Hagshult

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animal - fabulous animal or monster - centaur - bi-corporate - holding its tails

seen here in the centre and left; much damaged
Scene Description: seen here in the centre and left; much damaged
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910713F2] [accessed 2 October 2021]
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animal - mammal - quadruped - foliated tongue - passant

in the right arch here; passant to the left
Scene Description: in the right arch here; passant to the left
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910713F2] [accessed 2 October 2021]
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animal - mammal - quadruped - passant

a/p illustration in Borg (2002); only the lower body and the legs remain
Scene Description: a/p illustration in Borg (2002); only the lower body and the legs remain

animal - mammal - quadruped - with human prey - passant

a/p illustration in Borg (2002); passant to the left and holding a human leg in its mouth
Scene Description: a/p illustration in Borg (2002); passant to the left and holding a human leg in its mouth

animal - quadruped - 2?

a/p illustration in Borg: a larger quadruped on the right appears to have a smaller prey or be near a small animal; passant to the left
Scene Description: a/p illustration in Borg: a larger quadruped on the right appears to have a smaller prey or be near a small animal; passant to the left

animal? - plant

a/p illustration in Borg (2002) only a front animal leg and a plant in front of it remain
Scene Description: a/p illustration in Borg (2002) only a front animal leg and a plant in front of it remain

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

not much of which has survived
Scene Description: not much of which has survived
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910713F2] [accessed 2 October 2021]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910713F2] [accessed 2 October 2021]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding

very eroded now
Scene Description: very eroded now
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910713F2] [accessed 2 October 2021]
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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 the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910713F2] [accessed 2 October 2021]
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design element - motifs - vine

discernible traces in the shelf-like areas of the upper half of the base
Scene Description: discernible traces in the shelf-like areas of the upper half of the base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910713F2] [accessed 2 October 2021]
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design element - patterns - sawtooth or zigzag

mostly eroded or destroyed now
Scene Description: mostly eroded or destroyed now
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910713F2] [accessed 2 October 2021]
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head - 4

perhaps human?
Scene Description: perhaps human?
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910713F2] [accessed 2 October 2021]
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head - 4

or protomes, perhaps animal; much damaged and eroded now
Scene Description: or protomes, perhaps animal; much damaged and eroded now
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910713F2] [accessed 2 October 2021]
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view of church exterior - north view

Source caption: "Hagshults kyrka"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Hagshults kyrka"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kent Olsson, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 2 August 2014 by Kent Olsson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:5DSC_0116_Hagshults_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 2 October 2021]
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view of church exterior - south view

Source caption: "Hagshults kyrka [...] Ritning av kyrkan av Chr. Höök, 1777, avfotograferad."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Hagshults kyrka [...] Ritning av kyrkan av Chr. Höök, 1777, avfotograferad."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2283-002.TIF] of a 1777 drawing by Chr. Höök, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hagshults_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200080892.jpg] [accessed 2 October 2021]
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view of church exterior - south view

Source caption: "Hagshults kyrka"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Hagshults kyrka"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kent Olsson, 2014
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 2 August 2014 by Kent Olsson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:5DSC_0112_Hagshults_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 2 October 2021]
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view of church exterior in context - northwest view

Source caption: "Hagshults kyrka"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Hagshults kyrka"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of a 31 December 1923 in the Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HAGSHULT.jpg] [accessed 2 October 2021]
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view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Source caption: "Hagshults kyrka"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Hagshults kyrka"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © L.G.foto, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph 12 April 2009 by L.G.foto [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Växjö_stift,_Hagshults_kyrka096.jpg] [accessed 2 October 2021]
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view of church interior - nave - south side - painting - detail

Source caption: "Hagshults kyrka [...] Södra väggen efter restaurering." -- 17thC mural paintings, formerly whitewashed, uncovered in the 1940 restoration
Scene Description: Source caption: "Hagshults kyrka [...] Södra väggen efter restaurering." -- 17thC mural paintings, formerly whitewashed, uncovered in the 1940 restoration
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2283-016.TIF] of 1940 B&W photograph by Sven Wahlgren, in the Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hagshults_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200080916.jpg] [accessed 2 October 2021]
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view of church interior - plan

Source caption: "Hagshults kyrka [...] Ritning av kyrkan, 1780, avfotograferad."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Hagshults kyrka [...] Ritning av kyrkan, 1780, avfotograferad."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2283-003.TIF] of a 1780 drawing in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hagshults_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200080893.jpg] [accessed 2 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.: 910713F2] [accessed 2 October 2021]
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view of font in context

Source caption: "Hagshults kyrka [...] Dopfunt i sandsten, slutet av 1100-talet."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Hagshults kyrka [...] Dopfunt i sandsten, slutet av 1100-talet."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2283-105.TIF] of 1927 B&W photograph by Paul Boberg, in the Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hagshults_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200081017.jpg] [accessed 2 October 2021]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 06255HAG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Hagshults kyrka
Church Location: Hagshults kyrkby, 568 93 Skillingaryd, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Småland, Jönköpings län
Directions to Site: Located off local roads F803-F804 crossing, 4-5 km E of highway E4, about 25 km N of Värnamo, S of Jönköping
Ecclesiastic Region: Växjö stift
Historical Region: Östbo härad / [formerly in Västra härad], Jönköpings län
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, E end
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Nottebäcksgruppen, Njudungsmästaren group [Johansson] / Njudungsmästarens posthuma verkstad / Bestiarius, Group 4 [Drake] / Njudungsgruppen [SHM] / Njudungsgruppens variant 3 [Borg]
Church Notes: 12th-13thC(?) church; expanded 16thC; modified 18th, 19thC; restored 1940; 18thC belfry destroyed by fire 30 September 2020
Font Notes:
Johansson (1925) puts this font in the 'Nottebäcksgruppen', itself within the 'Njungsmästaren' group. Noted in Blomqvist (1929) in his chaper on the 'Njudungsmästarens posthuma verkstad', with reference to Johansson. Inventoried and illustrated in Borg (2002) as a 'Njudungsgruppens variant 3' baptismal font made of sandstone in 1170-1220, decorated with an arcade of six arches containing lions and fabulous beasts; badly damaged. Listed as a baptismal font of the Bestiarius workshop (Group 4) in Drake (2002: 183). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910713F2] as a 'Njudungsgruppen' badly damaged baptismal font made of sandstone in the second half of the 12th century, decorated with six arches containing fabulous animals on the basin sides. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.339747, 14.190344
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 20′ 23.09″ N, 14° 11′ 25.24″ E
UTM: 33V 451265 6355496

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): 47 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 59 cm* / 58 cm**
Basin Depth: 24 cm*
Height of Base: 32 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 64 cm**
Trapezoidal Basin: 41 x 41 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Borg (2002) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910713F2] [NB: all measurements represent the fragmentary state of the font]

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
Johansson, Gotthard, "En romansk dopfuntsgrupp i Småland", vol. 8, no. 3-4 (1925), RIG-Kulturhistorisk tidskrift, 1925, pp. [206]-225; p. 218ff