Norra Asum / Norra Åsum

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design element - motifs - floral or foliage

Scene Description: the ones in the top spandrels are fuller foliage while the ones in the bottom spandrels look like fleurs-de-lis

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900628F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=900628F2] [accessed 3 May 2020]

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design element - patterns - interlace - palmette - linked palmette - beaded-tape

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900628F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=900628F2] [accessed 3 May 2020]

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design element - patterns - ribbed - round arch-head

Image Source: digital image [1722-20.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph taken in Kars Tynell, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norra_Åsums_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200060142.jpg] [accessed 3 May 2020]

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information

Image Source: digital image of field notes taken 19 July 2024 by BSI

information

Image Source: digital image of field notes taken 19 July 2024 by BSI

information

Scene Description: on the Runic stone located now in the vestibule of the church

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 July 2024 by BSI

view of basin - upper view

Scene Description: showing the basin interior and the centre drain hole

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 July 2024 by BSI

view of church exterior - northeast view

Image Source: digital image of an undated photograph by Åke Moberg [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norra_asum_2008.jpg] [accessed 3 May 2020]

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 July 2024 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 May 2017 by Jorchr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norra_Åsums_kyrka,_maj_2017.jpg] [accessed 3 May 2020]

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view of church interior - Runic stone

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 July 2024 by BSI

view of church interior - altar and retable

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 July 2024 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel and east end

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 July 2024 by BSI

view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: the baptismal dish is seen here in the foreground, leaning against the left bank of benches; the font is partially visible on the same side, at the far [east] end

Image Source: digital image [1722-9.TIF] of a B&W photograph taken in 1900 by Otto Rydbeck, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norra_Åsums_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200060127.jpg] [accessed 3 May 2020]

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view of church interior - looking west

Scene Description: the medieval font is partially visible in the foreground, right [north] side

Image Source: digital image [1722-8.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norra_Åsums_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200060126.jpg] [accessed 3 May 2020]

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view of church interior - looking west

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 July 2024 by BSI

view of church interior - monument

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 July 2024 by BSI

view of church interior - pulpit

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 July 2024 by BSI

view of church interior - pulpit - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 July 2024 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt i sandsten. Från 1200-talet. Ny fot av granit. Cuppa med en fris av inskrivna palmetter."

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view of font

Scene Description: the medieval basin on a modern replacement base

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900628F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=900628F2] [accessed 3 May 2020]

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view of font - southwest side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 July 2024 by BSI

view of font and baptismal dish in context

Image Source: digital image of an undated photograph by/in Norra Åsums församling [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norra_asums_dopfunt.jpg] [accessed 3 May 2020]

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view of font in context - south side

Scene Description: The polygonal 'cover' above it may be the old sounding board of the pulpit.

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 July 2024 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 22647ASU

Church/Chapel: Norra Åsums kyrka

Church Location: Esbjörn Mules väg, 291 63 Kristianstad, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 44 780 64 00

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Skåne, Skåne län

Directions to Site: Located off local road M1640, about 5 km E of Vä and highway E22, in the municipality and about 5 km S of Kristianstad

Ecclesiastic Region: Lunds Stift

Historical Region: Gärds härad, Kristianstads län, Skåne

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the N transept

Date: ca. 1200?

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century [basin only], Medieval / composite

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Hvitaby-Maglehemsgruppen [Tynell] / Vitabygruppen [SHM]

Church Notes: church 1190s; much modified 15thC; added to early-19thC;

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Noted and illustrated in Tynell (1913-1921) as a ca. 1200 baptismal font of the Hvitaby-Maglehemsgruppen. Noted and illustrated in Rydbeck (1936) as a ca. 1200 baptismal font of the Maglehem-Viatbygruppen. Noted in Reutersvärd (1967). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900628F2] as a "Vitabygruppen" baptismal font made of sandstone ca. 1200, decorated with linked-palmette pattern; the base is a modern replacement made of granite. No cover present; the octagonal wooden 'cover' hanging from the ceiling above the font is probably the old sounding board of the pulpit; the present location of the pulpit does not offer space for a sounding board above it.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.989444, 14.151667

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 59′ 22″ N, 14° 9′ 6″ E

UTM: 33U 447078 6205230

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

Rim Thickness: 10 cm***

Diameter (inside rim): 54 cm***

Diameter (includes rim): 74 cm* / ** / ***

Basin Depth: 38 cm*

Basin Total Height: 54 cm* / 52 cm***

Font Height (less Plinth): 84 cm** / 82 cm*** [includes modern base]

Notes on Measurements: * Tynell (1913-1921) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900628F2] / *** BSI on-site

REFERENCES

Reutersvärd, Oscar, Atlas till Sveriges odlingshistoria Tilläggshäfte, [Stockholm?]: CWK Gleerup, 1967

Rydbeck, Monica, Skånes stenmästare före 1200, 1936

Statens Historiska Museum, Stocholm, Medeltidens bildvärld, 2003. Accessed: 2024-09-07 00:00:00. URL: https://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/sok/avancerad.asp.

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