Nassja / Nässja
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Results: 16 records
animal - bird - dove - 2 - facing each other - at a plant or tree
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920903F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920903F2] [accessed 17 April 2020]
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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - 14 - columns with capitals and bases - double columns - torsade columns
Scene Description: the contrast of the double torsade columns with the plain arch-heads is striking
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920903F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920903F2] [accessed 17 April 2020]
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design element - motifs - diamond or lozenge
Scene Description: one in each spandrel of the arcade
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920903F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920903F2] [accessed 17 April 2020]
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design element - motifs - floral - lily?
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920903F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920903F2] [accessed 17 April 2020]
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design element - motifs - plant - varied
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920903F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920903F2] [accessed 17 April 2020]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920903F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920903F2] [accessed 17 April 2020]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920903F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920903F2] [accessed 17 April 2020]
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view of basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ullén & Ljungstedt, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken by Gabriel Hildebrand, RAÄ, reproduced in Ullén & Ljungstedt (2003: fig. 13-14) [https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1295675/FULLTEXT01.pdf] [accessed 17 April 2020]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Riggwelter, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 July 2006 by Riggwelter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nässja_church_Vadstena_Sweden_002.JPG] [accessed 17 April 2020]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 July 2006 by Riggwelter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nässja_church_Vadstena_Sweden_001.JPG] [accessed 17 April 2020]
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view of church exterior in context - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © L.G.foto, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 April 2011 by L.G.foto [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nässja_kyrka_från_luften.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2020]
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view of church interior - chancel
Scene Description: with only a partial view of the font in the bottom-right corner of the image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 October 2011 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nässja_3.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: unfortunately the font is totally hidden by the tall pews
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 October 2011 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nässja_2.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2020]
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view of church interior - looking west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 October 2011 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nässja_4.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2020]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens historiska museet, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920903F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920903F2] [accessed 17 April 2020]
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view of font - section
Scene Description: showing the odd drainage, probably not original
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ullén & Ljungstedt, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a drawing in Ullén & Ljungstedt (2003: 100) [https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1295675/FULLTEXT01.pdf] [accessed 17 April 2020]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 22625NAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Nässja kyrka
Church Location: Nässja, 592 91 Vadstena, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Östergötland, Östergötlands län
Directions to Site: Located off local road E941, on the NE banks of Vättern, 8 km W of Vadstena Linköping
Ecclesiastic Region: Linköpings stift
Historical Region: Dals härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SE corner of the nave
Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920903F2] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the 13th century. Noted and illustrated in Ullén & Ljungstedt (2003) note that the stem and lower base are a modern replacement. The cylindical basin is decorated with an arcade of round arches populated by a couple of facing birds and a variety of plants; the sides of the basin are framed by a pair of parallel rope mouldings; to the side of one of the plant motis are a pair of drilled holes, one of which connects to the inner well and serves to drain it; the underbowl is flat and plain.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.463606, 14.808411
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 27′ 48.98″ N, 14° 48′ 30.28″ E
UTM: 33V 488822 6480343
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: the side drain is probably not original -- no lining
Rim Thickness: 5.5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 53 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 64 cm*
Basin Depth: 25 cm*
Basin Total Height: 36 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Ullén & Ljungstedt (2003)
REFERENCES
Ullén, Marian, Östergötlands medeltida dopfuntar, Stockholm: Riksantikvarieämbetet och författarna, 2003