Kalix / Calix / Chalis / Kahinuu / Kainus / Kôlis / Nederkalix

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Results: 17 records

design element - motifs - floral - rosette - in a circle

Scene Description: a band inscribed 5- and 6-petalled rosettes all around below the inscription

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ormstunga, 2019

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 27 April 2019 by Ormstunga [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dopfunt_Kalix_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 19 May 2021]

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: showing damage on the left side of the image

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ormstunga, 2019

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 27 April 2019 by Ormstunga [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dopfunt_Kalix_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 19 May 2021]

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design element - patterns - interlace - ball-shaped

Scene Description: a large ball-shaped interlace above the roll moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ormstunga, 2019

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 27 April 2019 by Ormstunga [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dopfunt_Kalix_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 19 May 2021]

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inscription - partial

Scene Description: [cf. InscriptionArea]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ormstunga, 2019

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 27 April 2019 by Ormstunga [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dopfunt_Kalix_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 19 May 2021]

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view of basin

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900820F1] [accessed 19 May 2021]

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: xylography by Meyer in "Vårt land. : En skildring i ord och bild..." (Stockholm, 1888 --,based on a painting by Didrik von Essen (1856-1922),

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]

Image Source: digital image of a xylography by Meyer based on a painting by Didrik von Essen (1856-1922) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nederkalix.jpg] [accessed 19 May 2021]

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view of church exterior in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Krutberg, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph 14 July 2011 by Krutberg [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalix_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 19 May 2021]

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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kalix kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]

Image Source: digital image [4346-002.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Henryk Cornell, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalix_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200149908.jpg] [accessed 19 May 2021]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: showing the top of the font by the right side of the pulpit

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Image Source: digital image [4346-048.tif] of an undated [pre-1941] B&W photograph by Henryk Cornell, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalix_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200150015.jpg] [accessed 19 May 2021]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: showing the baptismal here in the right [southeast] corner

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Image Source: digital image [4346-052.tif] of a 1941 B&W photograph by Iwar Anderson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalix_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200150025.jpg] [accessed 19 May 2021]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: showing the top of the font in the southeast corner

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mestos, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph 13 July 2012 by Mestos [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kaihnuun_kirkko.JPG] [accessed 19 May 2021]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kalix kyrka [...] Dopfunt, andra hälften av 1400-talet."

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Image Source: digital image [4346-068.tif] of an undated [pre-1941] B&W photograph by Otar Hökerberg, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalix_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200150068.jpg] [accessed 19 May 2021]

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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900820F1] [accessed 19 May 2021]

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view of font and inscription

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kalix kyrka [...] Dopfunt, andra hälften av 1400-talet. Foto efter teckning ur Ekdahls norrländska samlingar II B"

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Image Source: digital image [4346-071.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Nils Lagergren of Ekdahls norrländska samlingar II B, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalix_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200150075.jpg] [accessed 19 May 2021]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kalix kyrka [...] Dopfunt, andra hälften av 1400-talet."

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Image Source: digital image [4346-070.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Gunnar Ullenius, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalix_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200150072.jpg] [accessed 19 May 2021]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Medeltida dopfunt i Kalix kyrka. Den latinska inskriften betyder: "Frälsning och liv skänkas oss i det välsignade vattnet"."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ormstunga, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph 27 April 2019 by Ormstunga [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dopfunt_Kalix_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 19 May 2021]

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view of font in context - south side

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kalix kyrka [...] Dopfunt, andra hälften av 1400-talet." -- showing the font still in the northeast corner, near the pulpit

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]

Image Source: digital image [4346-069.tif] of an undated [pre-1941] B&W photograph by Henryk Cornell, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalix_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200150070.jpg] [accessed 19 May 2021]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 23309NED
Church/Chapel: Kalix kyrka [aka Nederkalix kyrka]
Church Location: Kalix kyrka, 952 34 Kalix, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Norrbotten, Norrbottens län
Directions to Site: Located highway E4 and Kalix river, on the N shores of the gulf of Botnia, about 50 km W of the border with Finland, 100 km ENE of Luleå
Ecclesiastic Region: Luleå stift
Historical Region: Neder-Kalix härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SE corner
Century and Period: 15th century, Late Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Nodgruppen (SHM)
Church Notes: northernmost medieval church in Sweden and oldest in Norrbotten documented 1472; damaged by fire 1595; restored; renovated 1653; looted by Russians 1716; restored 1753-1754; invaded and used as stable by Russians in 1809; restored 1921-1923,1955 and 1972
Noted and illustrated in Cornell (1918). Noted and illustrated in Oscar Reutersvärd's Uppsvenska nodfuntar Ars Suetica 7 (1983: 359 ff). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900820F1] as a 'nodgruppen' baptismal font made of limestone in the 15th century bearing a Latin inscription "Salus et vitae in aqua benedicta sit nobis" around the basin side. No cover present. The font shows in pre-1941 photographs [cf. ImagesArea] in the north side of the nave, by the pulpit; since 1941 all photographs show it located in thesoutheast corner of the nave.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 65.854139, 23.132389
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 65° 51′ 14.9″ N, 23° 7′ 56.6″ E
UTM: 34W 597319 7305305

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: 3
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 55 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 88 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900820F1]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: in a band just below the upper rim of the basin
Inscription Text: "Salus et vitae in aqua benedicta sit nobis"
Inscription Source: transcription in the SHM entry

REFERENCES

Cornell, Henrik, Norrlands Kyrkliga Konst under Medeltiden, Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksells Bocktryckeri A.-B., 1918