Sodra Solberga / Södra Solberga

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Results: 20 records

B01: animal - mammal - horse - passant - holding foliated processional cross - lily - Agnus Dei (equus)

Scene Description: the cross is held on a front paw, up and across the body, much in the manner of an Agnus Dei; horse's mane and patterned front half of the body; by the horse's mouth a tall fleur-de-lis; passant to the right

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910722F2] [accessed 28 June 2020]

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B02: animal - mammal - lion - passant - acanthus tongue - acanthus tail

Scene Description: passant to the left; patterned front half of the body

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910722F2] [accessed 28 June 2020]

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B03: animal - fabulous animal or monster - dragon - two-headed dragon - passant

Scene Description: with little wings; the patterned body facing left

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910722F2] [accessed 28 June 2020]

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B04: animal - fabulous animal or monster - dragon - passant

Scene Description: patterned body; large floriated tail; body facing left

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910722F2] [accessed 28 June 2020]

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B05: animal - mammal - quadruped - passant - unidentified

Scene Description: bird-like head; acanthus-like tongue; passant to the right

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B06: animal - mammal - lion - passant-gardant

Scene Description: passant to the right; acanthus-like tail; smiley face; raised front paw

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910722F2] [accessed 28 June 2020]

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animal - protome - 4

Scene Description: set at 90-degree angles on the upper level of the base

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animal - protome - 4

Scene Description: set at 90-degree angles on the lower level of the base

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910722F2] [accessed 28 June 2020]

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

Scene Description: simple capitals

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910722F2] [accessed 28 June 2020]

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design element - motifs - braid - 2-strand

Scene Description: all around the upper rim

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design element - motifs - foliage or plant

Scene Description: identical plant-like motifs in all spandrels

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

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design element - motifs - sawtooth

Scene Description: a band, all around the lower edge of the basin

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design element - motifs - vine - acanthus

Scene Description: all slightly different

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design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: only the tips are visible here

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view of base

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view of basin - iconographic program

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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Blomqvist (1929: fig. 19)

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2009

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2009 by Bernt Fransson [http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Södra_Solberga_kyrka#mediaviewer/Fil:Södra_Solberga_02.jpg] [accessed 22 June 2014]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: the top of the font is visible at the back end [east], behind the bank of pews on the left [north] side

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2009 by Bernt Fransson [http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Södra_Solberga_kyrka#mediaviewer/Fil:Södra_Solberga_03.jpg] [accessed 22 June 2014]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 06260SOL
Church/Chapel: Södra Solberga kyrka
Church Location: Södra Solberga 7, 570 10 Korsberga, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Småland, Jönköpings län
Directions to Site: Located 13-14 km SW of Korsberga and road 28, 30-40 km SSW of Vetlanda and in its municipality
Ecclesiastic Region: Växjö stift
Historical Region: Västra härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel, N side
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Njudungsmästaren posthuma verkstad [Blomqvist] / Njudungsgruppen [SHM] / Njudugsgruppent variant 3 [Borg] / Bestiarius, Group 4 [Drake]
Cognate Fonts: the fonts at Flisby? Hult?; others in those groups
Church Notes: original wooden church of unknown date here; demolished and re-built in the 1830s on the same site
Noted and illustrated in Blomqvist (1929) as a baptismal font in the 'Njudungsmästaren posthuma verkstad' made of sandstone in the 12th century. Inventoried and illustrated in Borg (2002) as a baptismal font in the 'Njudugsgruppent variant 3' made of sandstone between 1170 and 1220. Listed in Drake (2002) as a baptismal font of the Bestiarius workshop (Group 4). Noted and illustrated in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910722F2] as a Njudungsgruppen baptismal font made of sandstone in the late-12th century. Baptismal font of the late-12th or early-13th century nade of sandstone; at the upper rim of the basin is a braid, all around; the sides of the basin have an arcade of six round arches on columns, both arch-heads abd columns made of beaded tape, with well-rendered foliage motifs in the spandrels; each arch houses and animals; in one of the arches is a smiling lion passant-gardant, with a an acanthus-like tail on its hind quarters, a front paw raised [L->R]; an unidentified quadruped passant towards the right has an acanthus-like tongue; a two-headed winged dragon in the next arch towards the right; a winged dragon passant towards the left; a horse-like quadruped passant towards the right, holds up a processional floriated cross, a tal fleur-de-lis stands by its mouth [NB: usually a representation of the Agnus Dei, but this animal is a horse, not a lamb]; a quadruped passant towards the left in the next arch, both tongue and tail acanthus-like; the spandrels of the arcade have acanthus-like motifs; the lower end of the basin has a band of saw-tooth; there is pattern of small ribs or gadroon-like motifs on the small underbowl; as the SHM entry [cf. supra] points out, the base is unusually well preserved; it is of the double-tier type, each level with a fat roll moulding in the centre and four protruding animal heads at 90-degree angles; a fine example. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.242028, 15.044861
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 14′ 31.3″ N, 15° 2′ 41.5″ E
UTM: 33V 502708 6344329

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: 6 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 49.5 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 62 cm* / **
Basin Depth: 27 cm*
Basin Total Height: 42 cm*
Height of Base: 36 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 78 cm* / **
Trapezoidal Basin: 56 x 56 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Borg (2002) / ** Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910722F2]

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