Gustaf Adolf in Viby nr. Kristianstad

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design element - motifs - roll moulding
view of basin - interior
view of church exterior - tower - west side
Scene Description: Source caption: "Gustav Adolf church - kyrka, Viby" -- the present tower was built in 1784 to replace an earlier one
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Boatbuilder, 2010
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 12 September 2010 by Boatbuilder [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kyrkor_i_lunds_stift_-_Gustav_Adolfs_kyrka.JPG] [accessed 20 June 2021]
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Gustav Adolfs kyrka i Viby utanför Kristianstad."
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Image Source: digital photograph 16 September 2011 by David Castor [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gustav_Adolfs_kyrka_3.jpg] [accessed 20 June 2021]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Gustav Adolfs kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster." -- showing the medieval baptismal font on the right, by the pulpit stairs
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Image Source: digital image [1770-6.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gustav_Adolfs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200053312.jpg] [accessed 20 June 2021]
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view of font
view of font and baptismal dish
INFORMATION
FontID: 23350GUS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Gustav Adolfs kyrka [formerly Viby kyrka]
Church Location: Almgrens väg 18, 291 51 Kristianstad, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Skåne, Skåne län
Directions to Site: Located off (S) county road 116, S of highway E22, 1 km ESE of Viby, in the municipality and 6 km ESE of Kristianstads
Ecclesiastic Region: Lunds Stift
Historical Region: Villans härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the NE end of the nave [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 13th century (mid?), Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Borrbygruppen [Tynell] / ciborietyp [SHM]
Cognate Fonts: other such
Church Notes: 12thC Viby kyrka changed its name to Gustav Adolf in 1778; tower replaced 1784; modified 1822, 1940, 1954, 1974, 1990, 1007-2008
Font Notes:
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Noted in Tynell (1913-1921) as a baptismal font in a 'Borrbygruppen'. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900628F1] as a 'ciborietyp' baptismal font made of limestone in the mid-13th century; the SHM entry points out to some cement reconstruction on it. Moved to its present location in 1971; an earlier photograph [cf. ImagesArea] showed the font in a cramped space at the foot of the pulpit stairs.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.010594, 14.248339
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 0′ 38.14″ N, 14° 14′ 54.02″ E
UTM: 33V 453134 6207514
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): 72 cm* / 73 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 90 cm* / 88 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Tynell (1913-1921) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900628F1]
REFERENCES
Tynell, Lars, Skånes medeltida Dopfuntar, Stockholm: Cederquists Grafiska Aktiebolag, 1913-1921