Ljungby in Kronoberg

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Results: 27 records

Christ - Agnus Dei - with processional cross - passant-regardant

in the left arch, passant to the left
Scene Description: in the left arch, passant to the left
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910618F2] [accessed 3 October 2021]
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animal - fabulous animal or monster - lion - two-headed lion - foliated tail - rampant

identified in the SHM caption: "tvehövdat lejon"
Scene Description: identified in the SHM caption: "tvehövdat lejon"
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910618F2] [accessed 3 October 2021]
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animal - mammal - lion - foliated tail - flaming tongue sticking out - fighting? - animal - head - unidentified - 3

captioned "lejon med tre djurhuvuden" in the SHM; the lion on the centre and right appears to be fighting three animal heads on the left
Scene Description: captioned "lejon med tre djurhuvuden" in the SHM; the lion on the centre and right appears to be fighting three animal heads on the left
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910618F2] [accessed 3 October 2021]
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animal - mammal - lion - foliated tail - passant-regardant

seen here in the second-from-the-right arch
Scene Description: seen here in the second-from-the-right arch
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Blomqvist (1929)
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animal - mammal - lion - foliated tail - passant-regardant

seen here in the left arch; the body covered in a pattern
Scene Description: seen here in the left arch; the body covered in a pattern
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2042-008.TIF] of a 1926 B&W photograph by Ragnar Blomqvist, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ljungby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200084574.jpg] [accessed 3 October 2021]
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animal - mammal - lion - foliated tail - rampant-regardant

seen here in the right arch
Scene Description: seen here in the right arch
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2042-005.TIF] of a 1926 B&W photograph by Ragnar Blomqvist, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ljungby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200084571.jpg] [accessed 3 October 2021]
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animal - mammal - lion - head - devouring human

one such at each of the corners of the base; identified in the SHM caption as "lejon som biter över manshuvud"
Scene Description: one such at each of the corners of the base; identified in the SHM caption as "lejon som biter över manshuvud"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: detail of a digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910618F2] [accessed 3 October 2021]
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animal - quadruped

in the arch to the left of the Agnus Dei: a quadruped with a floriated tail, passant to the left; above it two animal heads, the one of the left with part of its body visible -- captioned "fyrfotingar, tre stycken i grupp" in the SHM
Scene Description: in the arch to the left of the Agnus Dei: a quadruped with a floriated tail, passant to the left; above it two animal heads, the one of the left with part of its body visible -- captioned "fyrfotingar, tre stycken i grupp" in the SHM
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910618F2] [accessed 3 October 2021]
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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - beaded-tape - columns - columns with capitals and bases

eight arches
Scene Description: eight arches
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910618F2] [accessed 3 October 2021]
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design element - motifs - ball, bead or pellet - in an oval - 8

In a couple of them the 'ball' is the same shape as the outer oval.
Scene Description: In a couple of them the 'ball' is the same shape as the outer oval.
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910618F2] [accessed 3 October 2021]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding

the only image available where the rope moulding atop the base block is clearly discernible
Scene Description: the only image available where the rope moulding atop the base block is clearly discernible
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of a 18 August 2015 photograph [htsm0293] by Lars Kennerstedt of a 4 May 1880 drawing by Per Gustaf Vistrand, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ljungby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000536271.jpg] [accessed 3 October 2021]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding

around the lower end of the base
Scene Description: around the lower end of the base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: detail of a digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910618F2] [accessed 3 October 2021]
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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.: 910618F2] [accessed 3 October 2021]
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design element - patterns

the only image available where the patterned underbowl is discernible
Scene Description: the only image available where the patterned underbowl is discernible
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of a 18 August 2015 photograph [htsm0293] by Lars Kennerstedt of a 4 May 1880 drawing by Per Gustaf Vistrand, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ljungby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000536271.jpg] [accessed 3 October 2021]
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design element - patterns - zigzag

definitely a zig-zag, not a saw-tooth
Scene Description: definitely a zig-zag, not a saw-tooth
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910618F2] [accessed 3 October 2021]
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view of basin

Source caption: "Ljungby kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, 1100-talet."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ljungby kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, 1100-talet."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2042-004.TIF] of a 1926 B&W photograph by Ragnar Blomqvist, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ljungby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200084570.jpg] [accessed 3 October 2021]
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view of basin

Source caption: "Ljungby kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, 1100-talet."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ljungby kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, 1100-talet."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2042-005.TIF] of a 1926 B&W photograph by Ragnar Blomqvist, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ljungby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200084571.jpg] [accessed 3 October 2021]
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view of basin

Source caption: "Ljungby kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, 1100-talet."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ljungby kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, 1100-talet."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2042-006.TIF] of a 1926 B&W photograph by Ragnar Blomqvist, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ljungby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200084572.jpg] [accessed 3 October 2021]
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view of basin

Source caption: "Ljungby kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, 1100-talet."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ljungby kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, 1100-talet."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2042-007.TIF] of a 1926 B&W photograph by Ragnar Blomqvist, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ljungby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200084573.jpg] [accessed 3 October 2021]
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view of basin - iconographic program

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Blomqvist (1929)
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view of church exterior - northwest view

Source caption: "Ljungby kyrka i västra Småland"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ljungby kyrka i västra Småland"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ingemar Isaksson, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 11 September 2011 by Ingemar Isaksson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ljungby_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 3 October 2021]
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view of church interior - looking east

source caption: "Ljungby kyrka, Kronobergs län.Interiör:" -- the top of the medieval font is discernible at the far [east] end, right [south] bank of benches
Scene Description: source caption: "Ljungby kyrka, Kronobergs län.Interiör:" -- the top of the medieval font is discernible at the far [east] end, right [south] bank of benches
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 13 September 2014 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ljungby_kyrka_Kronobergs_län_Interiör_046.JPG] [accessed 3 October 2021]
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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910618F2] [accessed 3 October 2021]
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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Raine Borg, 2002
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Borg (2002)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

view of font - drawing

Source caption: "Ljungby kyrka [...] Medeltida dopfunt. Blyertsteckning av Per Gustaf Vistrand, 4 maj 1880."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ljungby kyrka [...] Medeltida dopfunt. Blyertsteckning av Per Gustaf Vistrand, 4 maj 1880."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of a 18 August 2015 photograph [htsm0293] by Lars Kennerstedt of a 4 May 1880 drawing by Per Gustaf Vistrand, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ljungby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000536271.jpg] [accessed 3 October 2021]
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view of font and baptismal dish - upper view

Source caption: " Ljungby kyrka, Kronobergs län.Dopfunt i sandsten från 1300-talet. Runt över kanten löper ett band av valvbågar och fantasidjur."
Scene Description: Source caption: " Ljungby kyrka, Kronobergs län.Dopfunt i sandsten från 1300-talet. Runt över kanten löper ett band av valvbågar och fantasidjur."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 13 September 2014 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ljungby_kyrka_Kronobergs_län_Dopfunt_044.JPG] [accessed 3 October 2021]
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view of font in context

Source caption: "Ljungby kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, 1100-talet."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ljungby kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, 1100-talet."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2042-008.TIF] of a 1926 B&W photograph by Ragnar Blomqvist, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ljungby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200084574.jpg] [accessed 3 October 2021]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 06277LJU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Ljungby kyrka
Church Location: Märta Ljungbergsvägen 9, 341 35 Ljungby, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 372 671 10
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Småland, Kronobergs län
Directions to Site: Located off local road 25.05 [aka Märta Ljungbergsvägen], E of highway E4, about 60 km W of Växjö
Ecclesiastic Region: Växjö stift
Historical Region: Sunnerbo härad, Ljungby kn, Kronobergs län
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church, E end, S side
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Hamnedagruppen [Johansson] / Sunnerbrogruppen [Blomqvist] / Sunnerbogruppen med Voxtorp II [Borg] / Bestiarius, Group 6 [Drake] / Bestiariusgruppen [SHM]
Church Notes: medieval church 12th-13thC(?); replaced by new church consecrated 1861; new church much renovated and modified since; two restorations in the 20thC
Font Notes:
Johansson (1925) puts this font in the 'Hamnedagruppen' and comments on the uncharacteristic two-headed lion on it. Noted and illustrated in Blomqvist (1929) as a 'Sunnerbrogruppen' baptismal font. Inventoried and illustrated in Borg (2002) as a baptismal font made of sandstone ca. 1170, in the 'Sunnerbogruppen med Voxtorp II". Listed as a baptismal font of the Bestiarius workshop (Group 6) in Drake (2002: 183). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910618F2] as a 'Bestiariusgruppen' baptismal font made of sandstone in the second half of the 12th century. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.834306, 13.935
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 50′ 3.5″ N, 13° 56′ 6″ E
UTM: 33V 435018 6299447

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
Rim Thickness: 13.5 - 14 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 64 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 92 cm* / 91 cm**
Basin Depth: 31 cm*
Height of Basin Side: 40 cm*
Basin Total Height: 56 cm*
Height of Base: 30 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 86 cm* / 88 cm**
Trapezoidal Basin: 63 x 63 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Borg (2002) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910618F2]

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
Johansson, Gotthard, "En romansk dopfuntsgrupp i Småland", vol. 8, no. 3-4 (1925), RIG-Kulturhistorisk tidskrift, 1925, pp. [206]-225; p. 223