Linkoping No. 3 / Linköping / Lyncypung

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Results: 9 records

animal - fish

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920916F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920916F1] [accessed 18 April 2020]

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design element - architectural - arch-head - round - 4

Scene Description: with inserted curls or scrolls and hanging diamond shapes

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920916F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920916F1] [accessed 18 April 2020]

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design element - motifs - curl or scroll

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920916F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920916F1] [accessed 18 April 2020]

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design element - motifs - diamond or lozenge - 3

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920916F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920916F1] [accessed 18 April 2020]

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design element - motifs - floral - rosette - 8-petal - 3

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920916F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920916F1] [accessed 18 April 2020]

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design element - motifs - foliage - beaded foliage

Scene Description: and/or fruit?

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920916F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920916F1] [accessed 18 April 2020]

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design element - motifs - scallop

Scene Description: framing each side of the basin

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920916F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920916F1] [accessed 18 April 2020]

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design element - motifs - vine

Scene Description: above the fish, with two types of leaves, hanging from a rod

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920916F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920916F1] [accessed 18 April 2020]

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view of basin

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920916F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920916F1] [accessed 18 April 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22626LIN
Museum and Inventory Number: Östergötlands läns museum, Linköping
Church/Chapel: [original church unknown]
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Östergötland, Östergötlands län
Directions to Site: [The font comes from an unknown church in Linköping
Ecclesiastic Region: [Linköping stift]
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Noted and illustrated in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920916F1] as the basin of a baptismal font made of sandstone ca. 1200; the original church whence it came from is not known. The font is located at the Östergötlands läns museum in Linköping. The basin has the shape of a cushion capital, the sides decorated with foliage, rosettes, arch-heads and a large fish on one of the sides; the base is missing.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage Notes: no lining