Visseltofta

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design element - motifs - piping or ribbed - 4

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900518F2] [accessed 22 August 2021]
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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.: 900518F2] [accessed 22 August 2021]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding

much damaged
Scene Description: much damaged
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900518F2] [accessed 22 August 2021]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding

at the bottom of the stem; also damaged
Scene Description: at the bottom of the stem; also damaged
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900518F2] [accessed 22 August 2021]
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design element - patterns - ribbed - in round arches

all around the sides and underbowl
Scene Description: all around the sides and underbowl
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900518F2] [accessed 22 August 2021]
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view of church exterior - south view

Source caption: "Visseltofta kyrka [...] Kyrkan från söder."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Visseltofta kyrka [...] Kyrkan från söder."
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Image Source: digital image [1870-001.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Visseltofta_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200065940.jpg] [accessed 22 August 2021]
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Source caption: "Visseltofta kyrka [...] Kyrkan och dess miljö från söder. Blyertsteckning möjligen från 1800-talets mitt." -- the tower was added in 1839 so the drawing would have been done after that date [NB: enhanced; the original image has very little contrast]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Visseltofta kyrka [...] Kyrkan och dess miljö från söder. Blyertsteckning möjligen från 1800-talets mitt." -- the tower was added in 1839 so the drawing would have been done after that date [NB: enhanced; the original image has very little contrast]
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Image Source: digital image [htsk0610] 28 May 2015 by Lars Kennerstedt of a mid-19thC drawing in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Visseltofta_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000534495.jpg] [accessed 22 August 2021]
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view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Source caption: "Visseltofta kyrka." -- the tower bears the date 1839, when it was added to the earlier church
Scene Description: Source caption: "Visseltofta kyrka." -- the tower bears the date 1839, when it was added to the earlier church
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Image Source: digital photograph 10 October 2013 by [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Visseltofta_kyrka_oktober_2013-2.jpg] [accessed 22 August 2021]
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view of church interior - baptismal dish

Source caption: "Visseltofta kyrka [...] Dopfat av mässing. Oornerat. På brättet ingraverat en vapensköld (narrmössa) och initialerna E K. Troligtvis från 1588."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Visseltofta kyrka [...] Dopfat av mässing. Oornerat. På brättet ingraverat en vapensköld (narrmössa) och initialerna E K. Troligtvis från 1588."
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Image Source: digital image [1870-009.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Visseltofta_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200065948.jpg] [accessed 22 August 2021]
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view of church interior - chancel and east end

Source caption: "Visseltofta kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster." -- showing the medieval font by the north[left] pillar of the chancel arch
Scene Description: Source caption: "Visseltofta kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster." -- showing the medieval font by the north[left] pillar of the chancel arch
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Image Source: digital image [1870-005.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Visseltofta_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200065944.jpg] [accessed 22 August 2021]
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view of font

despite its ressemblence to the 'musselcuppsgruppen', it was probably made in a Scanian workshop replicating the Gotland original design [cf. FontNotes]
Scene Description: despite its ressemblence to the 'musselcuppsgruppen', it was probably made in a Scanian workshop replicating the Gotland original design [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900518F2] [accessed 22 August 2021]
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view of font in context

Source caption: "Visseltofta kyrka [...] Dopfunt, huggen i två block. Svagt fyrklöverformad, funten helt överdragen med silverbrons."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Visseltofta kyrka [...] Dopfunt, huggen i två block. Svagt fyrklöverformad, funten helt överdragen med silverbrons."
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Image Source: digital image [1870-8.TIF] of a 1926 B&W photograph by Henrik Alm, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Visseltofta_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200065947.jpg] [accessed 22 August 2021]
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view of font in context

Source caption: "Visseltofta kyrka [...] Dopfunt, huggen i två block. Svagt fyrklöverformad, funten helt överdragen med silverbrons." -- showing the upturned basin in the foregrounf, the pedestal base behind; this view of the basin shows better its quatrefoiled shape; notice also that the pedestal base is different from the 1926 photograph [ImageFileNo. 0210822003], but it appears complete in the ca. 2003 SHM photograph [ImageFileNo.1210822008] -- Tynell (1913-1921) notes that the lower base [27 cm] was at the time buried under the chancel flooring
Scene Description: Source caption: "Visseltofta kyrka [...] Dopfunt, huggen i två block. Svagt fyrklöverformad, funten helt överdragen med silverbrons." -- showing the upturned basin in the foregrounf, the pedestal base behind; this view of the basin shows better its quatrefoiled shape; notice also that the pedestal base is different from the 1926 photograph [ImageFileNo. 0210822003], but it appears complete in the ca. 2003 SHM photograph [ImageFileNo.1210822008] -- Tynell (1913-1921) notes that the lower base [27 cm] was at the time buried under the chancel flooring
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Image Source: digital image [1870-010.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Visseltofta_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200065949.jpg] [accessed 22 August 2021]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 23418VIS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Visseltofta kyrka
Church Location: Visseltofta 1156, 283 95 Visseltofta, Sweden / Östra Storgatan 7 A, 283 41 Osby, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Skåne, Skåne län
Directions to Site: Located off (E) local road M1951, S of county road 15, in the municipality and about 10 km NW of Osby
Ecclesiastic Region: Lunds Stift
Historical Region: Västra Göinge härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, NE side
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Early Gothic
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: late-12thC(?) church; modified 1781; tower added 1839
Font Notes:
Described in Tynell (1913) as a baptismal font of an unkown stone [NB: at the time of Tynell's photograph [cf. ImagesArea] the lower base of the font was buried beneath the flooring in the northeast corner of the chancel, hence the short height given in his source]. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900518F2] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the 13th century and, despite its ressemblence with the 'musselcuppsgruppen' of Gotland, it was probably made in a Scanian workshop replicating the Gotland original design; the SHM entry further notes that the traces of paint on this font are old, possibly original. No cover present. The baptismal dish of brass has an emblem and the initials "EK" on it; it is probably dated 1588.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.427778, 13.856444
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 25′ 40″ N, 13° 51′ 23.2″ E
UTM: 33V 429471 6254278

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: quatrefoiled (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: quatrefoiled
Basin Exterior Shape: quatrefoiled
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 70 cm* / 74 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 73 cm* / 100 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Tynell (1913-1921) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900518F2] [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Tynell, Lars, Skånes medeltida Dopfuntar, Stockholm: Cederquists Grafiska Aktiebolag, 1913-1921