Silvakra / Silfåkra / Silvaakra / Silvåkra
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900716F4] [accessed 27 July 2021]
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design element - motifs - vine - palmette - linked palmettes
Scene Description: the usual pattern for this group of fonts, with the spandrels filled with tendrils issuing from the individual palmettes
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900716F4] [accessed 27 July 2021]
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view of church exterior - northeast view
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Image Source: digital photograph 23 March 2008 by Fredrik Lähnn [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Silvåkra_kyrka3.JPG] [accessed 27 July 2021]
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view of church exterior - south view
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Image Source: digital photograph 23 March 2008 by Fredrik Lähnn [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Silvåkra_kyrka1.JPG] [accessed 27 July 2021]
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view of church exterior in context - northwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Silvåkra kyrka i Skåne"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jorchr, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph 26 February 2012 by Jorchr [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Silvåkra_kyrka_februari_2012.jpg] [accessed 27 July 2021]
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view
![Source caption: "Silvåkra kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210727023_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Silvåkra kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst."
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Image Source: digital image [764-001.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Silvåkra_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200061448.jpg] [accessed 27 July 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden
view of church interior - looking east
![Source caption: "Silvåkra kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210727024_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Silvåkra kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster."
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Image Source: digital image [764-008.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph by K. Hagblom, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Silvåkra_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200061467.jpg] [accessed 27 July 2021]
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view of church interior - looking east
![the top of the font is discernible at the end of the pews, on the left [north] side, by the psalm board](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1210727030_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the top of the font is discernible at the end of the pews, on the left [north] side, by the psalm board
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Silvaakra05.jpg] [accessed 27 July 2021]
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view of font
![Source caption: "Silvåkra kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, målad i gulbrunt."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210727025_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Silvåkra kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, målad i gulbrunt."
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Image Source: digital image [764-015.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph by K. Hagblom, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Silvåkra_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200061474.jpg] [accessed 27 July 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden
view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "Silvåkra kyrka i Skåne, Sverige. Silvåkra kirke, døbefont"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenskirker_Silvaakra59.jpg] [accessed 27 July 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900716F4] [accessed 27 July 2021]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 23394SIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Silvåkra kyrka
Church Location: Silvåkra kyrkby 266, 247 96 Veberöd, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Skåne, Skåne län
Directions to Site: Located off local road M941 [aka Silvåkravägen], 5 km N of Veberöd and county road 11, in the municipality and about 18 km E of Lund
Ecclesiastic Region: Lunds Stift
Historical Region: Torne 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: Barsebäcksgruppen [Tynell] / palmettgruppen [SHM]
Church Notes: late-12thC(?) church; tower added 13thC; modified 15th and 19thC; porch added 16thC; restored 10th and 21stC
Font Notes:
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Described in Tynell (1913-1921) as a baptismal font of sandstone sharing similarities with others in the Barsebäcksgruppen. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900716F4] as a 'palmettgruppen' baptismal font made of sandstone ca. 1200, still bearing some oil-based paint on it.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.684444, 13.495333
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 41′ 4″ N, 13° 29′ 43.2″ E
UTM: 33U 405398 6171986
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): 68 cm* / 69 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 87.5 cm* / 86 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Tynell (1913-1921) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900716F4]
REFERENCES
Tynell, Lars, Skånes medeltida Dopfuntar, Stockholm: Cederquists Grafiska Aktiebolag, 1913-1921