Vastra Gerum / Västra Gerum

Image copyright © Inga Kajsa Christensson / Västergötlands museum, 2020

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nasko, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 July 2011 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Västra_Gerums_kyrka_Sweden_02.jpg] [accessed 21 February 2020]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © D.O.G.A., 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 November 2011 by D.O.G.A. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Västra_Gerums_kyrka18.JPG] [accessed 21 February 2020]

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view of church exterior - stone

Scene Description: Source caption: "Runsten (vg 75) som en gång varit en gravhäll finns på kyrkogården vid Västra Gerums kyrka kyrka i Västergötland och Skara kommun i Västra Götalands län i Sverige. Runinskriften lyder:"Alle la denna sten efter Oda... mycket god""

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nasko, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 July 2011 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Västra_Gerums_kyrka_Sweden_03_Runsten_(vg_75).jpg] [accessed 21 February 2020]

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: the font seen here at the southeast corner of the nave, after the restoration

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]

Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken by Axel Forssén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [2905-046] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Västra_Gerums_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000008566.jp] [accessed 21 February 2020]

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt i sandsten, troligen från mitten av 1200-talet"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph by Barbro Thörn in Kyrkokartan.se [https://www.kyrkokartan.se/058140/images/58140_57983741] [accessed 21 February 2020]

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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Inga Kajsa Christensson / Västergötlands museum, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph by Inga Kajsa Christensson in Kringla Riksantikvarieämbetet [http://www.kringla.nu/kringla/objekt?referens=raa/bbr/21400000443471] [accessed 21 February 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the old font seen here during the restoration of the church -- there is no date for the photograph but it is probably late in the 19thC

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]

Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken by Axel Forssén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [2905-033] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Västra_Gerums_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000008553.jp] [accessed 21 February 2020]

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of font in context - east side

Scene Description: the old font shown in 1924 at the southeast corner of the church

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]

Image Source: digital image [1M16-A751] of a 1924 B&W photograph by Sanfrid Welin, in the VGM Foto collection, Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017192697/1m16-a751] [accessed 4 October 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00036GER
Church/Chapel: Västra Gerums Kyrka
Church Location: Västra Gerum, 532 95 Skara, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located N of the E20, 4-5 km WSW of Ardala, in the municipality and 15-20 km WSW of Skara
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Skånings härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SE corner
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church Notes: 12th-13thC church; restored and renovated 18th, 19th, 20thC
No entry found for this font in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld. Sandstone font consisting of a plain hemispherical basin raised on round base decorated with two parallel mouldings atop. No cover present but, like most northern fonts, it has a baptismal dish on it.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.3519, 13.2767
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 21′ 6.84″ N, 13° 16′ 36.12″ E
UTM: 33V 399145 6469181

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round