyrka"

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Image Source: digital photograph 6 July 2011 by Ulf Klingström [Ulkl] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asa_kyrka_ext5.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2021]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Asa kyrka"

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Image Source: digital photograph 6 July 2011 by Ulf Klingström [Ulkl] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asa_kyrka_ext2.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2021]

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view of church exterior in context - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Asa kyrka [...] Kyrkan från söder."

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Image Source: digital image [2059-001.TIF] of a 1918 B&W photograph by Paul Boberg, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asa_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200068124.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2021]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kyrkorum i Asa kyrka" -- showing the medieval baptismal font on the right [south] side, behind the piano

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Image Source: digital photograph 6 July 2011 by Ulf Klingström [Ulkl] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asa_kyrka_int02.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2021]

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view of church interior - looking west

Scene Description: Source caption: " Kyrkorum i riktning mot orgelläktare i Asa kyrka" -- partially showing the baptismal dish on the font in the foreground, to the right of the piano

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Image Source: digital photograph 6 July 2011 by Ulf Klingström [Ulkl] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asa_kyrka_int05.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2021]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Asa kyrka [...] Teckning av dopfunt. Av Per Vistrand 1881." [NB: the date on the drawing appears to be 6 August 1881]

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Image Source: digital image [2059-002.TIF] of a 1881 drawing by Per Vistrand, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asa_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200068125.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2021]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Asa kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100-talet."

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Image Source: digital image [2059-005.TIF] of a 1926 B&W photograph by Rahnar Blomqvist, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asa_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200068128.jpg] [accessed 5 September 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.: 910721F2] [accessed 5 September 2021]

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view of font and baptismal dish

Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt i Asa kyrka"

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Image Source: digital photograph 6 July 2011 by Ulf Klingström [Ulkl] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asa_kyrka_int10.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2021]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 06253ASA
Church/Chapel: Asa kyrka
Church Location: Asa kyrka, 360 30 Lammhult, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 470 70 48 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Småland, Kronobergs län
Directions to Site: Located off the local crossroads G884-G886, on the N shore of Asasjön, about 12 km E of Lammhult and conty road 30, 20 W of Norrhult-Klavreström and county road 28, in the municipality and 30-35 km N of Växjö
Ecclesiastic Region: Växjö stift
Historical Region: Norrvidinge härad, Kronobergs Län
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church, in the SE corner of the nave
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Njudungsmästaren [Blomqvist] / Njudungsgruppen [Borg / SHM] / Bestiarius, Group 4 [Drake]
Church Notes: medieval church burned down 1670; re-built thereafter; present church consecrated 1814 retained some parts of the re-built lat-17thC building and the medieval font; church renovated 1984-1985;
Described and illustrated in Blomqvist (1929) as a baptismal font by the 'Njudungsmästaren' made of sandstone in the latter half of the 12th century. Inventoried and illustrated in Borg (2002) as a 'Njudungsgruppen' baptismal font made of sandstone in 1170-1220. Listed as a baptismal font of the Bestiarius workshop (Group 4) in Drake (2002: 183). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910721F2] as a 'Njudungsgruppen' baptismal font made of sandstone in the second half of the 12th century, the sides of the basin decorated with an arcade of seven arches housing a human figure and animals, both real and fabulous (a centaur); the base had animal heads or protomes(?) on two levels at the four corners but they are broken off/missing now. No cover present. Brass baptismal dish in use.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.165028, 14.795
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 9′ 54.1″ N, 14° 47′ 42″ E
UTM: 33V 487602 6335775

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): 52 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 65 cm* / **
Basin Depth: 27.5 cm*
Height of Basin Side: 34 cm*
Basin Total Height: 41 cm*
Height of Base: 36 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 77 cm* / **
Trapezoidal Basin: 47 x 47 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Borg (2002) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910721F2]

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