Ravlunda / Raflunda

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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches

Scene Description: the pattern could also be described as shallow ribbing
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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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design element - motifs - scotia

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view of church exterior - north view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Ravlunda kyrka [...] Kyrkan från norr."
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Image Source: digital image [1452-002.TIF] of a 1900 B&W photograph by Otto Rydbeck, Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ravlunda_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200062960.jpg] [accessed 21 July 2021]
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view of church exterior - northeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © MattissonJ, 2011
Image Source: digital photograoh 24 April 2011 by MattissonJ [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ravlunda_kyrka,_Simrishamn_kommun.jpg] [accessed 21 July 2021]
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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Ravlunda kyrka."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jorchr, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph 27 July 2007 by Jorchr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ravlunda_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 21 Juuly 2021]
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view of church exterior - southeast view"

Scene Description: Source caption: "Ravlunda kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst."
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Image Source: digital image [1452-12.TIF] of a 1943 B&W photograph by Nils Lagergren, Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ravlunda_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200062970.jpg] [accessed 21 July 2021]
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view of church exterior - tower - southwest side

Scene Description: Source caption: "Ravlunda Church tower"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Yakikaki, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 18 July 2014 by Yakikaki [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ravlunda_Church_tower.JPG] [accessed 21 July 2021]
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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Ravlunda kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster."
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Image Source: digital image [1452-16.TIF] of a 1926 B&W photograph by Bertil Webster, Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ravlunda_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200064393.jpg] [accessed 21 July 2021]
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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: the position of the font is marked here by the tall Paschal candle on the left side of the centre aisle, far [east] end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Yakikaki, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 18 July 2014 by Yakikaki [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ravlunda_Church_interior.JPG] [accessed 21 July 2021]
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view of font

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INFORMATION

FontID: 23386RAV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Ravlunda kyrka
Church Location: Kyrkobacken 7, 277 37 Kivik, Simrishamn N, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 414 704 31
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Skåne, Skåne län
Directions to Site: Located off local road M1593 [aka Kyrkobacken], S of county road 9, 8 km NW of Kivik, just inland from the Östersjön, in the municipality of Simrishamn
Ecclesiastic Region: Lunds Stift
Historical Region: Albo härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the N pillar of the chancel arch
Date: ca. 1259?
Century and Period: 13th century (mid-to-late?), Early Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Raflundagruppen [Tynell] / musselcuppstyp [SHM]
Church Notes: medieval church of ca. 1200, cpmpleted 1259; modified and tower added 15thC; restored 1990
Font Notes:
Noted in Brunius (1850), who remarks of an inscription in the church which dates the building completion to 1259. Described in Tynell (1913-1921) with reference to Brunius; baptismal font of the 'Raflundagruppen' made of gray marble. Noted in Reutersvärd (1967). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900709F4] as a 'musselcuppstyp' baptismal font made of limestone in the second half of the 13th century [cf. supra].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.713889, 14.150556
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 42′ 50″ N, 14° 9′ 2″ E
UTM: 33U 446632 6174564

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 77 cm* / **
Font Height (less Plinth): 107 cm* / 109 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Tynell (1913-1921) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900709F4]

REFERENCES

Brunius, Carl Georg, Skånes Konsthistoria från Medeltiden, Lund: Hos Förläggaren, 1850
Reutersvärd, Oscar, Atlas till Sveriges odlingshistoria Tilläggshäfte, [Stockholm?]: CWK Gleerup, 1967
Tynell, Lars, Skånes medeltida Dopfuntar, Stockholm: Cederquists Grafiska Aktiebolag, 1913-1921