Furuby
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Results: 24 records
Christ - Agnus Dei - with cross - processional cross - foliated tongue - passant
![seen here in the right arch, passant to the left; the cross is still discernible despite the eroded and damaged surface -- identified in the SHM caption simply as a quadruped ["fyrfoting"]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1210930031_compressed.png)
Scene Description: seen here in the right arch, passant to the left; the cross is still discernible despite the eroded and damaged surface -- identified in the SHM caption simply as a quadruped ["fyrfoting"]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910728F1] [accessed 30 October 2021]
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animal - fabulous animal or monster - amphisbaena - three heads
Scene Description: seen here in the left arch -- the caption in the SHM reads "tvehövdad drake"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910728F1] [accessed 30 October 2021]
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animal - fabulous animal or monster - winged lion - foliated tongue - passant
Scene Description: passant to the left [a/p illustration in Borg (2002: 173)
animal - mammal - lion - foliated tail - fighting - snake
Scene Description: in the left arch -- the 'snake' is identified in the SHM caption as a dragon
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910728F1] [accessed 30 October 2021]
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animal - mammal - lion - passant-regardant
Scene Description: passant to the right; the head appears to reach for the tail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910728F1] [accessed 30 October 2021]
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animal - mammal - quadruped - floral or foliage motif - passant
Scene Description: in the right arch; passant to the right; the vegetal motif is visible on the animal's body, not connected to the tail or mouth
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910728F1] [accessed 30 October 2021]
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animal - quadruped - unidentified - passant
Scene Description: passant to the right; badly eroded [a/p illustration in Borg (2002: 173)
animal - unidentified - head or protome - 4
Scene Description: the front legs of the beasts are clearly visible
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2013
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 2 July 2013 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Furuby_kyrka_Dopfunt_17.jpg] [accessed 30 September 2021]
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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - beaded-tape - columns - columns with capitals
Scene Description: seven arches containing animals in them
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910728F1] [accessed 30 October 2021]
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design element - motifs - braid
Scene Description: all around
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910728F1] [accessed 30 October 2021]
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design element - motifs - floral or foliage
Scene Description: one in each spandrel of the arcade; all similar
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910728F1] [accessed 30 October 2021]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2013
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 2 July 2013 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Furuby_kyrka_Dopfunt_17.jpg] [accessed 30 September 2021]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
Scene Description: around the lower half of the base, similar to the one around the upper half ob the base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2013
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 2 July 2013 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Furuby_kyrka_Dopfunt_17.jpg] [accessed 30 September 2021]
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design element - motifs - vine - 4
Scene Description: on the shelf-like surface of the upper base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2013
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 2 July 2013 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Furuby_kyrka_Dopfunt_17.jpg] [accessed 30 September 2021]
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design element - patterns - sawtooth or zigzag
Scene Description: all around
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910728F1] [accessed 30 October 2021]
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human figure - head - 4
Scene Description: st at 90-degree angles on the upper half of the base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2013
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 2 July 2013 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Furuby_kyrka_Dopfunt_17.jpg] [accessed 30 September 2021]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Furuby kyrka. Kyrkan är uppförd efter ritningar av arkitekt Herman Holmgren.Den är byggd i huggen sten och präglas av historiserande blandstil med såväl romanska som nygotiska inslag. 1887 påbörjades byggnadsarbetet och 1888 kunde kyrkan invigas."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph 3 June 2012 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Furuby_kyrka04.JPG] [accessed 30 September 2021]
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view of church exterior in context
![Source caption: "Furuby rivna kyrka [...] Kyrkan och dess omgivning, klockstapel. Foto efter teckning av Sven Andersson 1870. Kyrkan revs 1887."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210930020_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Furuby rivna kyrka [...] Kyrkan och dess omgivning, klockstapel. Foto efter teckning av Sven Andersson 1870. Kyrkan revs 1887."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [14054-002.TIF] on an undated B&W photograph of an 1870 drawing by Sven Andersson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Furuby_rivna_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200132595.jpg] [accessed 30 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden
view of font
![Source caption: "Furuby kyrka [...] Dopfunt"](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210930021_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Furuby kyrka [...] Dopfunt"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [14054-004.TIF] on a 1929 B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Furuby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200080023.jpg] [accessed 30 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden
view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "Furuby kyrka.Dopfunt troligen från 1100-talet med fabeldjur."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2013
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 2 July 2013 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Furuby_kyrka_Dopfunt_17.jpg] [accessed 30 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910728F1] [accessed 30 October 2021]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: Source caption: " Furuby kyrka. Interiör mot norr." -- partially showing the the medieval font in the bottom left corner of the image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 1 August 2020 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Furuby_kyrka_Interiör_002.jpg] [accessed 30 September 2021]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Furuby kyrka.Dopfunt troligen från 1100-talet med fabeldjur."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 1 August 2020 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Furuby_kyrka_Interiör_001.jpg] [accessed 30 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of font in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Furuby kyrka.Dopfunt troligen från 1100-talet med fabeldjur."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 2 July 2013 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Furuby_kyrka_Dopfunt_17.jpg] [accessed 30 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 06267FUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Museum and Inventory Number: was for a time at the Växjö Museum, Växjö; returned to the church in 1927
Church/Chapel: Furuby kyrka
Church Location: Furuby kyrka, Byvägen 31, 360 51 Hovmantorp, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 470 70 48 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Småland, Kronobergs län
Directions to Site: Located off local road G846, W of county road 25, about 15 km ESE of Växjö [the font is now in the Växjö Museum]
Ecclesiastic Region: Växjö stift
Historical Region: Konga härad i Värend, Växsjö kn, Kronobergs län, Småland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, E end [was for a time in the Växjö Museum]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Njudungsmästarens posthuma verkstad [Blomqvist] / Njudungsgruppen huvudtyp [Borg] / Bestiarius, Group 4 [Drake] / Njudungsgruppen [SHM]
Church Notes: medieval (12thC?) church sold at auction 1891 and demolished soon thereafter; new church consecrated 1888;
Font Notes:
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Noted in Blomqvist (1929) as a 'Njudungsmästarens posthuma verkstad' baptismal font located in the Växjö Museum until its return to the church in 1927. Inventoried and illustrated in Borg (2002) as a 'Njudungsgruppen huvudtyp' baptismal font made of sandstone iin 1170-1220. Listed in Drake (2002: 183) as a baptismal font of the Bestiarius workshop (attributed to Group 4, but not verified). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910728F1] as a 'Njudungsgruppen' baptismal font made of sandstone in the second half of the 12th century. No font cover present.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.851, 15.034056
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 51′ 3.6″ N, 15° 2′ 2.6″ E
UTM: 33V 502077 6300801
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (inside rim): 53 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 71 cm* / **
Basin Depth: 26.5 cm*
Height of Basin Side: 29 cm*
Basin Total Height: 38 cm*
Height of Base: 36 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 74 cm* / **
Trapezoidal Basin: 43 x 43 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Borg (2002) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910728F1]
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