Barnarp

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Results: 21 records

animal - fabulous animal or monster - centaur? - with prey - snake - detail

Scene Description: a detail of ImageFileNo. 1210908115: the head is human-like and the prey appears to be a snake

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910622F2] [accessed 8 August 2021]

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animal - mammal - bear - passant - with cub or prey

Scene Description: as identified in the SHM caption: "björn med unge eller bytesdjur"; passant to the left

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910622F2] [accessed 8 August 2021]

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animal - mammal - lion - 2 - back to back - passant - foliated tail - with prey in the mouth (human, snake)

Scene Description: the SHM caption reads: "lejon, ett med antropomorfa drag" but it hard to identify them both as lions; the animal on the left, with human-like head could be meant as a centaur, but the body is rather feline; passant-regardant; it has a serpent issuing from its mouth -- the animal on the right, passant to the right, is feline of body and head, and has a magnificent floriated tail end; a human arm dangles from its maw

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910622F2] [accessed 8 August 2021]

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animal - mammal - lion - passant - foliated tail - foliated tongue - 2 - facing each other

Scene Description: identified as lions in the SHM caption: "motställda lejon"

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910622F2] [accessed 8 August 2021]

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animal - mammal - lion - passant - with human prey

Scene Description: As identified in the SHM caption: "lejon med två mänskliga ben i munnen", a pair of human leggs dangle from the lion's maw; the little animal on the bottom left is part of the bear panel to the left

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910622F2] [accessed 8 August 2021]

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animal - mammal - lion - passant-regardant - foliated tail - 2 - facing each other

Scene Description: identified as lions in the SHM caption: "motställda lejon", but the faces are rather anthropomorfic

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910622F2] [accessed 8 August 2021]

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animal - mammal - lion - with prey (human) - detail

Scene Description: a detail of ImageFileNo. 1210908117: a human arm dangles from the lion's maw

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910622F2] [accessed 8 August 2021]

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design element - motifs - braid

Scene Description: all around, below the upper rim

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910622F2] [accessed 8 August 2021]

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design element - motifs - patterns - sawtooth or zigzag

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003

Image Source: edited detail of a digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910622F2] [accessed 8 August 2021]

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003

Image Source: edited detail of a digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910622F2] [accessed 8 August 2021]

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

Scene Description: it is part of the basin block

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910622F2] [accessed 8 August 2021]

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view of church exterior - north view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Barnarps kyrka [...] Kyrkan från norr"

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Image Source: digital image [bwb34050] of a 2 July 1933 B&W photograph by Berit Wallenberg, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barnarps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000090544.jpg] [accessed 8 September 2021]

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view of church exterior - south view

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Image Source: digital photograph 17 August 2007 by Loralist [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barnarpskyrka.JPG] [accessed 8 September 2021]

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Barnarps kyrka [...] Kyrkan från norr"

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Image Source: digital image [2265-001.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph by Karin Boberg, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barnarps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200068363.jpg] [accessed 8 September 2021]

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Barnrps kyrka från luften"

Copyright Statement: image copyright © L.G.Foto, 2009

Image Source: digital photograph 12 April 2009 by L.G.Foto [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barnarps_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 8 September 2021]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Barnarps kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster."

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Image Source: digital image [2265-020.TIF] of a 1939 B&W photograph by Einer Erici, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barnarps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200068382.jpg] [accessed 8 September 2021]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Barnarps kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten i två block. På cuppan djurbilder i relief. Anonymmästaren Bestiarius skola. Från början av 1200-talet."

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Image Source: digital image [2265-034.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph by H. Gustavsson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barnarps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200069761.jpg] [accessed 8 September 2021]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Barnarps kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten i två block. På cuppan djurbilder i relief. Anonymmästaren Bestiarius skola. Från början av 1200-talet."

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Image Source: digital image [2265-035.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph by H. Gustavsson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barnarps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200069762.jpg] [accessed 8 September 2021]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Barnarps kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten i två block. På cuppan djurbilder i relief. Anonymmästaren Bestiarius skola. Från början av 1200-talet. Efter rengöring 1928."

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Image Source: digital image [2265-036.TIF] of an undated [after 1928] B&W photograph by S. Lindgren,in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barnarps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200069763.jpg] [accessed 8 September 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.: 910622F2] [accessed 8 August 2021]

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view of font and baptismal dish in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph 24 February 2012 by Barbro Thörn [www.kyrkokartan.se/055786/Barnarps_kyrka] [accessed 8 September 2021]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 23431BAR
Church/Chapel: Barnarps kyrka
Church Location: Lovsjövägen 13, 556 31 Jönköping, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Småland, Jönköpings län
Directions to Site: Located off local road F946 [aka Lovsjövägen], on the SW shore of the Barnarpasjön, E of highway E4, in the municipality and 6-7 km S of Jönköping
Ecclesiastic Region: Växjö stift
Historical Region: Tveta härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, E end
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Bestiarius type [Blomqvist]
Church Notes: 13thC church may have replaced and earlier wooden building; much modified since
Noted in Roosval (1918). Noted in Blomqvist (1929) as a font of the 'Bestiariustypen', an offshoot of Bestiarius. Inventoried and illustrated in Borg (2002). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910622F2] as a baptismal font made of sandstone ca. 1200; the SHM entry notes Blomqvist attribution but does not endorse, describing the font instead as "oidentifierad - saknar paralleller".

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.708611, 14.178889
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 42′ 31″ N, 14° 10′ 44″ E
UTM: 33V 451072 6396566

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 (inside rim): 53 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 60 cm* / 69 cm**
Basin Depth: 28 cm*
Height of Basin Side: 33 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 82 cm* / **
Notes on Measurements: * Borg (2002) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910622F2]

REFERENCES

Blomqvist, Ragnar, Studier i Smålands romanska stenkonst, 1929
Borg, Raine, Smålands medeltida dopfuntar, Göteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, 2002
Roosval, Johnny, Die Steinmeister Gottlands: Eine Geschichte der führenden Taufsteinwerkstätte des schwedischen Mittlealters, ihre Voraussetzungen und Begleit-Erscheinungen, Stockholm: A.-B. C.E. Fritzes K. Hofbokhandel, 1918