Maglehem

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animal - mammal - lion? - 4

Source caption: "fyrfotingar (sannolikt lejon)" [cf. FontNotes]
Scene Description: Source caption: "fyrfotingar (sannolikt lejon)" [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900709F1] [accessed 11 July 2021]
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cleric - bishop - demi-figure - wearing mitre - holding staff - right hand raised in benediction - 4

set at 90-degree angles in the vine that decorates the basin sides
Scene Description: set at 90-degree angles in the vine that decorates the basin sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900709F1] [accessed 11 July 2021]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jorchr, 2012
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 30 June 2012 by Jorchr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maglehems_kyrka,_dopfunt.jpg] [accessed 11 July 2021]
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design element - motifs - vine - acanthus?

with four demi-figures in it at 90-degree angles
Scene Description: with four demi-figures in it at 90-degree angles
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900709F1] [accessed 11 July 2021]
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design element - patterns - ribbed - in round arches

all around
Scene Description: all around
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jorchr, 2012
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 30 June 2012 by Jorchr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maglehems_kyrka,_dopfunt.jpg] [accessed 11 July 2021]
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view of church exterior - northwest view

Source caption: "Maglems kyrka [...] Kyrkan från nordväst."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Maglems kyrka [...] Kyrkan från nordväst."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [1454-3.TIF] of a 1909 B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maglehems_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200058895.jpg] [accessed 11 July 2021]
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view of church exterior - southeast view

Source caption: "Maglems kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Maglems kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst."
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Image Source: digital image [1454-1.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph by Carl Andrén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maglehems_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200058886.jpg] [accessed 11 July 2021]
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view of church exterior - southwest view

Source caption: "Maglehems kyrka från söder"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Maglehems kyrka från söder"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jorchr, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph 30 June 2012 by Jorchr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maglehems_kyrka,_dopfunt.jpg] [accessed 11 July 2021]
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view of church interior - chancel and east end

Source caption: "Maglehems kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster." -- with a partial view of the the top of the medieval font in the bottom-left area of the image
Scene Description: Source caption: "Maglehems kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster." -- with a partial view of the the top of the medieval font in the bottom-left area of the image
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Image Source: digital image [1454-21.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maglehems_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200058947.jpg] [accessed 11 July 2021]
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view of church interior - chancel and east end

Source caption: "Koret i Maglehems kyrka" -- with a partial view of the the top of the medieval font in the bottom-left corner of the image
Scene Description: Source caption: "Koret i Maglehems kyrka" -- with a partial view of the the top of the medieval font in the bottom-left corner of the image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jorchr, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph 30 June 2012 by Jorchr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maglehems_kyrka,_interiör_2.jpg] [accessed 11 July 2021]
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view of church interior - painting - detail

Source caption: "Kalkmålningar i Maglehems kyrka"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kalkmålningar i Maglehems kyrka"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jorchr, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph 30 June 2012 by Jorchr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalkmålning_i_Maglehems_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 11 July 2021]
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view of font

Source caption: "Maglehems kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, cylindrisk cuppa, fyrsidig fot. Omkring 1200."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Maglehems kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, cylindrisk cuppa, fyrsidig fot. Omkring 1200."
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Image Source: digital image [1454-71.TIF] of an undated [ca. 1913?] B&W photograph by Lars Tynell, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maglehems_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200059060.jpg] [accessed 11 July 2021]
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view of font

Source caption: "Dopfunten i Maglehems kyrka"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunten i Maglehems kyrka"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jorchr, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph 30 June 2012 by Jorchr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maglehems_kyrka,_dopfunt.jpg] [accessed 11 July 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.: 900709F1] [accessed 11 July 2021]
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view of font and baptismal dish in context - south side

Source caption: "Dopfunt av sandsten, cylindrisk cuppa, fyrsidig fot. Omkring 1200. Dopfat av punsad driven mässsing, 1500-talet, vapensköldar och initialer troligen 1600-talet."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt av sandsten, cylindrisk cuppa, fyrsidig fot. Omkring 1200. Dopfat av punsad driven mässsing, 1500-talet, vapensköldar och initialer troligen 1600-talet."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [1454-72.TIF] of a 1909 B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maglehems_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200059063.jpg] [accessed 11 July 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

INFORMATION

FontID: 23377MAG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Maglehems kyrka
Church Location: Maglevägen 8, 297 95 Degeberga, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Skåne, Skåne län
Directions to Site: Located off local road M1614.01 [aka Maglevägen], E of county road 19, in the municipality and 8-10 km SSE of Degeberga
Ecclesiastic Region: Lunds Stift
Historical Region: Gärds härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the NE corner of the nave
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Hvitaby-Maglehemsgruppen [Tynell] / Maglehem-Vitaby [Rydbeck] / Vitabygruppen [SHM]
Cognate Fonts: other such in the group
Church Notes: 13thC brick church; modified 18th, 19thC; contains some 15thC mural paintings
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Tynell (1913-1921) as a baptismal font of sandstone in the 'Hvitaby-Maglehemsgruppen', similar to the font at Hörröd. Noted and illustrated in Rydbeck (1936) in her section on 'Maglehem-Vitaby' fonts. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900709F1] as a 'Vitabygruppen' baptismal font made of sandstone ca. 1200; the SHM entry identifies the demi-figure as a bishop, and the animals at the base as probably lions [="sannolikt lejon"]. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.773003, 14.153197
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 46′ 22.81″ N, 14° 9′ 11.51″ E
UTM: 33U 446878 6181140

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 72.5 cm* / 71 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 89 cm* / **
Notes on Measurements: * Tynell (1913-1921) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900709F1]

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