Finja

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design element - motifs - moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003

Image Source: Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900517F2] [accessed 13 June 2021]

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design element - motifs - vine - palmette - linked palmettes

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Image Source: Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900517F2] [accessed 13 June 2021]

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design element - patterns - ribbed

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Image Source: Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900517F2] [accessed 13 June 2021]

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view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Finja kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydväst."

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Image Source: digital image [1704-002.TIF] of an undated [between 1 January 1904 and 31 December 1906] B&W photograph by Oscar Halldin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Finja_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200051894.jpg] [accessed 13 June 2021]

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of church interior - baptismal dish

Scene Description: Source caption; "Finja kyrka [...] Dopfat av mässing, 1500-talets tidigare hälft."

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Image Source: digital image [1704-87.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Finja_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200052168.jpg] [accessed 13 June 2021]

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view of church interior - chancel arch - painting - detail

Scene Description: by the Finjamästaren

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christina Lindvall Nordin, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph 17 February 2010 by Christina Lindvall Nordin [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Finja_kyrka_triumfbåge.jpg] [accessed 13 June 2021]

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view of church interior - chancel arch - west side - painting - detail

Scene Description: by the Finjamästaren

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christina Lindvall Nordin, 2004

Image Source: digital photograph 4 February 2004 by Christina Lindvall Nordin [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Finja_interiör.jpg] [accessed 13 June 2021]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Finja kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten. Efter restaurering av H. Erlandsson."

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Image Source: digital image [1704-85.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Finja_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200052166.jpg] [accessed 13 June 2021]

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view of font

Scene Description: the SHM identifies the paint as not original [="sekundär oljefärg"]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003

Image Source: Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900517F2] [accessed 13 June 2021]

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view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kent Olsson, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph by Kent Olsson in Kyrkokartan [www.kyrkokartan.se/056193/images/56193_15261295] [accessed 13 June 2021]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 23341FIN
Church/Chapel: Finja kyrka
Church Location: Tyringevägen, 281 93 Finja, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 451 555 50
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Skåne, Skåne län
Directions to Site: Located off local road M1857 [aka Tyringevägen], just S of the county roads 21 and 24 crossroads, 5-6 km W of Hässleholm, in the NNW shores of the Finjasjön
Ecclesiastic Region: Lunds Stift
Historical Region: Västra Göinge härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SE corner of the nave
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Genarpsgruppen [Tynell]
Church Notes: mid-12thC(?) church; modified 15th and 17thC; mural paintings by Finjamästaren said to be ca. 1140s
Noted and illustrated in Tynell 1913- ) as a 'Genarpsgruppen' font made of sandstone. Noted in Rydbeck (1936). Noted in Reutersvärd (1967). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900517F2] as a 'palmettgruppen' baptismal font made of sandstone ca. 1200, bearing later-applied oil paint on it. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.158528, 13.683583
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 9′ 30.7″ N, 13° 41′ 0.9″ E
UTM: 33V 418237 6224504

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 66 cm* / **
Font Height (less Plinth): 79 cm* / **
Notes on Measurements: ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900517F2]

REFERENCES

Reutersvärd, Oscar, Atlas till Sveriges odlingshistoria Tilläggshäfte, [Stockholm?]: CWK Gleerup, 1967
Rydbeck, Monica, Skånes stenmästare före 1200, 1936
Tynell, Lars, Skånes medeltida Dopfuntar, Stockholm: Cederquists Grafiska Aktiebolag, 1913-1921