Gardslov / Gärdslöv / Gerdslöf

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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - columns - double colimns - columns with capitals and bases - 8

Scene Description: two on each side of the quadrangular basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900801F2] [accessed 20 June 2021]
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design element - motifs - floral - sunflower - 2

Scene Description: showing two sunflower-like floral motifs on the right
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900801F2] [accessed 20 June 2021]
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design element - motifs - plant or tree - 2

Scene Description: Source caption: "sol och måne över palmettformiga livsträd"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900801F2] [accessed 20 June 2021]
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design element - motifs - plant or tree - with fruit

Scene Description: Source caption: "livsträd"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900801F2] [accessed 20 June 2021]
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information

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Image Source: digital image of field notes taken 15 July 2024 by BSI

information

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2024
Image Source: digital image of field notes taken 15 July 2024 by BSI

symbol - sun and moon

Scene Description: Source caption: "sol och måne över palmettformiga livsträd"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900801F2] [accessed 20 June 2021]
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view of basin - detail

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 July 2024 by BSI

view of basin - upper view

Scene Description: at some point the square inner basin shape was hacked to accommodate a round baptismal dish too large to fit in
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 July 2024 by BSI

view of basin - west side - detail

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 July 2024 by BSI

view of basin - west side - detail

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 July 2024 by BSI

view of basin and baptismal dish - upper view

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 July 2024 by BSI

view of church exterior - north portal

Scene Description: the north and south portals were blocked when the entrance was created in the west end in the mid-19thC
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 July 2024 by BSI

view of church exterior - north portal - east side - detail

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 July 2024 by BSI

view of church exterior - north portal - east side - detail

Scene Description: a beautiful Hegvald-like capital with a large beast with prey on the left and a Luxuria on the right
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 July 2024 by BSI

view of church exterior - south portal

Scene Description: Source caption: "Gärdslövs kyrka [...] Sydportal." -- the north and south portals were blocked when the tower was added in the 1850s; the main entrance was made from the west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lars Kennerstedt / Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet, 1992
Image Source: digital image [sd921910] of a 7 May 1992 photograph by Lars Kennerstedt, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gärdslövs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000300012310.jpg] [accessed 20 June 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-2.5

view of church exterior - south portal - west side - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Gärdslövs kyrka [...] Sydportal. Portallejon o "Luxuria" -- the north and south portals were blocked when the tower was added in the 1850s; the main entrance was made from the west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lars Kennerstedt / Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet, 1992
Image Source: digital image [sd92199] of a 7 May 1992 photograph by Lars Kennerstedt, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gärdslövs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000300012311.jpg] [accessed 20 June 2021]
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view of church exterior - south portal - west side - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Gärdslövs kyrka [...] Sydportal. Portallejon o "Luxuria" -- the north and south portals were blocked when the tower was added in the 1850s; the main entrance was made from the west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lars Kennerstedt / Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet, 1992
Image Source: digital image [sd92198] of a 7 May 1992 photograph by Lars Kennerstedt, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gärdslövs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000300012312.jpg] [accessed 20 June 2021]
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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Gärdslövs kyrka [...] Kyrkan från söder." -- the tower had been added in the 18502 and the north and south entrances blocked so the main access is from the west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [1567-5.TIF] of a 1929 B&W photograph by E. Andréen, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gärdslövs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200053486.jpg] [accessed 20 June 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Gärdslövs kyrka i November 2013"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jorchr, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 24 November 2013 by Jorcher [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gärdslövs_kyrka_november_2013.jpg] [accessed 20 June 2021]
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view of church exterior - southeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 July 2024 by BSI

view of church exterior in context - west view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Gärdslövs kyrka [...] Uppfart till västra portalen från vägen."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [1567-9.TIF] of a 1926 B&W photograph by Olof Källström, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gärdslövs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200053490.jpg] [accessed 20 June 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of church interior - chancel and east end

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 July 2024 by BSI

view of church interior - looking west

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 July 2024 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Gärdslövs kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100-talets senare del."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [1567-20.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gärdslövs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200053500.jpg] [accessed 20 June 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900801F2] [accessed 20 June 2021]
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view of font

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 July 2024 by BSI

view of font

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 July 2024 by BSI

view of font and baptismal dish in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Predikstol och dopfunt Gärdslövs kyrka"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hercules.dalianis, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph 29 November 2019 by Hercules.dalianis [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Predikstol-dopfunt-Gärdslövs-kyrka.png] [accessed 20 June 2021]
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view of font and pulpit in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 July 2024 by BSI

view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Gärdslövs kyrka [...] Bågöppningen mot tillbyggnaden i norr."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [1567-15.TIF] of a 1926 B&W photograph by Otto Rydbeck, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gärdslövs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200053495.jpg] [accessed 20 June 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of font in context

Scene Description: showing the medieval font in front of the base of the pulpit
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hercules.dalianis, 2019
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 29 November 2019 by Hercules.dalianis [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Predikstol-dopfunt-Gärdslövs-kyrka.png] [accessed 20 June 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

INFORMATION

FontID: 23351GAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Gärdslövs kyrka
Church Location: Gärdslövs byaväg, 274 94 Skurup, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 410 20225
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Skåne, Skåne län
Directions to Site: Located off the M688 [aka Gärdslövsvägen], S of highway E65, 5 km WSW of Skurup, in the municipality of Trelleborg
Ecclesiastic Region: Lunds Stift
Historical Region: Vemmenhögs härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SE corner of the nave, by the foot of the pulpit
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century [basin only], Medieval / composite
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Munkarp group / Munkarpsgruppen [Tynell] / regional workshop [SHM]
Church Notes: 12thC church; modified 15thC; modifications in the 1850s closed the north and south entranceways and added the tower which provided instead with the present west entranceway
Font Notes:
Described in Tynell (1913-1921) as a Munkarpsgruppen font. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900801F2] as a sandstone font made ca. 1200 by a regional workshop, the modern base made of granite. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.464444, 13.430556
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 27′ 52″ N, 13° 25′ 50″ E
UTM: 33U 400772 6147596

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone [basin only]
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: square [altered]
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 6 cm*** [altered]
Diameter (inside rim): 43 x 43 cm***
Basin Depth: 28 cm***
Basin Total Height: 50 cm** / ***
Font Height (less Plinth): * 92 cm* / 92 cm*** [includes modern base]
Square Base Dimensions: 58 x 58 cm* / 55 x 55 cm** / ***
Notes on Measurements: * Tynell (1913-1921) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900801F2] / *** BSI on-site

REFERENCES

Statens Historiska Museum, Stocholm, Medeltidens bildvärld, 2003. Accessed: 2024-08-31 00:00:00. URL: https://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/sok/avancerad.asp.
Tynell, Lars, Skånes medeltida Dopfuntar, Stockholm: Cederquists Grafiska Aktiebolag, 1913-1921