Stenestad

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design element - architectural - arch-head - round

Scene Description: a row of, in low relief
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900512F1] [accessed 8 August 2021]
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design element - motifs - floral - 4

Scene Description: skilfully and beautifully rendered; set 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.: 900512F1] [accessed 8 August 2021]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: a broad one, with floral motifs 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.: 900512F1] [accessed 8 August 2021]
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design element - motifs - torus-scotia

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900512F1] [accessed 8 August 2021]
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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Stenestads kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [1647-3.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stenestads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200062540.jpg] [accessed 8 August 2021]
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view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Stenestad Kirke, Skåne"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Orf3us, 2018
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph June 2018 by Orf3us [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stenestad_Kirke.jpg] [accessed 8 August 2021]
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view of church interior - baptismal dish

Scene Description: the baptismal dish of brass was made in the 16th century and has a scene of the Annunciation to Mary in the centre
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sven Rosborn, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 28 April 2011 by Sven Rosborn [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stenestad_church8_Sweden.jpg] [accessed 8 August 2021]
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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Stenestads kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [1647-7.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stenestads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200062544.jpg] [accessed 8 August 2021]
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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: partially showing the font and baptismal dish on the left, by the psalm board
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joa222kim, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph 9 April 2007 by Joa222kim [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stenestads_kyrka,_interiör2.JPG] [accessed 8 August 2021]
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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Stenestads kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [1647-10.TIF] of an undated [ca. 1913?] B&W photograph by Lars Tynell, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stenestads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200062547.jpg] [accessed 8 August 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.: 900512F1] [accessed 8 August 2021]
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view of font and baptismal dish - south side

Scene Description: showing the north pillar of the chancel arch behind the font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sven Rosborn, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 28 April 2011 by Sven Rosborn [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stenestad_church7_Sweden.jpg] [accessed 8 August 2021]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0

INFORMATION

FontID: 23400STE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Stenestads kyrka
Church Location: Stenestadsvägen, 268 76 Kågeröd, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 418 45 60 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Skåne, Skåne län
Directions to Site: Located off local road M1245 [aka Stenestadsvägen], 5 km N of Kågeröd, in the municipality and about 20 km N of Svalöv
Ecclesiastic Region: Lunds Stift
Historical Region: Södra Åsbo härad / Luggede härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the NW corner of the nave
Century and Period: 13th century (early?), Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: 12thC church; tower added 1848, late-medieval south porch [="vapenhus"] demolished same year;
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Tynell (1913-1921) as a baptismal font of sandstone, somewhat similar to the one at the church of Söfvestad [i.e., Sövestad]. Noted in Rydbeck (1936). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900512F1] as a baptismal font made of sandstone made in the first half of the 13th century by a regional workshop. The basin is cylindrical with a round underbowl; the moulded and skilfully decorated base is round-to-square. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.053333, 13.096389
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 3′ 12″ N, 13° 5′ 47″ E
UTM: 33V 381448 6213649

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 62 cm* / 61 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 90.2 cm* / 90 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Tynell (1913-1921) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900512F1]

REFERENCES

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