Soraby / Norra Rottne / Södra Rottne / Söraby
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Results: 22 records
Christ - Agnus Dei - with cross - processional cross - passant - lilly or Tree of Life
Scene Description: passant to the right; the top of the tall lilly or Tree of Life is by the lamb's mouth
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 951007F1] [accessed 25 September 2021]
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animal - fabulous animal or monster - amphisbaena - three-heads
Scene Description: two heads in the upper body and one at the tail end
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 951007F1] [accessed 25 September 2021]
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animal - fabulous animal or monster - dragon
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 951007F1] [accessed 25 September 2021]
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animal - fabulous animal or monster - dragon - snake - fighting
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 951007F1] [accessed 25 September 2021]
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animal - mammal - lion - foliated tongue - foliated tail - passant
Scene Description: passant to the left; the area of the floriated tail is damaged
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 951007F1] [accessed 25 September 2021]
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animal - mammal - lion - foliated tongue - passant-regardant
Scene Description: passant to the right; the area where its floriated tongue is appears damaged
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 951007F1] [accessed 25 September 2021]
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animal - mammal - lion - foliated tongue - with tree - passant
Scene Description: passant to the right; the shape on the back of the lion is not a floriated tail; it is a tree with a trunk
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 951007F1] [accessed 25 September 2021]
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animal - unidentified - head or protome - 4
Scene Description: very damaged and eroded
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2013
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 14 August 2013 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Söraby_kyrka_Dopfunt_015.JPG] [accessed 25 September 2021]
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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - beaded-tape - columns - columns with capitals
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 951007F1] [accessed 25 September 2021]
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design element - motifs - braid
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 951007F1] [accessed 25 September 2021]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2013
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 14 August 2013 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Söraby_kyrka_Dopfunt_015.JPG] [accessed 25 September 2021]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2013
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 14 August 2013 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Söraby_kyrka_Dopfunt_015.JPG] [accessed 25 September 2021]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
Scene Description: very damaged and eroded
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2013
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 14 August 2013 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Söraby_kyrka_Dopfunt_015.JPG] [accessed 25 September 2021]
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design element - motifs - vine?
Scene Description: most of it eroded or damaged now
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2013
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 14 August 2013 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Söraby_kyrka_Dopfunt_015.JPG] [accessed 25 September 2021]
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design element - patterns - sawtooth or zigzag
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 951007F1] [accessed 25 September 2021]
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human figure - head - 4
Scene Description: Source caption: " Söraby kyrka. Dopfunt av sandsten från 1100-talets andra hälft. Försedd med djurreliefer. Ett verk av Njudungsgruppen." -- the heads are now very damaged
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2013
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 14 August 2013 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Söraby_kyrka_Dopfunt_015.JPG] [accessed 25 September 2021]
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view of base - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 951007F1] [accessed 25 September 2021]
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view of basin - iconographic program
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Blomqvist (1929)
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Söraby kyrka.Kyrkan som har en gustaviansk prägel uppfördes 1780-1781 under ledning av byggmästaren Peter Wiberg från Nottebäck efter ritningar uppgjorda av Överintendentsämbetet."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 14 August 2013 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Söraby_kyrka_Exteriör_01.JPG] [accessed 25 September 2021]
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view of church interior - looking east
![Source caption: "Söraby kyrka. Kyrkorummet" -- the top of the medieval font is partly visible at the far -east] end of the right [south] bank of benches](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1210925014_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Söraby kyrka. Kyrkorummet" -- the top of the medieval font is partly visible at the far -east] end of the right [south] bank of benches
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 14 August 2013 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Söraby_kyrka_Kyrkorummet007.JPG] [accessed 25 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.: 951007F1] [accessed 25 September 2021]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: Source caption: " Söraby kyrka. Dopfunt av sandsten från 1100-talets andra hälft. Försedd med djurreliefer. Ett verk av Njudungsgruppen."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2013
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 14 August 2013 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Söraby_kyrka_Dopfunt_015.JPG] [accessed 25 September 2021]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 06261SOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Söraby kyrka
Church Location: Söraby kyrka, Sörabyvägen 3, 360 40 Rottne, Växjö N, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 470 70 48 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Småland, Kronobergs län
Directions to Site: Located off local road G897, in Rottne, in the municipality and about 12 km NNE of Växjö
Ecclesiastic Region: Växjö stift
Historical Region: Norrvidinge härad, Kronobergs län
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church, E end, S side
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Njudungsmästaren posthuma verkstad [Blomqvist] / Njudungsgruppen [SHM] / Bestiarius, Group 4 [Drake]
Church Notes: complex history: there were two medieval parishes and churches (Norra Rottne and Södra Rottne), later united into a single parish (Rottne); new church built in 1781; both medieval churches demolished in 1825; the merged parish was named Söraby.
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Blomqvist (1929) in his chapter on the 'Njudungsmästaren posthuma verkstad'. Inventoried and illustrated in Borg (2002) as a baptismal font made of sandstone 1170-1220, "Njudungsgruppen variant 1". Listed as a baptismal font of the Bestiarius workshop (Group 4) in Drake (2002: 183). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 951007F1] as a 'Njudungsgruppen' baptismal font made of sandstone in the second half of the 12th century; the cylindrical basin has an arcade of seven beaded-tape arches that contain seven animals, one of which is the Agnus Dei lamb symbol; the base is much damaged and has considerable cement repairs; the SHM entry further notes that the church store-rooom has a section of the base that may have belonged to this font. No cover present.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.025492, 14.889864
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 1′ 31.77″ N, 14° 53′ 23.51″ E
UTM: 33V 493314 6320229
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): 50 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 63 cm* / 64 cm**
Basin Depth: 29 cm*
Height of Basin Side: 37 cm*
Basin Total Height: 46 cm*
Height of Base: 33 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 79 cm* / 84 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Borg (2002) / **SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 951007F1]
REFERENCES
Blomqvist, Ragnar, Studier i Smålands romanska stenkonst, 1929
Drake, Colin Stuart, The Romanesque Fonts of Northern Europe and Scandinavia, Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002