Lund nr. Öresund No. 5

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Results: 13 records
animal - mammal - lion - passant-gardant - holding bunch of grapes
Scene Description: one of several lions caught in the running vine; this one passant to the right
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900511F1] [accessed 19 July 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
animal - mammal - lion - passant-gardant - holding bunch of grapes
Scene Description: one of several lions caught in the running vine; this one passant to the left
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900511F1] [accessed 19 July 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
animal - mammal - lion - passant-gardant - holding bunch of grapes - detail
design element - motifs - vine - grapevine - bearing fruit
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view of basin
view of basin
view of basin - upper view
view of basin in context
view of basin in context
INFORMATION
FontID: 23385LUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (fragment)
Museum and Inventory Number: Lunds universitets historiska museum
Church/Chapel: [original church unknown]
Church Location: [NB: coordinates & address are for the museum] Kraftstorg 1, 223 50 Lund, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 46 222 79 44
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Skåne, Skåne län
Directions to Site: Lund is located about 15 km NE of Malmö. The university museum is located in the old town centre, just NE of the cathedral
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Mårtensgruppen [Rydbeck, SHM]
Cognate Fonts: other such in this group
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the staff at Lunds universitets historiska museum for providing access to photograph their collections
Church Notes: original church unknown
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Rydbeck (1936) in her section on Mårten master's fonts. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900511F1] as the surviving fragment of a basin of a 'Mårtensgruppen' baptismal font made of sandstone in the second half of the 12th century; the lower end of the basin is missing and has been reconstructed in cement; the SHM entry mentions the Rydbeck reference. No cover present.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.704167, 13.195
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 42′ 15″ N, 13° 11′ 42″ E
UTM: 33U 386575 6174631
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 9-10 cm**
Diameter (inside rim): 51-52 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 70 cm* / **
Height of Basin Side: 21-23 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900511F1] / ** BSI on-site [NB: measurements of the fragment]
REFERENCES
Rydbeck, Monica, Skånes stenmästare före 1200, 1936
Statens Historiska Museum, Stocholm, Medeltidens bildvärld, 2003. Accessed: 2024-08-23 00:00:00. URL: https://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/sok/avancerad.asp.