Berga / Bega nr. Ljungby

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animal - fabulous animal or monster - winged lion - head - vegetation stemming from the mouth - foliated tail - passant

the animal on the right: passant to the left
Scene Description: the animal on the right: passant to the left
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910620F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=910620F1] [accessed 27 May 2020]
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animal - mammal - lion - head - vegetation stemming from its mouth - foliated tail - passant

passant to the left -- the quadruped on the right: the foliated tail looks like an umbrella stemming from the animal's back
Scene Description: passant to the left -- the quadruped on the right: the foliated tail looks like an umbrella stemming from the animal's back
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910620F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=910620F1] [accessed 27 May 2020]
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animal - mammal - lion - head - vegetation stemming from its mouth - foliated tail - passant-regardant

the animal on the left: passant to the left -- there is some interlace on the body of this lion
Scene Description: the animal on the left: passant to the left -- there is some interlace on the body of this lion
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910620F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=910620F1] [accessed 27 May 2020]
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animal - mammal - lion - head - vegetation stemming from its mouth - foliated tail - with cross - processional cross - passant

passant to the left -- the animal here may be a confused cross between a lion and an Agnus Dei -- there is some interlace on the body of this lion
Scene Description: passant to the left -- the animal here may be a confused cross between a lion and an Agnus Dei -- there is some interlace on the body of this lion
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910620F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=910620F1] [accessed 27 May 2020]
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animal - mammal - lion - passant

passant to the right -- the quadruped on the left has a floriated tail but appears otherwise plain
Scene Description: passant to the right -- the quadruped on the left has a floriated tail but appears otherwise plain
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910620F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=910620F1] [accessed 27 May 2020]
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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - beaded-tape - columns - columns with capitals

the arches are populated with quadrupeds
Scene Description: the arches are populated with quadrupeds
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910620F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=910620F1] [accessed 27 May 2020]
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design element - motifs - braid - 2-strand

all around the upper rim side
Scene Description: all around the upper rim side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910620F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=910620F1] [accessed 27 May 2020]
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design element - motifs - foliage or plant

in each of the spandrels of the arcade
Scene Description: in each of the spandrels of the arcade
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910620F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=910620F1] [accessed 27 May 2020]
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design element - motifs - foliage or vine

one such seen here on the upper base side
Scene Description: one such seen here on the upper base side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910620F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=910620F1] [accessed 27 May 2020]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding

with heads at 90-degree angles
Scene Description: with heads at 90-degree angles
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910620F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=910620F1] [accessed 27 May 2020]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910620F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=910620F1] [accessed 27 May 2020]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding

with four heads at 90-degree angles
Scene Description: with four heads at 90-degree angles
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910620F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=910620F1] [accessed 27 May 2020]
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design element - motifs - sawtooth or zigzag

all around the lower end of the basin sides
Scene Description: all around the lower end of the basin sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910620F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=910620F1] [accessed 27 May 2020]
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design element - motifs - sawtooth or zigzag

at the botom of the top moulding, between the upper heads
Scene Description: at the botom of the top moulding, between the upper heads
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910620F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=910620F1] [accessed 27 May 2020]
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design element - motifs - sawtooth or zigzag

below the large rope moulding
Scene Description: below the large rope moulding
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910620F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=910620F1] [accessed 27 May 2020]
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head - animal and human - 4

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910620F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=910620F1] [accessed 27 May 2020]
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head - animal and human - 4

the one on the centre-left here is human
Scene Description: the one on the centre-left here is human
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910620F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=910620F1] [accessed 27 May 2020]
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information

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Raine Borg, 2002
Image Source: digital image of a printed page in Borg (2002, vol. 2: 159)
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view of church exterior in context

the ruins of the demolished medieval church in the context of the churchyard; only the foundations remain, as much of the material from the old church demolished in 1819 was re-used in the new one that was inaugurated in 1825
Scene Description: the ruins of the demolished medieval church in the context of the churchyard; only the foundations remain, as much of the material from the old church demolished in 1819 was re-used in the new one that was inaugurated in 1825
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [12527-002.TIF] of an undate B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berga_rivna_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200132328.jpg] [accessed 27 May 2020]
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view of church exterior in context - south view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rikard Ågren, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2014 by Rikard Ågren [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berga_kyrka,_Kronobergs_län.JPG] [accessed 27 May 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east

inside the modern church
Scene Description: inside the modern church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kent Olsson, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2016 by Kent Olsson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berga_kyrkas_kyrkrum.jpg] [accessed 27 May 2020]
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view of font

some measurements of the font noted on it
Scene Description: some measurements of the font noted on it
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph [htsm0015] taken 4 June 2015 by Lars Kennerstedt of a 2 September 1879 drawing by P. Vistrand, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berga_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000534744.jpg] [accessed 27 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 Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910620F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=910620F1] [accessed 27 May 2020]
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view of font in context

the top of the font is visible at the far end, near the tall clock on the right
Scene Description: the top of the font is visible at the far end, near the tall clock on the right
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kent Olsson, 2016
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 22 August 2016 by Kent Olsson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berga_kyrkas_kyrkrum.jpg] [accessed 27 May 2020]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 06254BER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Berga kyrka
Church Location: Kyrkvägen 3, Berga kirkby, 340 14 Lagan, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Småland, Kronobergs län
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the E4, just N of Lagan, 8 km NNE of Ljungby
Ecclesiastic Region: Växjö stift
Historical Region: Sunnerbo härad -- formerly Södermanlands län
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church, at the SE end of the nave
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Njudungsmästaren [Blomqvist] / Njudungsgruppen [SHM] / Bestiarius, Group 4 [Drake]
Church Notes: original church 12thC; demolished 1819; materials used in new church; inaugurated 1825
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in Blomqvist (1929) as a baptismal font of the Njudungsmästaren. Noted and illustrated in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910620F1] as a "Njudungsgruppen " baptismal font made of sandstone in the late-12th century. Listed and illustrated in Borg (2002) with date 1170-1220, in the "Njudungsgruppens huvudtyp". Drake (2002) lists this font with the Bestiarius workshop (Group 4). 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.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.922322, 13.990461
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 55′ 20.36″ N, 13° 59′ 25.66″ E
UTM: 33V 438546 6309193

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
Rim Thickness: 7 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 54 cm**
Diameter (includes rim): 68 cm* / **
Basin Depth: 26.5 cm**
Basin Total Height: 32 cm* / 33 cm**
Height of Base: 46 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 75 cm* / 79 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * P. Vistrand (1879) [cf. ImagesArea] / ** Borg (2002)

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