Madesjo / Madesjö

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inscription

Scene Description: bearing the date 1655

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 9 July 2012 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Madesjö_kyrka017.JPG] [accessed 9 October 2021]

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Madesjö gamla kyrka [...] Den gamla kyrkan mot söder, foto efter teckning ur Löfgren, Calmar stift 1, sidan 238, teckning av Frigelius 1747." -- the wooden medieval church is said to have burned down in a 1652 fire; the one drawn by Frigelius was a wooden replacement which would eventually be replaced by a stone church and demolished in 1757

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Image Source: digital image [1949-002.TIF] of a 1747 drawing by Petrus Frigelius, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Madesjö_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200084879.jpg] [accessed 9 October 2021]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Madesjö [nya] kyrka [...] Kyrkan mot sydöst, omkring 1930."

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Image Source: digital image [1949-009.TIF] of an undated [ca. 1930?] B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Madesjö_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200084908.jpg] [accessed 9 October 2021]

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view of church exterior in context - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Madesjö kyrka. Kyrkans exteriör från söder."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph 23 June 2019 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Madesjö_kyrka_Exteriör_001.jpg] [accessed 9 October 2021]

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view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Madesjö gamla kyrka [...] Madesjö gamla kyrka från sydväst, riven 1757. Teckning av Petrus Frigelius 1747, kopierad av Fabian Baehrendtz ca 1900. Original i Stifts- och gymnasiebiblioteket i Kalmar." -- the wooden medieval church is said to have burned down in a 1652 fire; the one drawn by Frigelius was a wooden replacement which would eventually be replaced by a stone church and demolished in 1757

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Image Source: digital photograph [htsm0300] 18 August 2015 by Lars Kennerstedt of a 1747 drawing by Petrus Frigelius copied by Fabian Baehrendtz ca 1900, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Madesjö_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000536303.jpg] [accessed 9 October 2021]

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view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Madesjö ka"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © L.G.foto, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph 5 May 2014 by L.G.foto [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Madesjö_kyrka_från_luften.jpg] [accessed 9 October 2021]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Madesjö [nya] kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster, vykort, omkring 1930." -- showing the 17thC baptismal font in the centre aisle, far [east] end

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Image Source: digital image [1949-011.TIF] of an undated [ca. 1930?] B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Madesjö_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200084918.jpg] [accessed 9 October 2021]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Madesjö kyrka.Interiör mot öster." -- the basin of the font is visible in the northeast corner, next to the replica copy of Thorvaldsen's Kristus

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph 9 July 2012 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Madesjö_kyrka003.JPG] [accessed 9 October 2021]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Madesjö kyrka.Dopfunten." -- with the replica copy of Thorvaldsen's Kristus behind

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph 9 July 2012 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Madesjö_kyrka017.JPG] [accessed 9 October 2021]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Madesjö kyrka.Dopfunten." -- with the replica copy of Thorvaldsen's Kristus behind

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph 9 July 2012 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Madesjö_kyrka016.JPG] [accessed 9 October 2021]

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view of font in context - north side

Scene Description: Source caption: "Madesjö [nya] kyrka [...] Dopfunt, röd kalksten, 1655.."

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Image Source: digital image [1949-013.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph by Manne Hofrén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Madesjö_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200084933.jpg] [accessed 9 October 2021]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 23479MAD
Church/Chapel: Madesjö kyrka
Church Location: Madesjö kyrkby, Hermanstorpsvägen, 382 94 Nybro, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Småland, Kalmar län
Directions to Site: Located in the W outskirts of Nybro, now part of its municipality, about 25 km W of Kalmar
Ecclesiastic Region: Växjö stift
Historical Region: Södra Möre härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the NE corner
Date: 1855
Century and Period: 17th century(mid), Baroque
Church Notes: original wooden church may have burned down ca. 1652; replaced by another wooden building; present church of stone consecrated 1757; tower added 1830; modified 1885; renovated 20thC
Baptismal font made of red limestone in 1655, as attested by an inscription; the font is of the common baluster-type of the period in Scandinavia, and octagonal basin on an octagonal pedestal base; decorated with stylised figures, and floral and geometrical patterns. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.7413, 15.881358
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 44′ 28.68″ N, 15° 52′ 52.89″ E
UTM: 33V 553911 6288936

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (red)
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Swedish
Inscription Notes: probably records the donor and the date of the donation of the font
Inscription Location: on the basin sides
Inscription Text: "[?]NDRIA 1655 / AARON PE / TRI STOLPE / PASTOR M[?]"
Inscription Source: [cf. ImagesArea]