Bringetofta

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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - beaded-tape

Scene Description: the beaded-tape arch-head portion is clearly visible in this drawing

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Image Source: digital image of a reproduction in Blomqvist (1929: 14) of a ca. 1924 drawing

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design element - motifs - foliage or plant

Scene Description: the typical motif found in the fonts of the Njudungsgruppen fonts is clearly visible in this drawing

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Image Source: digital image of a reproduction in Blomqvist (1929: 14) of a ca. 1924 drawing

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fragment

Scene Description: Source caption in Blomqvist: "Bringetofta. Fragment av dopfunt"

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Image Source: digital image of a reproduction in Blomqvist (1929: 14) of a ca. 1924 drawing

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Scene Description: the large extension on the north side is an 18thC addition to the body of the original church

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Image Source: digital photograph 10 August 2016 by Åsa Elmersson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bringetofta_kyrka_20160810.jpg] [accessed 17 March 2022]

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view of church exterior in context - east view

Scene Description: Source caption: " Bringetofta kyrka"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © L.G.foto, 2009

Image Source: digital photograph 20 April 2009 by L.G.foto [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:0494Bringetofta_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 17 March 2022]

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view of font - fragments

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Raine Borg, 2002

Image Source: digital image of a page in Borg (2002: 31)

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INFORMATION

FontID: 23827BRI
Church/Chapel: Bringetofta Kyrka
Church Location: Bringetofta Kyerka, 576 91 Sävsjö, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Småland, Jönköpings län
Directions to Site: Located off local crossroads F820-F823, in the municipality and 5 km NNW of Sävsjö, about 50 km SE of Jönköping
Ecclesiastic Region: Växjö stift
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Njudungsmästaren / Njudungsgruppen variant 13
Church Notes: late-12thC church; much modified since; 13thC mural paintings on the chancel arch; 17thC paintings in the apse; church restored 2000-2001
A fragment of a medieval baptismal font of stone from Bringetofta, made by the Njudungsmästaren in the 12th century, is noted and illustrated in Blomqvist (1929); the illustration in Blomqvist shows the characteristic decoration of the basins of this group, with the beaded-yape arcade and the typical spandrel motif visible on it. A number of fragments (six) from the cylindrical basin of a baptismal font in the Njudubgsgruppen (variant 13) is noted and illustrated in Borg (2002), who dates them betweem 1170 and 1220. The entry for this church in Svenska kyrkan [https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/nassjo-pastorat/bringetofta-kyrka] [accessed 17 March 2022] reports fragments of the old font made by the Njudungsmästaren.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.444869, 14.618533
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 26′ 41.53″ N, 14° 37′ 6.72″ E
UTM: 33V 477104 6366973

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Blomqvist, Ragnar, Studier i Smålands romanska stenkonst, 1929
Borg, Raine, Smålands medeltida dopfuntar, Göteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, 2002