Hagby in Kalmar No. 1
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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - pointed arches - columns with capitals
Scene Description: the arch-heads not quite pointed but almost there; the columns and the capitals very stylised
design element - motifs - geometric - triangle
Scene Description: one such seen here in one of the spandrels
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910710F1] [accessed 1 October 2021]
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design element - motifs - varied
Scene Description: several other unidentified motifs and/or symbols fill the rest of the spandrels
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Image Source: digital image [711-072.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph by Manne Hofrén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hagby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200080786.jpg] [accessed 1 October 2021]
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information
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2025
Image Source: Field notes taken on site by BSI
symbol - cross - Greek - in a circle
Scene Description: one such seen here in the right spandrel, below the encircled triquetra or trefoil
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910710F1] [accessed 1 October 2021]
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symbol - triquetra or trefoil
Scene Description: one such seen here in the left spandrel
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910710F1] [accessed 1 October 2021]
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symbol - triquetra or trefoil - in a circle
Scene Description: one such seen here in the right spandrel
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910710F1] [accessed 1 October 2021]
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view of church exterior
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Nordisk familjebok (1876-1899) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Byggnadskonsten,_Hagby_kyrka_i_Småland,_Nordisk_familjebok.png] [accessed 1 October 2021]
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view of church exterior
![Source caption: "Hogby kyrka [...] Teckning av kyrkan och planritning. Original i Handteckningssamlingen, ATA."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0211001007_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Hogby kyrka [...] Teckning av kyrkan och planritning. Original i Handteckningssamlingen, ATA."
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Image Source: digital image [711-014.TIF] of a 1942 drawing in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hagby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200080697.jpg] [accessed 1 October 2021]
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view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2023 by BSI
view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2023 by BSI
view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2023 by BSI
view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2023 by BSI
view of church exterior - belfry - plan
![Source caption: "Hagby kyrka [...] Ritning av klockstapel."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0211001008_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Hagby kyrka [...] Ritning av klockstapel."
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Image Source: digital image [711-015.TIF] of a 1913 drawing by Martin Olsson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hagby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200080699.jpg] [accessed 1 October 2021]
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view of church exterior - bell tower
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2023 by BSI
view of church exterior - plan
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Image Source: digital image of a pre-1903 drawing by Hans Hildebrand [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hagby_Church,_floor_plan.jpg] [accessed 1 October 2021]
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view of church exterior in context
![Source caption: "Hagbu kyrka [...] Kyrkan mot sydöst. Vykort (flygfoto)."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0211001009_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Hagbu kyrka [...] Kyrkan mot sydöst. Vykort (flygfoto)."
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Image Source: digital image [711-0004.TIF] of an undated postcard in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hagby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200080664.jpg] [accessed 1 October 2021]
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Hagby kyrka. Exteriör."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph 28 May 2016 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hagby_kyrka_01.jpg] [accessed 1 October 2021]
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view of church exterior in context - belfry
Scene Description: Source caption: "Hagby kyrka, Sverige - Klockstapel"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sendelbach, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph 16 September 2005 by Sendelbach [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hagby_kyrka_bell_tower.jpg] [accessed 1 October 2021]
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view of church interior - chancel
Scene Description: Source caption: "Hagby kyrka.Interiör"
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Image Source: digital photograph 13 August 2007 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hagby_2.JPG] [accessed 1 October 2021]
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view of church interior - looking east
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2023 by BSI
view of church interior - window
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2023 by BSI
view of font
![Source caption: "Hagby kyrka [...] Dopfunt. Före restaureringen. 1965." [NB: notice the position of the roll moulding on the stem of the base]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0211001014_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Hagby kyrka [...] Dopfunt. Före restaureringen. 1965." [NB: notice the position of the roll moulding on the stem of the base]
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Image Source: digital image [711-068.TIF] of a 1965 B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hagby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200080780.jpg] [accessed 1 October 2021]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Hagby kyrka [...] Dopfunt." [NB: notice the position of the roll moulding on the stem of the base]
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Image Source: digital image [711-072.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph by Manne Hofrén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hagby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200080786.jpg] [accessed 1 October 2021]
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view of font in context
![Source caption: "Hagby kyrka, Sverige - Dopfunt" [NB: notice the position of the roll moulding on the stem of the base]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1211001012_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Hagby kyrka, Sverige - Dopfunt" [NB: notice the position of the roll moulding on the stem of the base]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sendelbach, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph 16 September 2005 by Sendelbach [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hagby_kyrka_baptismal_font.jpg] [accessed 1 October 2021]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 23461HAG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Hagby kyrka
Church Patron Saints: St. Olaf [aka Olaf II Haraldsson, Óláfr Haraldsson, Olav, Olav Haraldsson, Olave, Olof]
Church Location: Hagby kyrkby, Kyrkallén, 388 96 Ljungbyholm, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Småland, Kalmar län
Directions to Site: Located off (W) local road H570, E of highway E22, 6-7 km S of Ljungby, in the municipality and about 20 km SSW of Kalmar
Ecclesiastic Region: Växjö stift
Historical Region: Södra Möre härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel
Century and Period: 14th century (late?), Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Musselcuppornas typ [Blomqvist] / regional imitation of Gotland Musselcuppstyp fonts [SHM]
Church Notes: original wooden chapel dedicated to St. Sigfried abandoned 1541 was located south of the 12thC round church dedicated to St. Olav;
Font Notes:
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Blomqvist (1929) mentions the font at Hagby in Kalmar county as being of the "musselcuppornas typ" in his chapter on imported fonts. Noted and illustrated in Reutersvard (1967). Inventoried and illustrated in Borg (2002) as a baptismal font made of Gotland limestone in the late-14th century. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910710F1] as a baptismal font made of limestone in the late-14th century, a regional imitation of Gotland's 'musselcuppstyp' fonts. No cover present.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.55464, 16.17676
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 33′ 16.7″ N, 16° 10′ 36.34″ E
UTM: 33V 572335 6268432
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: 3
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: lining in place
Diameter (includes rim): 90 cm* / 89 cm**
Basin Total Height: 40 cm*
Height of Base: 53 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 93 cm* / **
Trapezoidal Basin: 55 x 55 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Borg (2002)
REFERENCES
Blomqvist, Ragnar, Studier i Smålands romanska stenkonst, 1929
Borg, Raine, Smålands medeltida dopfuntar, Göteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, 2002
Reutersvärd, Oscar, Atlas till Sveriges odlingshistoria Tilläggshäfte, [Stockholm?]: CWK Gleerup, 1967