Hemmesjo / Hemmesjö
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angel?
Scene Description: a curious portrayal, if it is an angel; rather extraterrestrial?
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910728F2] [accessed 10 October 2021]
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animal - bird - passant
Scene Description: on the panel to the right of the angel; passant to the right
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910728F2] [accessed 10 October 2021]
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animal - fabulous animal or monster - winged lion - foliated tail - passant-gardant
Scene Description: a second winged lion, just to the right of the other one; its folriated tailin the same position as the previous one; passant to the right but gardant
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910728F2] [accessed 10 October 2021]
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animal - fabulous animal or monster - winged lion - foliated tail - passant-regardant
Scene Description: the floriated tail goes diagonally down between its hind legs; passant to the right
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910728F2] [accessed 10 October 2021]
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cleric - holding processional cross
Scene Description: the figure in profile, looking to the right, holds the processional cross with both hands; the column to the right is substantial enough to discourage a relationship with the angel on the right
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph in Blomqvist (1929)
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design element - architectural - column - 7
Scene Description: there is no arcade proper, although a couple of the panels come close to having an arch over them; each column is totally different from the next
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910728F2] [accessed 10 October 2021]
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design element - motifs - braid - 2-strand
Scene Description: on the stem, between two roll mouldings
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910728F2] [accessed 10 October 2021]
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design element - motifs - floral or foliage
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910728F2] [accessed 10 October 2021]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding - parallel - 2
Scene Description: on the stem of the base, with a braid between them
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910728F2] [accessed 10 October 2021]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
Scene Description: the rope pattern changes directions in each moulding
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910728F2] [accessed 10 October 2021]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910728F2] [accessed 10 October 2021]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
Scene Description: the rope pattern changes directions in each moulding
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910728F2] [accessed 10 October 2021]
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symbol - plant or tree - Tree of life - 2
Scene Description: in the two panels to the right of the passant-gardant winged lion; each 'livesträd' has a column on both sides
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Image Source: digital image of a detail of a B&W photograph in Blomqvist (1929)
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view of basin
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Image Source: digital image of a detail of a B&W photograph in Blomqvist (1929)
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view of basin
Scene Description: Source caption: " Baptismal font of Hemmesjö old church"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hans A. Rosbach, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 15 Jly 2014 by Hans A. Rosbach [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hemmesjø_gamla_kyrka_2014-07-15-05c.jpg] [accessed 10 October 2021]
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view of basin - detail
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph in Blomqvist (1929)
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view of basin - detail
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph in Blomqvist (1929)
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view of basin - detail
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph in Blomqvist (1929)
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view of basin - detail
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph in Blomqvist (1929)
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view of basin - detail
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph in Blomqvist (1929)
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: " Baptismal font of Hemmesjö old church"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hans A. Rosbach, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 15 Jly 2014 by Hans A. Rosbach [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hemmesjø_gamla_kyrka_2014-07-15-06c.jpg] [accessed 10 October 2021]
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: the two panels to the right of the angel
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910728F2] [accessed 10 October 2021]
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: the cross carrying cleric on the left and the angel(?) on the right
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910728F2] [accessed 10 October 2021]
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view of church exterior
![Source caption: "Hemmesjö gamla kyrka [...] Kyrkan från söder och sydöst, samt grundplan. Blyertsteckning av Per Gustaf Vistrand, 28 april 1880."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0211010001_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Hemmesjö gamla kyrka [...] Kyrkan från söder och sydöst, samt grundplan. Blyertsteckning av Per Gustaf Vistrand, 28 april 1880."
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Image Source: digital photograph [htsm0123] 6 July 2015 by Lars Kennerstedt of a 28 April 1880 drawing by Per Gustaf Vistrand, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hemmesjö_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000535183.jpg] [accessed 10 October 2021]
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view of church exterior - south portal
Scene Description: Source caption; "Hemmesjö gamla kyrka" -- 12thC church; abandoned 1854
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Image Source: digital image of a 1919 B&W photograph by Sven Brandel [Kulturmiljöbild: 16000200081352] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hemmesjö_sydportal.jpg] [accessed 10 October 2021]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
![Source caption; "Hemmesjö gamla kyrka [...] Kyrkan från söder." -- 12thC church; abandoned 1854; restored 1921](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0211010005_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption; "Hemmesjö gamla kyrka [...] Kyrkan från söder." -- 12thC church; abandoned 1854; restored 1921
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Image Source: digital image [2071-020.TIF] of a 26 August 1933 B&W photograph by Berit Wallenberg, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hemmesjö_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000092446.jpg] [accessed 10 October 2021]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Hemmesjö old church"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hans A. Rosbach, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 15 Jly 2014 by Hans A. Rosbach [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hemmesjø_gamla_kyrka_2014-07-15-47.jpg] [accessed 10 October 2021]
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view of church exterior in context - northeast view
Scene Description: Source caption; "Hemmesjö gamla kyrka" -- 12thC church; abandoned 1854
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Image Source: digital image of a 1919 B&W photograph by Sven Brandel [Kulturmiljöbild: 16000200081319] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hemmesjö_ruin_1919.jpg] [accessed 10 October 2021]
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view of church exterior in context - south view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Hemmesjö gamla kyrka.Den romanska kyrkan byggdes av sten 1175. Kyrkobyggnaden anses som en av de mest oförändrade medeltidskyrkorna i Växjö stift och en av de äldsta i landet." -- 12thC church; abandoned 1854; restored 1921; belfry erected 1953
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 15 August 2017 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hemmesjö_gamla_kyrka_Exteriör_004.jpg] [accessed 10 October 2021]
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view
![Source caption; "Hemmesjö gamla kyrka [...] Kyrkan från öster." -- 12thC church; abandoned 1854; restored 1921](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0211010004_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption; "Hemmesjö gamla kyrka [...] Kyrkan från öster." -- 12thC church; abandoned 1854; restored 1921
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Image Source: digital image [2071-020.TIF] of a 1926 B&W photograph by Sven Brandel, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hemmesjö_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200081350.jpg] [accessed 10 October 2021]
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view of church interior - chancel and east end
![Source caption; "Hemmesjö gamla kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster." -- 12thC church; abandoned 1854](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0211010006_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption; "Hemmesjö gamla kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster." -- 12thC church; abandoned 1854
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Image Source: digital image [2071-048.TIF] of a 1905 B&W photograph by Otto Janse, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hemmesjö_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200081378.jpg] [accessed 10 October 2021]
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view of church interior - looking east
![Source caption; "Hemmesjö gamla kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster. Efter restaurering." -- 12thC church; abandoned 1854; restored 1921](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0211010007_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption; "Hemmesjö gamla kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster. Efter restaurering." -- 12thC church; abandoned 1854; restored 1921
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Image Source: digital image [2071-055.TIF] of a 1927 B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hemmesjö_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200081391.jpg] [accessed 10 October 2021]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Hemmesjö old church" -- -- 12thC church; abandoned 1854; restored 1921
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hans A. Rosbach, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 15 Jly 2014 by Hans A. Rosbach [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hemmesjø_gamla_kyrka_2014-07-15-02.jpg] [accessed 10 October 2021]
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view of church interior - looking west
![Source caption; "Hemmesjö gamla kyrka [...] Interiör mot väster. Efter restaurering." -- 12thC church; abandoned 1854; restored 1921](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0211010008_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption; "Hemmesjö gamla kyrka [...] Interiör mot väster. Efter restaurering." -- 12thC church; abandoned 1854; restored 1921
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Image Source: digital image [bwr01502] of a 26 August 1933 B&W photograph by Berit Wallenberg, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hemmesjö_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000092466.jpg] [accessed 10 October 2021]
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view of font
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph in Blomqvist (1929)
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view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: " Baptismal font of Hemmesjö old church"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hans A. Rosbach, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 15 Jly 2014 by Hans A. Rosbach [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hemmesjø_gamla_kyrka_2014-07-15-04.jpg] [accessed 10 October 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.: 910728F2] [accessed 10 October 2021]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Hemmesjö gamla kyrka.Dopfunt"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 2 July 2013 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hemmesjö_gamla_kyrka_Dopfunt_03.JPG] [accessed 10 October 2021]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 23480HEM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Hemmesjö gamla kyrka
Church Location: Hemmesjö gamla kyrka, 355 75 Åryd, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 470 70 48 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Småland, Kronobergs län
Directions to Site: The old church is located S of county road 24, on the SW shore of the Hemmesjösjön, in the municipality and about 10 km ESE of Växjö
Ecclesiastic Region: Växjö stift
Historical Region: Konga härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the old church, by the N pillar of the chancel arch
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Örmästaren / Öhrmästaren [Blomqvist] / Örgruppen [Borg]
Cognate Fonts: Öhr [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: 12thC church; abandoned 1854; old church restored 1921; belfry erected 1953
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Blomqvist (1929) with attribution to a 'Örmästaren / Öhrmästaren' a stonemason from Jutland resposnsible also for the font at Öhr/Ör ca. 1160. Noted in Nordström (1984). Inventoried and illustrated in Borg (2002) as a 'Örgruppen' baptismal font made of sandstone ca. 1170. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910728F2] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the second half of the 12th century; the SHM entry mentions Blomqvist's attribution but does not endorse it. No cover present.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.852389, 14.936736
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 51′ 8.6″ N, 14° 56′ 12.25″ E
UTM: 33V 496142 6300957
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 3
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: none present
Diameter (inside rim): 54 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 69 cm* / 79 cm**
Basin Depth: 35 cm*
Height of Basin Side: 39 cm*
Basin Total Height: 51 cm*
Height of Base: 43 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 94 cm* / 92 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Borg (2002) / SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910728F2]
REFERENCES
Blomqvist, Ragnar, Studier i Smålands romanska stenkonst, 1929
Borg, Raine, Smålands medeltida dopfuntar, Göteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, 2002
Nordström, Folke, Mediaeval Baptismal Fonts: An Iconographical Study, Stockholm: Universitetet i Umeå, 1984