Kavsjo / Kävsjö
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angel - cherub - 2
Scene Description: the wings and arns very sketchy
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910720F1] [accessed 17 October 2021]
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animal - mammal - lion - foliated tail - facing lions - passant - 2 - with tree - Tree of Life?
Scene Description: SHM caption: "motställda lejon kring livsträd"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910720F1] [accessed 17 October 2021]
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design element - motifs - braid - 3-strand
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.: 910720F1] [accessed 17 October 2021]
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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.: 910720F1] [accessed 17 October 2021]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: a broad one at the top of the pedestal base
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910720F1] [accessed 17 October 2021]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
Scene Description: eroded and damaged now
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910720F1] [accessed 17 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.: 910720F1] [accessed 17 October 2021]
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design element - motifs - vine
Scene Description: stylised vine all around
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910720F1] [accessed 17 October 2021]
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design element - motifs - wave - triple
Scene Description: seen here on the left, behind the lion
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910720F1] [accessed 17 October 2021]
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design element - patterns - striated
Scene Description: all around the conical part of the base
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910720F1] [accessed 17 October 2021]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
![Source caption: "Kävsjö kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0211017029_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kävsjö kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2237-005.TIF] of a 1916 B&W photograph by Erik Fant, in theKulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kävsjö_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200084190.jpg] [accessed 17 October 2021]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kävsjö kyrka i Gnosjö kommun, Jönköpings län, Småland, Växjö stift, Sverige."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gunnar Creutz, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 31 October 2013 by Gunnar Creutz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kävsjö_kyrka_4417.jpg] [accessed 17 October 2021]
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view of church exterior in context - south view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kävsjö kyrka från luften"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © L.G.foto, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph 10 April 2009 by L.G.foto [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kävsjö_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 17 October 2021]
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view of church interior - baptismal dish
![Source caption: "Kävsjö kyrka [...] Dopskål."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0211017033_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kävsjö kyrka [...] Dopskål."
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Image Source: digital image [2237-034.TIF] of a 1966 B&W photograph by Marianne Bratt Gustafsson, in theKulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kävsjö_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200084257.jpg] [accessed 17 October 2021]
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view of font
![Source caption: "Kävsjö kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten. 1200-tal."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0211017032_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kävsjö kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten. 1200-tal."
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Image Source: digital image [2237-030.TIF] of a 1916 B&W photograph by Erik Fant, in theKulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kävsjö_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200084251.jpg] [accessed 17 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.: 910720F1] [accessed 17 October 2021]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Borg, 2020
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Borg (2002)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of font and baptismal dish
![Source caption: "Kävsjö kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten. 1200-tal."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0211017030_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kävsjö kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten. 1200-tal."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2237-031.TIF] of a 1966 B&W photograph by Marianne Bratt Gustafsson, in theKulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kävsjö_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200084247.jpg] [accessed 17 October 2021]
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view of font and baptismal dish
![Source caption: "Kävsjö kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten. 1200-tal."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0211017031_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kävsjö kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten. 1200-tal."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2237-032.TIF] of a 1966 B&W photograph by Marianne Bratt Gustafsson, in theKulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kävsjö_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200084248.jpg] [accessed 17 October 2021]
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view of font and baptismal dish
Scene Description: Source caption: " Romansk dopfunt i Kävsjö kyrka, Kävsjö socken, Östbo härad, Gnosjö kommun, Finnveden, Jönköpings län, Småland, Växjö stift, Sverige."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gunnar Creutz, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 31 October 2013 by Gunnar Creutz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kävsjö_kyrka_4396.jpg] [accessed 17 October 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 06279KAV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Kävsjö kyrka
Church Location: Kävsjö kyrkby, 330 33 Hillerstorp, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Småland, Jönköpings län
Directions to Site: Located off (E) local road F648, E of county road 151, 3 km E of Hillerstorp, 6 km W of the E4, in the municipality and 12-13 km ESE of Gnosjö, about 15 km NNW of Värnamo
Ecclesiastic Region: Växsjö stift
Historical Region: Västbo härad, Jönköpings län
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, E end
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Kävsjögruppen [Borg] / Bestiarius group - variant [Drake]
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: wooden 13thC church; replaced by another wooden church in the later Middle Ages; tower of 1741 replaced 1704 belfry; present church of late-18thC
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Blomqvist (1929) in his chapter on 'Huvudmästarnas efterföljare', in a group which includes somewhat related fonts at Refteled, Ölmestad, Ljungarum and Kävsjö. Inventoried and illustrated in Borg (2002) as forming part of a 'Kävsjögruppen' with the fonts at Ljungarum and Järstorp. Listed as a baptismal font of the Bestiarius workshop (variant group) in Drake (2002: 183). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910720F1] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the 13th century; the SHM does not mention any attribution. No cover present.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.315417, 13.9215
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 18′ 55.5″ N, 13° 55′ 17.4″ E
UTM: 33V 435040 6353012
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 7 - 7.5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 49 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 64 cm* / 63 cm**
Basin Depth: 39 cm*
Basin Total Height: 41 cm*
Height of Base: 36 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 77 cm* / 78 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Borg (2002) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910720F1]
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