Simrishamn

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950705F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950705F2#] [accessed 6 September 2020]

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view of church exterior - south view

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Image Source: digital photograph taken in June 2010 by Orfeus [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Simmershavn_kirke.JPG] [accessed 6 September 2020]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Väsk, 2005

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 January 2005 by Väsk [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sankt_Nicolai_kyrka,_Simrishamn_6.jpg] [accessed 6 September 2020]

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view of font and cover

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view of font cover

Scene Description: made by Matias Stenberg in 1729

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Image Source: digital photograph by Geleja, in Kyrkokartan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/058456/images/58456_74513698] [accessed 6 September 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the old font seen here in the bottom-left corner, to the left of the psalm-board

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Image Source: digital image [1527-030.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sankt_Nicolai_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200060600.jpg] [accessed 6 September 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the old font partially visible here to the left of the psalm-board, semi-hidden behind the left bank of pews

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Image Source: digital image [1527-047.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph by P. Carlsson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sankt_Nicolai_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200060617.jpg] [accessed 6 September 2020]

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view of font, canopy, baldachin and cover in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Geleja, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph by Geleja, in Kyrkokartan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/058456/images/58456_74513698] [accessed 6 September 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 09067SIM
Church/Chapel: Simrishamns Sankt Nicolai kyrka
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: Storgatan 18, 272 31 Simrishamn, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 414 41 24 80
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Skåne, Skåne län
Directions to Site: Located off (SE) county road 9 [aka Kristianstadsvägen], just inland from the harbour area, NE of Simris
Ecclesiastic Region: Lunds Stift
Historical Region: Järrestads härad, Simrishamns komun, Skåne län
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SE
Century and Period: 13th century (mid?), Transitional? / Early Gothic?
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Borrbygruppen [Tynell] / ciborietyp [SHM]
Cognate Fonts: Other fonts of this group
Described in Tynell (1913-1921: 67) as a medieval baptismal font of the Borrby group decorated with foliage/tendril motifs. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950705F2] as a 'ciborietyp' baptismal font made of limestone in the mid-13th century, topped by a font cover made by Matias Stenberg in 1729; the cover has a sculpture of the Baptism of Christ by John the Baptist. There is a very ornate Baroque canopy over the font.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.556944, 14.348889
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 33′ 25″ N, 14° 20′ 56″ E
UTM: 33U 458929 6156963

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: 3
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 87 cm* / **
Font Height (less Plinth): 99 cm* / **
Notes on Measurements: * Tynell (1913-1921: 67) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950705F2]

LID INFORMATION

Date: 1729
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Tynell, Lars, Skånes medeltida Dopfuntar, Stockholm: Cederquists Grafiska Aktiebolag, 1913-1921