Styrstad / Styrestad

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view of font

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920718F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920718F1] [accessed 20 April 2020]
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view of font in context - southwest side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Harri Blomberg, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 July 2007 by Harri Blomberg [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Styrstads_kyrka,_den_15_juli_2007,_bild_14.jpg] [accessed 20 April 2020]
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view of font - northeast side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Harri Blomberg, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 July 2007 by Harri Blomberg [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Styrstads_kyrka,_den_15_juli_2007,_bild_13.jpg] [accessed 20 April 2020]
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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - columns - columns with capitals

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920718F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920718F1] [accessed 20 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.: 920718F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920718F1] [accessed 20 April 2020]
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view of church exterior - south view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Håkan Svensson (Xauxa), 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 October 2005 by Håkan Svensson (Xauxa) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Styrstads_kyrka_view01.jpg] [accessed 20 April 2020]
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view of church exterior in context - southwest 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:Styrstads_kyrka_från_luften.jpg] [accessed 20 April 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: the late-medieval font is partially visible at the dar [east] end, right [south] side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Harri Blomberg, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 July 2007 by Harri Blomberg [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Styrstads_kyrka,_den_15_juli_2007,_bild_25.jpg] [accessed 20 April 2020]
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens historiska museet, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920718F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920718F1] [accessed 20 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.: 920718F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920718F1] [accessed 20 April 2020]
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design element - architectural - arch or window - trefoiled

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animal - paw

Scene Description: holding a round moulding around the lower base
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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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view of font - elevation and section

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Image Source: digital image of a drawing [source N/A]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 22632STY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1300?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Paradise font / Paradisenfunten / Baegerbladsfonte / Muschelcuppen / Musselcuppor / Musselcuppstyp [SHM]
Cognate Fonts: other such in this group
Church / Chapel Name: Styrstads kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, S side
Church Notes: 12thC stone church may have had a wooden predecessor; re-built late-18thC
Church Address: Styrstads Kyrka, 605 92 Norrköping, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 11 34 22 37
Site Location: Östergötland, Östergötlands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off local road E847, 1-2 km NE of the E22, 6 km SE of Norrköping and in its municipality
Ecclesiastic Region: Linköpings stift
Historical Region: Lösings härad
Font Notes:
Noted in Reutersvärd (1967). Noted and illustrated in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920718F1] as a "musselcuppstyp" baptismal font made of limestone ca. 1300. Noted and illustrated in Ullén & Ljungstedt (2003) as being made of Gotland limestone.

COORDINATES

UTM: 33V 573852 6491958
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 58.5618, 16.2694
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 58° 33′ 42.48″ N, 16° 16′ 9.84″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (Gotland)
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: no drainage system
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 8.5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 71 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 88 cm*
Basin Depth: 32 cm*
Basin Total Height: 42 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 108 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Ullén & Ljungstedt (2003; 107)

REFERENCES

  • Reutersvärd, Oscar, Atlas till Sveriges odlingshistoria Tilläggshäfte, [Stockholm?]: CWK Gleerup, 1967
  • Ullén, Marian, Östergötlands medeltida dopfuntar, Stockholm: Riksantikvarieämbetet och författarna, 2003, p. 55, 77, 96, 107, fig. 58, 69