Annerstad

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Christ - Agnus Dei - passant - with cross

Scene Description: part of it, including the cross, damaged

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910617F3] [accessed 5 Spetember 2021]

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animal - head - devouring human head - 4

Scene Description: showing here one of the four, captioned "lejon som biter över manshuvud" in the SHM entry -- all heads, both animal and human, however, are individualised, and the other animals may not all be lions

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910617F3] [accessed 5 Spetember 2021]

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animal - mammal - quadruped - foliated tail - passant - lillies

Scene Description: the unidentified quadruped passant to the left, walking by a pair of lillies

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910617F3] [accessed 5 Spetember 2021]

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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - 7 - beaded-tape - columns - columns with capitals

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910617F3] [accessed 5 Spetember 2021]

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

Scene Description: not clear whether it is part of the basin block or the base

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910617F3] [accessed 5 Spetember 2021]

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910617F3] [accessed 5 Spetember 2021]

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design element - motifs and/or symbols - varied

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910617F3] [accessed 5 Spetember 2021]

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design element - patterns - beaded-tape

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910617F3] [accessed 5 Spetember 2021]

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view of base

Scene Description: each of the animals and each of the heads are individualised, no two exactly the same

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910617F3] [accessed 5 Spetember 2021]

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view of base - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Annerstads kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, medeltida. Detalj." -- the medieval font was moved to the new church

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Image Source: digital image [1867-006.TIF] of a 1926 B&W photograph by Ragnar Blomqvist, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Annerstads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200067972.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2021]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Annerstads kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydväst -- the new building, consecrated in 1826, replaced a medieval church

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Image Source: digital image [1867-001.TIF] of a 1922 B&W photograph by Dan Samuelsson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Annerstads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200067967.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2021]

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view of church exterior in context - south view

Scene Description: the new building, consecrated in 1826, replaced a medieval church

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ingemar Isaksson, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph 9 September 2011 by Ingemar Isaksson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Annerstad_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2021]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Annerstads kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster." -- the new building, consecrated in 1826, replaced a medieval church

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Image Source: digital image [1867-002.TIF] of a 1926 B&W photograph by Ragnar Blomqvist, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Annerstads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200067968.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2021]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Annerstads kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, medeltida." -- the medieval font was moved to the new church

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Image Source: digital image [1867-005.TIF] of a 1926 B&W photograph by Ragnar Blomqvist, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Annerstads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200067971.jpg] [accessed 5 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.: 910617F3] [accessed 5 Spetember 2021]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 06284ANN
Church/Chapel: Annerstads kyrka
Church Location: Annerstads Kyrka 1, 340 12 Annerstad, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Småland, Kronobergs län
Directions to Site: Located just off local road G548, N of county road 25, about 15 km WSW of Ljungby
Ecclesiastic Region: Växjö stift
Historical Region: Sunnerbo härad, Ljungby kn, Kronobergs län, Småland
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church, at the E end of the nave
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Bestiariusgruppen [SHM] / attributed to Bestiarius [Drake]
Cognate Fonts: others such in the group
Church Notes: medieval church ca. 1200; replaced by new church consecrated 1826;
Described and illustrated in Blomqvist (1929). Listed in Drake (2002: 183) as one of several baptismal fonts "[a]ttributed to the Bestiarius workshop but not verified". Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910617F3] as a 'Bestiariusgruppen' abptismal font made of sandstone in the second half of the 12th century. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.760472, 13.721472
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 45′ 37.7″ N, 13° 43′ 17.3″ E
UTM: 33V 421836 6291453

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 (includes rim): 73 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 90 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910617F3]

REFERENCES

Blomqvist, Ragnar, Studier i Smålands romanska stenkonst, 1929
Drake, Colin Stuart, The Romanesque Fonts of Northern Europe and Scandinavia, Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002