Norra Rorum / Norra Rörum

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design element - architectural - arch or window - 4

each containing a 6-petal floral motif
Scene Description: each containing a 6-petal floral motif
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900623F1] [accessed 16 July 2021]
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design element - architectural - column - 4

a plain column at each corner of the basin
Scene Description: a plain column at each corner of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900623F1] [accessed 16 July 2021]
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design element - motifs - braid or rope

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900623F1] [accessed 16 July 2021]
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design element - motifs - floral - 6-petal - 4

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900623F1] [accessed 16 July 2021]
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design element - motifs - moulding - parallel

typical design for this group of fonts -- notice the large drain exit hole cut at the top of the base
Scene Description: typical design for this group of fonts -- notice the large drain exit hole cut at the top of the base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900623F1] [accessed 16 July 2021]
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design element - motifs - vine - palmette - linked palmettes

the characteristic pattern in this group of fonts, with the spandrels filled by the tendrils issuing from the bottom of each palmette; three palmettes per side
Scene Description: the characteristic pattern in this group of fonts, with the spandrels filled by the tendrils issuing from the bottom of each palmette; three palmettes per side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900623F1] [accessed 16 July 2021]
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view of church exterior - churchyard, cemetery - gravestone

Source caption: "Norra Rörums kyrka [...] av granit som legat som trappsten i ett hus i byn. Nu återbördad till kyrkan."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Norra Rörums kyrka [...] av granit som legat som trappsten i ett hus i byn. Nu återbördad till kyrkan."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [1746-28.TIF] of a 1928 B&W photograph by Olof Källström, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norra_Rörums_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200050061.jpg] [accessed 16 July 2021]
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view of church exterior - north view

Source caption: "Norra Rörums kyrka [...] Kyrkan från norr." [NB: the medieval church had been re-oriented N-S in the 19thC]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Norra Rörums kyrka [...] Kyrkan från norr." [NB: the medieval church had been re-oriented N-S in the 19thC]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [1746-3.TIF] of a 1929 B&W photograph by Erik Andrén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norra_Rörums_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200059919.jpg] [accessed 16 July 2021]
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view of church exterior - southeast view

[NB: the medieval church had been re-oriented N-S in the 19thC]
Scene Description: [NB: the medieval church had been re-oriented N-S in the 19thC]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Frejar956, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 4 September 2011 by Frejar956 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norra_Rörum_Kyrka,_sydost.jpg] [accessed 16 July 2021]
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view of church exterior in context

Source caption: "Norra Rörums kyrka"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Norra Rörums kyrka"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Frejar956, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 4 September 2011 by Frejar956 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norra_Rörum_Kyrka.jpg] [accessed 16 July 2021]
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view of church exterior in context

Source caption: "Norra Rörums kyrka"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Norra Rörums kyrka"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph 15 July 2012 by David Castor [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norra_Rörums_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 16 July 2021]
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view of church interior

Source caption: "Norra Rörums kyrka [...] Interiör mot norr." [NB: the medieval church had been re-oriented N-S in the 19thC]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Norra Rörums kyrka [...] Interiör mot norr." [NB: the medieval church had been re-oriented N-S in the 19thC]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [1746-12.TIF] of a 1929 B&W photograph by Erik Andrén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norra_Rörums_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200059977.jpg] [accessed 16 July 2021]
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view of church interior

the font is not visible here but its canopy is visible in the left side, across from the pulpit, the design of which is very similar to that of the canopy -- at the far end is the crucifix, a location that was occupied by the originl pulpit before the re-orientation of the church
Scene Description: the font is not visible here but its canopy is visible in the left side, across from the pulpit, the design of which is very similar to that of the canopy -- at the far end is the crucifix, a location that was occupied by the originl pulpit before the re-orientation of the church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Max Laserna / Lunds Stift, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph by Max Laserna in Kringla [https://kringla.nu/kringla/objekt?text=Norra+Rörums+kyrka&filter=province%3Dnb&filter=province%3Dsk&filter=mediaLicense%3Dby&antal=48&sort=lastChangedDate&sokFlik=1&referens=raa/bbr/21400000439954] [accessed 16 July 2021]
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view of font

Source caption: "Norra Rörums kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten. Från 1100-talets senare del. Fyrkantig med blom- och bladmönster."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Norra Rörums kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten. Från 1100-talets senare del. Fyrkantig med blom- och bladmönster."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [1746-14.TIF] of an undated [ca. 1913?] B&W photograph by Lars Tynell, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norra_Rörums_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200059986.jpg] [accessed 16 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.: 900623F1] [accessed 16 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.: 900623F1] [accessed 16 July 2021]
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view of font in context

Source caption: "Norra Rörums kyrka [...] Interiör mot väster, efter restaureringen." [NB: the medieval church had been re-oriented N-S in the 19thC]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Norra Rörums kyrka [...] Interiör mot väster, efter restaureringen." [NB: the medieval church had been re-oriented N-S in the 19thC]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [1746-10.TIF] of a 1928 B&W photograph by Olof Källström, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norra_Rörums_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200059949.jpg] [accessed 16 July 2021]
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view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Max Laserna / Lunds Stift, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph by Max Laserna in Kringla [https://kringla.nu/kringla/objekt?text=Norra+Rörums+kyrka&filter=province%3Dnb&filter=province%3Dsk&filter=mediaLicense%3Dby&antal=48&sort=lastChangedDate&sokFlik=1&referens=raa/bbr/21400000439954] [accessed 16 July 2021]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 23380ROR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Rörums kyrka
Church Location: Hammars väg 1, 243 92 Höör, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 413 55 04 24
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Skåne, Skåne län
Directions to Site: Located off (E) local road M325 [aka Tyringevägen], in the municipality and 9-10 km NNW of Höör
Ecclesiastic Region: Lunds Stift
Historical Region: Frosta härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the top of the nave, across from the pulpit
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Munkarp group / Munkarpsgruppen [Tynell] / palmettgruppen [SHM]
Church Notes: medieval church ca. 1200; modified and re-built several times, with re-orientation north- south in the 19thC; renovated 1950s;
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Tynell (1913-1920) as a baptismal font of the Munkarpsgruppen. Noted and illustrated in Rydbeck (1936) in her section on the palmettgruppen fonts [NB: entry for Norra Rörum missing in MR's index at the end of the book]. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900623F1] as a 'palmettgruppen' baptismal font made of sandstone ca. 1200. The baptismal dish in use was made of brass in the 16th century. No cover present but above the font hags a canopy of painted wood, similar in design to the pulpit, and probably from the same workshop and time.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.020319, 13.510736
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 1′ 13.15″ N, 13° 30′ 38.65″ E
UTM: 33V 407171 6209342

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage Notes: square drainside exit in the top of the base -- no lining
Font Height (less Plinth): 86 cm* / 82 cm**
Trapezoidal Basin: 60 x 60 cm* / 59 x 59 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Tynell (1913-1921) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900623F1]

REFERENCES

Rydbeck, Monica, Skånes stenmästare före 1200, 1936
Tynell, Lars, Skånes medeltida Dopfuntar, Stockholm: Cederquists Grafiska Aktiebolag, 1913-1921