Ystad No. 3

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Results: 15 records

animal - bird - cockerel

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900806F4] [accessed 25 August 2024]

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animal - fabulous animal or monster - bird

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900806F4] [accessed 25 August 2024]

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animal - fabulous animal or monster - quadruped - winged - passant-regardant

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900806F4] [accessed 25 August 2024]

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animal - mammal - lion - passant

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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph in Tynell (1913-1921: pl. XXI: 2)

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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - beaded-tape

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900806F4] [accessed 25 August 2024]

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design element - motifs - dots

Scene Description: a row

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900806F4] [accessed 25 August 2024]

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design element - motifs - foliage

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900806F4] [accessed 25 August 2024]

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: NB: in later photographs the moulding appears in the centre of the pedestal because the two blocks of the base have been switched

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900806F4] [accessed 25 August 2024]

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human figure - male - standing

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900806F4] [accessed 25 August 2024]

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: " Ystad Sankt Petri kyrka i Skåne, Sverige. Ystad Sankt Petri kirke, døbefont"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2006

Image Source: digital photograph 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Ystadpetri30.jpg] [accessed 25 August 2024]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Sankt Petrikyrkan påbörjades 1267 och var en del av det gamla gråbrödraklostret i Ystad i Skåne i södra Sverige."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Helen Simonsson, 2015

Image Source: digital photograph 8 July 2015 by Helen Simonsson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sankt_Petri_kyrka_Klosterkyrkan_Ystad_Lunds_stift_Skåne_Sverige.jpg] [accessed 25 August 2024]

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view of church interior - looking southeast

Scene Description: Source caption: "Interiör av Sankt Petri kyrka i Ystad, Sverige" -- showing the font at the east end of the south aisle; notice the position of the roll moulding on the pedestal base; the two blocks of the base have been switched

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lars Mongs, Arxfoto, 2009

Image Source: digital photograph October 2009 by Lars Mongs, Arxfoto [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interior-01_Sankt_Petri_kyrka,_Ystad.jpg] [accessed 25 August 2024]

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view of font

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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph in Tynell (1913-1921: pl. XXI: 2)

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view of font

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900806F4] [accessed 25 August 2024]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Franziskander Taufe" -- notice that the base appears a different from the one seen on the earlier photographs [it is because the two pieces of the pedestal base were switched, placing the roll moulding in its middle]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Beckstet, 2007

Image Source: digital photograph [edited] 18 July 2007 by Beckstet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Franziskander_Taufe.JPG] [accessed 25 August 2024]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 09049YST
Church/Chapel: Klosterkyrkan S:t Petri
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Klostergatan 10, 271 34 Ystad, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 411 69200
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Skåne, Skåne län
Directions to Site: Located in the old city centre, just N of Sankta Maria Kyrka
Ecclesiastic Region: Lunds Stift
Historical Region: Herrestads hd, Malmöhus län, Skåne
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, E end of the S aisle
Century and Period: 14th century, Gothic? / Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Falsterbogruppen [Tynell] / Fröjelgruppen [SHM]
Cognate Fonts: other such in that group
Church Notes: 13thC monastery church with parochial services as well as serving as history museum
Described and illustrated in Tynell (1913-1921: 55 and pl. XXI: 2): medieval baptismal font of the Falsterbo goup consisting of an octagonal basin or general hemispherical shape mounted on a base often found on the fonts of the Paradise type: round pedestal splaying out slightly towards the bottom. The sides of the octagonal basin are decorated with a row of circle motifs at the upper register while an arcade of round arches decorated with dotted motif houses a series of fantastic animals and figures: lion, birds, a standing human, a rooster, etc. The spandrels of the arcade are decorated with palmette-like foliage motifs. Listed and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900806F4] [https://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=900806F4] [accessed 25 August 2024] as a baptismal font of the Fröjelgruppen made of limestone in the 14th century.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.430833, 13.819444
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 25′ 51″ N, 13° 49′ 10″ E
UTM: 33U 425295 6143370

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: 3
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 68.5 cm* / 66 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 91.5 cm* / 92 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Tynell (1913-1921: 55) / ** SHM

REFERENCES

Statens Historiska Museum, Stocholm, Medeltidens bildvärld, 2003. Accessed: 2024-08-25 00:00:00. URL: https://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/sok/avancerad.asp.
Tynell, Lars, Skånes medeltida Dopfuntar, Stockholm: Cederquists Grafiska Aktiebolag, 1913-1921