Tolg

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Results: 29 records

Christ - Agnus Dei - with processional cross - passant

Scene Description: in the right arch, passant to the left; the patterned body and the tongue out are interesting for this symbol

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910721F3] [accessed 26 September 2021]

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animal - fabulous animal or monster - amphisbaena - three heads - holding processional cross

Scene Description: in the left arch; the holding of a cross by a three-headed monster is rather unusual

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910721F3] [accessed 26 September 2021]

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animal - fabulous animal or monster - centaur - bi-corporate - holding its foliated tails

Scene Description: in the left arch; an anatomical challenge

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910721F3] [accessed 26 September 2021]

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animal - mammal - lion - foliated motif - passant

Scene Description: in the left arch, passant to the left; the floriated motif is neither the tongue nor the tail here -- identified as a lion in the SHM caption

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910721F3] [accessed 26 September 2021]

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animal - mammal - lion - foliated motif - passant

Scene Description: in the right arch, passant to the right; the floriated motif is neither the tongue nor the tail here -- identified as a lion in the SHM caption

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910721F3] [accessed 26 September 2021]

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animal - mammal - lion - foliated tail - foliage or tree - passant-gardant

Scene Description: in the right arch, passant-gardant; although Blomqvist's drawing shows the ball of foliage on the animals back as part of the tail this photograph shows that the tail has a small floriated tail but the larger foliage motif stands by itself

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910721F3] [accessed 26 September 2021]

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animal - mammal - lion - foliated tail - passant-regardant

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910721F3] [accessed 26 September 2021]

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animal - unidentified - head or protome - 4

Scene Description: set at 90-degree angles on the lower base

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2020

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 18 July 2020 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tolgs_kyrka_Dopfunt_01.jpg] [accessed 26 September 2021]

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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - beaded-tape - columns - columns with capitals

Scene Description: seven arches

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2020

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 18 July 2020 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tolgs_kyrka_Dopfunt_01.jpg] [accessed 26 September 2021]

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design element - motifs - braid

Scene Description: all around except where damaged

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910721F3] [accessed 26 September 2021]

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design element - motifs - floral or foliage - 7

Scene Description: in the spandrels of the arcade

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2020

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 18 July 2020 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tolgs_kyrka_Dopfunt_01.jpg] [accessed 26 September 2021]

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2020

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 18 July 2020 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tolgs_kyrka_Dopfunt_01.jpg] [accessed 26 September 2021]

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2020

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 18 July 2020 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tolgs_kyrka_Dopfunt_01.jpg] [accessed 26 September 2021]

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design element - motifs - vine - 4

Scene Description: one on each of the shelf-like surfaces of the upper half of the base

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2020

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 18 July 2020 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tolgs_kyrka_Dopfunt_01.jpg] [accessed 26 September 2021]

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design element - patterns - braid

Scene Description: all around except where damaged; the braid around the bottom of the basin is rather unusual in this group of fonts, which usually has a band of saw-tooth or zig-zag in this part

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910721F3] [accessed 26 September 2021]

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human figure - head - 4

Scene Description: set at 90-degree angles on the upper half of the base

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2020

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 18 July 2020 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tolgs_kyrka_Dopfunt_01.jpg] [accessed 26 September 2021]

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view of base - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Tolgs kyrka [...] Dopfunt, detalj."

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Image Source: digital image [13616-008.TIF] of a 1926 B&W photograph by Ragnar Blomqvist, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tolgs_kyrkplats_-_KMB_-_16000200090931.jpg] [accessed 26 September 2021]

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view of base - detail

Scene Description: one of the four corners of the base; atop is the huma head; below is animal head or protome

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910721F3] [accessed 26 September 2021]

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view of basin

Scene Description: Source caption: "Tolgs kyrka [...] Dopfunt, teckning av Per Vistrand."

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Image Source: digital image [2056-007.TIF] of an undated drawing by Per Vistrand in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tolgs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200090930.jpg] [accessed 26 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 basin and baptismal dish in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Tolgs kyrka [...] Dopfunt."

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Image Source: digital image [13616-011.TIF] of a 1954 B&W photograph by Jan Erik Anderbjörk, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tolgs_kyrkplats_-_KMB_-__16000200090934.jpg] [accessed 26 September 2021]

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view of church exterior - churchyard, cemetery

Scene Description: Source caption: "Togs kyrkplats [...] Kyrkogården mot sydväst, trappsten." -- a view of the old church site; the new church was built on a new site about 2 km from here

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Image Source: digital image [13616-005.TIF] of a 1951 B&W photograph by Jan Erik Anderbjörk, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tolgs_kyrkplats_-_KMB_-_16000200133886.jpg] [accessed 26 September 2021]

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Tolgs kyrka.Exteriör"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph 28 August 2014 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tolgs_kyrka_Exteriör_från_nordväst_03.JPG] [accessed 26 September 2021]

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view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Tolgs kyrka.Exteriör"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph 28 August 2014 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tolgs_kyrka_01.jpg] [accessed 26 September 2021]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Tolgs kyrka [...] Dopfunt."

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Image Source: digital image [13616-010.TIF] of a 1954 B&W photograph by Jan Erik Anderbjörk, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tolgs_kyrkplats_-_KMB_-__16000200090933.jpg] [accessed 26 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.: 910721F3] [accessed 26 September 2021]

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view of font and baptismal dish

Scene Description: Source caption: "Tolgs kyrka. Dopfunt av sandsten från 1100-talets andra hälft."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2020

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 18 July 2020 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tolgs_kyrka_Dopfunt_01.jpg] [accessed 26 September 2021]

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view of font and baptismal dish in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Tolgs kyrka. Dopfunt av sandsten från 1100-talets andra hälft."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph 18 July 2020 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tolgs_kyrka_Dopfunt_01.jpg] [accessed 26 September 2021]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Tolgs kyrka [...] Dopfunt."

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Image Source: digital image [13616-009.TIF] of a 1954 B&W photograph by Jan Erik Anderbjörk, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tolgs_kyrkplats_-_KMB_-__16000200090932.jpg] [accessed 26 September 2021]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 06273TOL
Church/Chapel: Tolgs kyrka
Church Location: Tolgs kyrka, 363 35 Rottne, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 470 70 48 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Småland, Kronobergs län
Directions to Site: The new church is located off local road G896, 6 km NNW of Rottne, E of road 30, 15-20 km WWN of Braås, 25 km N of Växjö -- the old church was about 2 km from the new
Ecclesiastic Region: Växjö stift
Historical Region: Norrvidinge härad
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] / Njudungsgruppen variant 1 [Borg] / Bestiarius, Group 5 [Drake]
Cognate Fonts: other fonts in those groupings
Church Notes: medieval church demolished ca. 1879; new church consecrated 1881
Noted and illustrated in Blomqvist (129) as a 'Njudungsmästaren posthuma verkstad' baptismal font. Inventoried and illustrated in Borg (2002) as a 'Njudungsgruppen variant 1' baptismal font made of sandstone in 1170-1220. Listed as a baptismal font of the Bestiarius workshop (Group 5) in Drake (2002: 183). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910721F3] as a 'Njudungsgruppen' baptismal font made of sandstone in the second half of the 12th century. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.091611, 14.825772
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 5′ 29.8″ N, 14° 49′ 32.78″ E
UTM: 33V 489442 6327597

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): 51.5 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 67.5 cm* / 68 cm**
Basin Depth: 30 cm*
Height of Basin Side: 41 cm*
Basin Total Height: 53 cm*
Height of Base: 39 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 92 cm* / 91 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Borg (2002) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910721F3]

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