Skepperstad
Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, 2022
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Results: 14 records
animal - mammal - lion - head or protome
Scene Description: seen here on the left; only two of the four original heads remain
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910724F2] [accessed 17 April 2022]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
design element - motifs - roll moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910724F2] [accessed 17 April 2022]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
design element - motifs - vine
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910724F2] [accessed 17 April 2022]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
human figure - head
Scene Description: seen here on the right; only two of the original four heads remain
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910724F2] [accessed 17 April 2022]
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view of base
![Source caption: "Skepperstads kyrka [...] Dopfunt, fundament."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0220417023_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Skepperstads kyrka [...] Dopfunt, fundament."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2271-023.TIF] of a 1951 B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skepperstads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200088078.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2022]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
![Source caption: "Skepperstads kyrka [...] Kyrkan mot sydöst."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0220417020_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Skepperstads kyrka [...] Kyrkan mot sydöst."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2271-003.TIF] of a 1929 B&W photograph by Bertil Berthelson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skepperstads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200088033.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2022]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden
view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: " Kirche von Skepperstad"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Olaf Meister, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 4 August 2011 by Olaf Meister [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirche_von_Skepperstad.JPG] [accessed 17 April 2022]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
![Source caption: "Skepperstads kyrka [...] Kyrkan mot sydväst."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0220417019_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Skepperstads kyrka [...] Kyrkan mot sydväst."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: edited digital image [2271-004.TIF] of a 1929 B&W photograph by Bertil Berthelson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skepperstads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200088035.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2022]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden
view of church exterior in context - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Skepperstads kyrka"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © L.G.foto, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph 20 April 2009 by L.G.foto [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:0490Skepperstads_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2022]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church interior - looking east
![Source caption: "Skepperstads kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster, byggnadshistorisk undersökning inför restaurering."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0220417022_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Skepperstads kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster, byggnadshistorisk undersökning inför restaurering."
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Image Source: digital image [2271-011.TIF] of a 1929 B&W photograph by Bertil Berthelson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skepperstads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200088054.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2022]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden
view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Skepperstad kyrka.Interiör."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 9 November 2011 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skepperstad_2.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2022]
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view of church interior - looking east - detail
![Source caption: "Skepperstads kyrka [...] Interiör mot nordöst."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0220417021_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Skepperstads kyrka [...] Interiör mot nordöst."
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Image Source: edited digital image [2271-010.TIF] of a 1926 B&W photograph by Ragnar Blomqvist, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skepperstads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200088053.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2022]
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view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "Cuppa från 1952 på fot från 1100-talet (ett verk av njudungsmästaren)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, 2022
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph by Barbro Thörn in Kyrkokartan [https://www.kyrkokartan.se/055823/images/55823_32570695] [accessed 17 April 2022]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Cuppa från 1952 på fot från 1100-talet (ett verk av njudungsmästaren)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph by Barbro Thörn in Kyrkokartan [https://www.kyrkokartan.se/055823/images/55823_32570695] [accessed 17 April 2022]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restrictions - Fair Dealing
INFORMATION
FontID: 06270SKE
Object Type: Baptismal Font2 (fragment)
Church/Chapel: Skepperstads kyrka
Church Location: Skepperstad Stom 1, 576 92 Sävsjö, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 382 463 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Småland, Jönköpings län
Directions to Site: Located off local road F768, in the municipality and 8 km SE of Sävsjö, about 60 km SE of Jönköping
Ecclesiastic Region: Växjö stift
Historical Region: Östra härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century [base only], Medieval / composite
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Njudungsgruppen [Blomqvist] / Njudungsgruppen variant 12 [Borg] / Bestiarius, Group 4 [Drake]
Church Notes: late-12thC(?) church; largely renovated 19thC and in 1929
Font Notes:
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Described in Blomqvist (1929) as the base of a 12th-century baptismal font in the 'Njudungsgruppen'. Inventoried and illustrated in Borg (2002) as baptismal font in the 'Njudungsgruppen variant 12' made of sandstone between 1170 and 1220, of which only the base has survived. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910724F2] as the base of a baptismal font in the 'Njudungsgruppen' made of sandstone in the late-12th century. Listed in Drake (2002: 183) as the fragment of a baptismal font of the Bestiarius workshop (attributed to Group 4, but not verified). The missing original basin has been replaced with a modern one, made in the shape of what would have been the original one, but without any decoration. No font cover present.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.350917, 14.764833
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 21′ 3.3″ N, 14° 45′ 53.4″ E
UTM: 33V 485849 6356474
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Drainage Notes: only the base drain channel remains but the original basin would have had a central drain
Height of Base: 40 cm* / **
Trapezoidal Basin: 73 x 73 cm** / **
Notes on Measurements: * Borg (2002) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910724F2]
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