Simrishamn
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view of font and cover
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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 - 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 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 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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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 in context
Scene Description: the old font seen here in the bottom-left corner, to the left of the psalm-board
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
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 cover
Scene Description: made by Matias Stenberg in 1729
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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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
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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INFORMATION
Font ID: 09067SIM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (mid?), Transitional? / Early Gothic?
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Borrbygruppen [Tynell] / ciborietyp [SHM]
Cognate Fonts: Other fonts of this group
Church / Chapel Name: Simrishamns Sankt Nicolai kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SE
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Address: Storgatan 18, 272 31 Simrishamn, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 414 41 24 80
Site Location: Skåne, Skåne län, Sweden, Europe
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 Notes:
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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
UTM: 33U 458929 6156963
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 55.556944, 14.348889
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 55° 33′ 25″ N, 14° 20′ 56″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: no drainage system
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, p. 67