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

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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 - 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

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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

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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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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 - 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

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

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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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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
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.
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