Myresjo / Myresjö

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Results: 35 records

animal - fabulous animal or monster - dragon - quadruped - fighting

on the left is a dragon with a double-knotted tail; it appears to bite the belly of a quadruped that stands on its hind legs facing the dragon on the right; this quadruped has a floriated tail
Scene Description: on the left is a dragon with a double-knotted tail; it appears to bite the belly of a quadruped that stands on its hind legs facing the dragon on the right; this quadruped has a floriated tail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910722F3] [accessed 28 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

animal - fabulous animal or monster - quadruped - reptile head

the quadruped facing right has a large head and very large pointed ears; near its neck and mouth of the quadruped is a reptile (a snake?), or this reptile is also part of the quadruped; this part of the basin is undamaged and show a full view of the animals but the details are not clear; the quadruped appears to have three hind legs and only one from leg (!)
Scene Description: the quadruped facing right has a large head and very large pointed ears; near its neck and mouth of the quadruped is a reptile (a snake?), or this reptile is also part of the quadruped; this part of the basin is undamaged and show a full view of the animals but the details are not clear; the quadruped appears to have three hind legs and only one from leg (!)
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910722F3] [accessed 28 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

animal - mammal - lion - foliated tongue - foliated tail - passant

passant to the right; this part of the basin is undamaged and show a full view of the animal
Scene Description: passant to the right; this part of the basin is undamaged and show a full view of the animal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910722F3] [accessed 28 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

animal - mammal - quadruped - foliated tail - passant

passant to the rightin the second arch from the right
Scene Description: passant to the rightin the second arch from the right
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of a drawing in Blomqvist (1929)
Copyright Instructions: PD

animal - mammal - quadruped - foliated tail - unidentified

seen here in the seconf arch from the left
Scene Description: seen here in the seconf arch from the left
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of a drawing in Blomqvist (1929)
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animal - mammal - quadruped - passant

in the rightmost arch; passant to the right; damaged area
Scene Description: in the rightmost arch; passant to the right; damaged area
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of a drawing in Blomqvist (1929)
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animal - quadruped?

seen here in the leftmost section; only a part of this area remains
Scene Description: seen here in the leftmost section; only a part of this area remains
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of a drawing in Blomqvist (1929)
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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - beaded-tape - columns - columns with capitals

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2014
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 4 July 2014 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myresjö_gamla_kyrka.Dopfunt.jpg] [accessed 28 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

design element - motifs - braid

all around except where thr part of the rim is missing
Scene Description: all around except where thr part of the rim is missing
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910722F3] [accessed 28 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

design element - motifs - moulding

between the saw-tooth/zig-zag and the rope moulding
Scene Description: between the saw-tooth/zig-zag and the rope moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910722F3] [accessed 28 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

design element - motifs - roll moulding

the erosion on it may be due to the base being used upside down for a time [cf. ImagesArea
Scene Description: the erosion on it may be due to the base being used upside down for a time [cf. ImagesArea
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2014
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 4 July 2014 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myresjö_gamla_kyrka.Dopfunt.jpg] [accessed 28 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

design element - motifs - rope moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2014
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 4 July 2014 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myresjö_gamla_kyrka.Dopfunt.jpg] [accessed 28 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

design element - motifs - rope moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910722F3] [accessed 28 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

design element - motifs - vine

Source caption: "Myresjö gamla kyrka [...] Dopfuntsornamentik. Teckning."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Myresjö gamla kyrka [...] Dopfuntsornamentik. Teckning."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2279-064.TIF] of an undated drawing in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myresjö_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200085773.jpg] [accessed 27 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

design element - motifs - vine

all around the chamfering
Scene Description: all around the chamfering
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2014
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 4 July 2014 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myresjö_gamla_kyrka.Dopfunt.jpg] [accessed 28 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

design element - patterns - sawtooth or zigzag

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910722F3] [accessed 28 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

design element - patterns - sawtooth or zigzag

around the bottom
Scene Description: around the bottom
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910722F3] [accessed 28 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

view of basin - iconographic program

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of a drawing in Blomqvist (1929)
Copyright Instructions: PD

view of basin - iconographic program - detail

Source caption: "Myresjö gamla kyrka [...] Dopfuntsornamentik. Teckning."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Myresjö gamla kyrka [...] Dopfuntsornamentik. Teckning."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2279-062.TIF] of an undated drawing in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myresjö_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200085771.jpg] [accessed 27 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of basin - iconographic program - detail

Source caption: "Myresjö gamla kyrka [...] Dopfuntsornamentik. Teckning."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Myresjö gamla kyrka [...] Dopfuntsornamentik. Teckning."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2279-063.TIF] of an undated drawing in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myresjö_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200085772.jpg] [accessed 27 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of church exterior - Rune stone

Source caption: "Runestone Sm 98 at the Myresjö old church" -- entry in the Fornsök Riksantikvarieämbetet: "Runsten, granit, 0,55 m hög, 0,75 m bred och 0,2 m tjock. Runhöjden är 9-12 cm. Stenen är fragmentarisk och har 35 runor. Stenen står lutad mot långhustets V-vägg. Enligt Smålands runinskrifter flyttades stenen intill altaret 1906. Enligt Smålands runinskrifter lyder inskriften:"... satte denna sten efter Tote (el. Dote), ... son, Göts broder."" -- the stone is set on a ledge of the west wall of the nave
Scene Description: Source caption: "Runestone Sm 98 at the Myresjö old church" -- entry in the Fornsök Riksantikvarieämbetet: "Runsten, granit, 0,55 m hög, 0,75 m bred och 0,2 m tjock. Runhöjden är 9-12 cm. Stenen är fragmentarisk och har 35 runor. Stenen står lutad mot långhustets V-vägg. Enligt Smålands runinskrifter flyttades stenen intill altaret 1906. Enligt Smålands runinskrifter lyder inskriften:"... satte denna sten efter Tote (el. Dote), ... son, Göts broder."" -- the stone is set on a ledge of the west wall of the nave
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Boatbuilder, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 8 April 2011 by Boatbuilder [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myresjö_gamla_kyrka_7.JPG] [accessed 27 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior - northwest view

Source caption: "Myresjö gamla kyrka [...] Kyrkan från nordväst." -- the old church had been abandoned but not demolished; it was restored 1925-1927 and cult restored in it thereafter; restored again in 1972-1973
Scene Description: Source caption: "Myresjö gamla kyrka [...] Kyrkan från nordväst." -- the old church had been abandoned but not demolished; it was restored 1925-1927 and cult restored in it thereafter; restored again in 1972-1973
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2279-005.TIF] of a 1902 B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myresjö_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200085569.jpg] [accessed 27 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of church exterior - southwest view

Source caption: "Myresjö gamla kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydväst." -- the old church had been abandoned but not demolished; it was restored 1925-1927 and cult restored in it thereafter; restored again in 1972-1973
Scene Description: Source caption: "Myresjö gamla kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydväst." -- the old church had been abandoned but not demolished; it was restored 1925-1927 and cult restored in it thereafter; restored again in 1972-1973
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2279-009.TIF] of a 1923 B&W photograph by Sven Brandel, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myresjö_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200085578.jpg] [accessed 27 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Source caption: "Myresjö gamla kyrka" -- the old church had been abandoned but not demolished; it was restored 1925-1927 and cult restored in it thereafter; restored again in 1972-1973
Scene Description: Source caption: "Myresjö gamla kyrka" -- the old church had been abandoned but not demolished; it was restored 1925-1927 and cult restored in it thereafter; restored again in 1972-1973
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:0851Myresjö_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 27 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Surce caption: "Myresjö old church"
Scene Description: Surce caption: "Myresjö old church"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Boatbuilder, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 8 April 2011 by Boatbuilder [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myresjö_gamla_kyrka_10.JPG] [accessed 27 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church interior - chancel - norh side - painting

Source caption: "Myresjö gamla kyrka. Målning i kyrkans kor från 1200-talet. Motiv:" Kristi intåg i Jerusalem".'
Scene Description: Source caption: "Myresjö gamla kyrka. Målning i kyrkans kor från 1200-talet. Motiv:" Kristi intåg i Jerusalem".'
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 4 July 2014 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myresjö_gamla_kyrka.Väggmålningar.jpg] [accessed 28 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church interior - chancel - north side - sacristy - doorway - paiting

Source caption: "Myresjö gamla kyrka.Målning över sakristidörren."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Myresjö gamla kyrka.Målning över sakristidörren."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 4 July 2014 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myresjö_gamla_kyrka.Målning_över_sakristidörren.jpg] [accessed 28 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church interior - looking east

Source caption: "Myresjö gamla kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster. Före restaurering." -- the old church had been abandoned but not demolished; it was restored 1925-1927 and cult restored in it thereafter; restored again in 1972-1973
Scene Description: Source caption: "Myresjö gamla kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster. Före restaurering." -- the old church had been abandoned but not demolished; it was restored 1925-1927 and cult restored in it thereafter; restored again in 1972-1973
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2279-058.TIF] of a 1902 B&W photograph by Otto Hanse, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myresjö_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200085705.jpg] [accessed 27 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of church interior - looking northeast

Surce caption: "Myresjö old church" -- showing the old baptismal font in the chancel, between the left [north] pillar of the chancel arch and the sacristy doorway
Scene Description: Surce caption: "Myresjö old church" -- showing the old baptismal font in the chancel, between the left [north] pillar of the chancel arch and the sacristy doorway
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Boatbuilder, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 8 April 2011 by Boatbuilder [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myresjö_gamla_kyrka_1.JPG] [accessed 27 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of font

Source caption: "Myresjö gamla kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sabsten. 1200-tal." [NB: at this time the base was set upside down; the broad rope moulding seen at the top should be at the bottom]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Myresjö gamla kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sabsten. 1200-tal." [NB: at this time the base was set upside down; the broad rope moulding seen at the top should be at the bottom]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2279-107.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myresjö_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200085890.jpg] [accessed 27 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of font

Source caption: "Myresjö gamla kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sabsten. 1200-tal." [NB: at this time the base was set correctly, with the broad rope moulding at the bottom]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Myresjö gamla kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sabsten. 1200-tal." [NB: at this time the base was set correctly, with the broad rope moulding at the bottom]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2279-108.TIF] of a 1935 B&W photograph by Gunnar Svahnström, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myresjö_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200085892.jpg] [accessed 27 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of font

Source caption: "Myresjö gamla kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sabsten. 1200-tal." [NB: at this time the base was set correctly, with the broad rope moulding at the bottom]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Myresjö gamla kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sabsten. 1200-tal." [NB: at this time the base was set correctly, with the broad rope moulding at the bottom]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2279-109.TIF] of a 1937 B&W photograph by Nils Gustaf Gillgren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myresjö_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200085893.jpg] [accessed 27 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of font

Source caption: "Myresjö gamla kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sabsten. 1200-tal." [NB: at this time the base was set correctly, with the broad rope moulding at the bottom]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Myresjö gamla kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sabsten. 1200-tal." [NB: at this time the base was set correctly, with the broad rope moulding at the bottom]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2279-110.TIF] of a 1937 B&W photograph by Nils Gustaf Gillgren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myresjö_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200085895.jpg] [accessed 27 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 4 July 2014 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myresjö_gamla_kyrka.Dopfunt.jpg] [accessed 28 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of font in context

Source caption: "Myresjö gamla kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sabsten. 1200-tal." [NB: at this time the base was set correctly, with the broad rope moulding at the bottom]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Myresjö gamla kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sabsten. 1200-tal." [NB: at this time the base was set correctly, with the broad rope moulding at the bottom]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of a 25 August 1933 B&W photograph [bwr01431] by Berit Wallenberg, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myresjö_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200085895.jpg] [accessed 27 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

INFORMATION

FontID: 06271MYR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Myresjö gamla kyrka
Church Location: Myresjö Gamla Kyrka, Stationsvägen 1, 574 71 Myresjö, Vetlanda SV, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 383 77 01 90
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Småland, Jönköpings län
Directions to Site: [Location not certain] Located 4-5 km ENE of Landsbro, 18-20 km WSW of Vetlanda, about 60 km SE of Jönköping
Ecclesiastic Region: Växjö stift
Historical Region: Östra härad, Jönköpings län
Font Location in Church: Inside the old church, in the chancel
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Njudungsmästarens posthume verkstad [Blomqvist] / Njudungsgruppen [SHM] / Bestiarius, Group 5 [Drake]
Church Notes: mid-12thC; new church built jointly with Lannaskede in 1879, and old church abandoned but not demolished; old church restored 1925-1927 and cult restored in it; restored 1972-1973
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in Blomqvist (1929) as a broken/damaged font in his chapter on 'Njudungsmästarens posthume verkstad' fonts. Inventoried and illustrated in Borg (2002) as a baptimal font made of sandstone 1170-1220; Borg (ibid.) reports the damaged basin with a large section of it missing. Listed as a baptismal font of the Bestiarius workshop (Group 5) in Drake (2002: 183). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910722F3] as a 'Njudungsgruppen' baptismal font made of sandstone in the second half of the 12th century; the broken basin had seven arches in the arcade but only two of the arches are whole, decorated with the usual beaded-tape pattern and containing animals of several sorts. No font cover present. The old baptismal font with the damaged basin is located in the chancel of the old restored church. The font in the new Lannaskede-Myresjö church is modern, of 1948.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.379845, 14.966068
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 22′ 47.44″ N, 14° 57′ 57.85″ E
UTM: 33V 497960 6359670

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: tub-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 8-9 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 57 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 73 cm* / 75 cm**
Basin Depth: 31 cm*
Basin Total Height: 41 cm*
Height of Base: 39 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 80 cm* / **
Notes on Measurements: * Borg (2002) / ** HM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910722F3]

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