Hoor / Höör / Hör

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design element - motifs - floral and/or foliage - varied

in the upper and lower spandrels; some of them sprout from within the palmettes
Scene Description: in the upper and lower spandrels; some of them sprout from within the palmettes
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900623F4] [accessed 26 June 2021]
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design element - motifs - rope

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900623F4] [accessed 26 June 2021]
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design element - motifs - rope

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900623F4] [accessed 26 June 2021]
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design element - motifs - spur - 4

some damaged
Scene Description: some damaged
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900623F4] [accessed 26 June 2021]
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design element - motifs - vine - palmette - linked palmettes

a band of large acanthus palmettes all around the basin side; the palmettes are linked as an interlace and their sprouting threads fill the top spandrels
Scene Description: a band of large acanthus palmettes all around the basin side; the palmettes are linked as an interlace and their sprouting threads fill the top spandrels
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900623F4] [accessed 26 June 2021]
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inscription

Source caption: "Runinskrift på dopfunten i Höörs kyrka, Skåne."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Runinskrift på dopfunten i Höörs kyrka, Skåne."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 7 March 2007 by Sven Rosborn [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Höörs_kyrka2.jpg] [accessed 24 August 2017]
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inscription

the copper lining insert is also visble here
Scene Description: the copper lining insert is also visble here
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900623F4] [accessed 26 June 2021]
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view of basin

notice the row of lead plugs just below the uppr rim; purpose?
Scene Description: notice the row of lead plugs just below the uppr rim; purpose?
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken in April 2009 by Orf3us [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Altertavle_Höör_Kirke.JPG] [accessed 24 August 2017]
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view of basin and inscription

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Monica Rydbeck, 1936
Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph in Monica Rydbeck (1936)
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view of church exterior - apse - detail

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 7 March 2007 by Sven Rosborn [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Höörs_kyrka1.jpg] [accessed 24 August 2017]
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view of church exterior - northwest view

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 July 2012 by David Castor [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Höörs_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 24 August 2017]
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view of church exterior - south view

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 25 March 2007 by Mywood [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hoor_Church.JPG] [accessed 24 August 2017]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east

the top of the font and its baptismal dish are barely discernible at the far end of the left bank of benches
Scene Description: the top of the font and its baptismal dish are barely discernible at the far end of the left bank of benches
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © E. Palmestedt, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph 20 September 2015 by E. Palmestedt, in Kyrkosafari [https://kyrkosafari.wordpress.com/author/kyrkosafari/page/2/] [accessed 24 August 2017]
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view of font

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Image Source: digitally enhanced image of an illustration in Brunius (1850, pl. XII: 1)
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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © E. Palmestedt, 2015
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 20 September 2015 by E. Palmestedt, in Kyrkosafari [https://kyrkosafari.wordpress.com/author/kyrkosafari/page/2/] [accessed 24 August 2017]
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view of font

showing the copper lining insert
Scene Description: showing the copper lining insert
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900623F4] [accessed 26 June 2021]
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view of font - upper view

the Runic inscription visible here on the left side of the rim
Scene Description: the Runic inscription visible here on the left side of the rim
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © E. Palmestedt, 2015
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 20 September 2015 by E. Palmestedt, in Kyrkosafari [https://kyrkosafari.wordpress.com/author/kyrkosafari/page/2/] [accessed 24 August 2017]
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view of font in context

the old font is located now at the east end of the nave. north side, just west of the chancel arch
Scene Description: the old font is located now at the east end of the nave. north side, just west of the chancel arch
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Image Source: digital photograph taken in April 2009 by Orf3us [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Altertavle_Höör_Kirke.JPG] [accessed 24 August 2017]
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view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © E. Palmestedt, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph 20 September 2015 by E. Palmestedt, in Kyrkosafari [https://kyrkosafari.wordpress.com/author/kyrkosafari/page/2/] [accessed 24 August 2017]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing

INFORMATION

FontID: 06437HOO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Höörs kyrka
Church Location: Skolgatan 2, 243 22 Höör, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 413 220 95
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Skåne, Skåne län
Directions to Site: Located off (E) highway 23, NE of Lund
Ecclesiastic Region: Lunds Stift
Historical Region: Frosta härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, E end of the nave, N side
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Mårten stenmästare / Hörsgruppen
Cognate Fonts: the font at nearby Tjörnarp
Church Notes: present church 12thC; extended 16th, 18thC; tower early-19thC;
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in Brunius (1850): the round basin is quasi-cylindrical, its sides ornamented with a pattern of looping branches and triquetra n the spandrels; this ornamentation is framed at top and bottom with thin rope motif; the rounded underbowl and base are both plain. Illustrated in Hildebrand (1907: fig. 229) who includes the Runic inscription that is located on the upper surface of the basin rim. Described and illustrated in Tynell (1913-1921) with attribution to Mårten and the Hörsgruppen of fonts; Tynell gives references to Brunius, Hildebrand, etc., and spells the name of the place as "Hör". The inscription is translated in Rydbeck (1936: 167), who attributes the font to "Mårten" [cf. other Index entries of the Hörsgruppen by Mårten] and illustrates the basin and the detail of the inscription. Svanberg (1995) claims there is a self-portrait of the master on the font. Illustrated in Carelli (2001: 300) after Hildebrand (1898-) with an illustration of the runic inscription. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900623F4] as a 'Mårten' baptismal font made of sandstone in the second half of the 12th century bearing a Runic inscription, and quoted Svanberg's claim about the self portrait' the SHM entry gives the drain hole in the basin well as measuring 11 cm and reports a copper lining insert in the font basin. The font consists of a tub-shaped basin decorated with a broad band of acanthus palmettes linked between them in an interlace; tendrils stem out from the palmettes and fill the upper spandrels; a pair of rope mouldings frame the foliated band; there is a Runic inscription in the upper rim of the basin; it has been interpreted as the signature of Mårten, the stone-master; on a plain round-to-square base with motifs at the four corners.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.931111, 13.55
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 55′ 52″ N, 13° 33′ 0″ E
UTM: 33U 409409 6199362

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: wide drain hole 11cm -- copper lining insert
Diameter (includes rim): 84 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 88 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Tynell (1913-1921) / **

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: runes
Inscription Notes: The runic characters cannot be reproduced here -- cf. ImagesArea for a picture. The web page for the Höörs pastorat [www.svenskakyrkan.se/hoor/hoor.html] transcribes it as "Martin mik giarde"
Inscription Location: on the upper border of the rim
Inscription Text: "[Mårten mig giorde]"
Inscription Source: Hildebrand (1907: fig. 229); Rydbeck (1936: 167); Carelli (2001: 300)

REFERENCES

Brunius, Carl Georg, Skånes Konsthistoria från Medeltiden, Lund: Hos Förläggaren, 1850
Carelli, Peter, En kapitalistik anda" kulturella förändringar i 1100-talets Danmark, Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell International, 2001
Hildebrand, Hans, Den Kyrkliga konsten under Sveriges medeltid: en kortfattad öfversikt, Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & Söners Förlag, 1907
Rydbeck, Monica, Skånes stenmästare före 1200, 1936
Rydbeck, Otto, Italienskt inflytande på Skånsk kyrkobyggnadskonst, Stockholm: Akademiens Förlag, 1934
Tynell, Lars, Skånes medeltida Dopfuntar, Stockholm: Cederquists Grafiska Aktiebolag, 1913-1921