Nasby nr. Vetlanda / Näsby

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Results: 16 records

animal - mammal - lion - head - 8

Scene Description: set at 90-degree angles on both levels of the base

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Image Source: Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910726F1]

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animal - mammal - quadruped - unidentified

Scene Description: only part of the contour of the animal passant to the left is discernible on the basin side, but there probably were a number of them originally

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Image Source: digital image [2316-075.TIF] of an undated [pre-1939] B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Näsby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200086449.jpg] [accessed 2 April 2022]

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design element - architectural - arcade - beaded-tape

Scene Description: a small patch of beaded-tape is still discernible of the almost totally disappeared arcade on the side

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

Scene Description: all around the underbowl

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design element - motifs - rope moulding - parallel - 2

Scene Description: pair of very broad rope mouldings with animal heads set at 90-degree angles

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design element - motifs - vine - 4

Scene Description: a small vine on each side of the base; each different from the others

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view of base

Scene Description: Source caption: "Näsby kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, 1200-tal."

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Image Source: digital image [2316-083.TIF] of a 1926 B&W photograph by Ragnar Blomqvist, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Näsby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200086460.jpg] [accessed 2 April 2022]

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view of base - detail

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view of church exterior - northwest view

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

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph 30 July 2014 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Näsby_kyrka_Exteriör_1.jpg] [accessed 2 April 2022]

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view of church exterior in context - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: " Näsby kyrka"

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:0826Näsby_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 2 April 2022]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Näsby kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, 1200-tal. Före restaurering."

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Näsby kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, 1200-tal. Före restaurering."

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Image Source: digital image [2316-077.TIF] of an undated [pre-1939] B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Näsby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200086451.jpg] [accessed 2 April 2022]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Näsby kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, 1200-tal. Före restaurering."

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Image Source: digital image [2316-079.TIF] of an undated [pre-1939] B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Näsby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200086453.jpg] [accessed 2 April 2022]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Näsby kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, 1200-tal. Före restaurering."

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Image Source: digital image [2316-080.TIF] of an undated [pre-1939] B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Näsby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200086454.jpg] [accessed 2 April 2022]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Näsby kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, 1200-tal. Efter restaurering."

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Image Source: digital image [2316-081.TIF] of a 1939 B&W photograph by Sven Wahlgren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Näsby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200086454.jpg] [accessed 2 April 2022]

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view of font

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INFORMATION

FontID: 06289NAS
Church/Chapel: Näsby kyrka
Church Location: Näsby kirkby, 574 94 Vetlanda, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 383 76 37 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Småland, Jönköpings län
Directions to Site: Located local road F881, 4-5 km W of Vetlanda town centre, at the E-most tip of Flögen, about 60 km SE of Jönköping
Ecclesiastic Region: Växjö stift
Historical Region: Östra härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Njudungsmästarens posthuma verkstad [Blomqvist] / Njudungsgruppen [SHM] Njudungsgruppen [SHM] / attributed to the Bestiarius workshop [Drake]
Church Notes: 12th-13thC stone church; re-built 1727; wooden bell tower added 1807
Noted and illustrated in Blomqvist (1929) as a damaged baptismal font of the 'Njudungsmästarens posthuma verkstad'. Inventoried and illustrated in Borg (2002) a s baptismal font in the 'Njudungsgruppen variant 3', made of sandstone between 1170 and 1220. 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.: 910726F1] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the late-12th century in the 'Njudungsgruppen', a great part of the fragmentary basin reconstructed [="den fragmentariska cuppan är rekonstruerad i cement "]. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.436061, 15.009617
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 26′ 9.82″ N, 15° 0′ 34.62″ E
UTM: 33V 500577 6365928

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: 6.5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 52 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 65 cm* / 67 cm**
Basin Total Height: 41 cm*
Height of Base: 43 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 84 cm* / **
Notes on Measurements: [NB: measurements are for the reconstructed font] * Borg (2002) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910726F1]

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