Ostra Gerum / Östra Gerum
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design element - architectural - arch-head - round
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920619F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920619F5#]
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design element - motifs - groove
Scene Description: below the upper rim
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920619F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920619F5#]
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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.: 920619F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920619F5#]
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view of church exterior - south view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 July 2011 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Östra_Gerums_kyrka_Sweden_02.JPG] [accessed 21 February 2020]
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view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt från 1200-talets mitt, en representant för den sk. Remmene gruppen. Den är huggen i sandsten i ett stycke, med rundad cuppa och rundad fot och en rundbågsfris på foten."
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph by Knut Pettersson in Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [2493-093] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Östra_Gerums_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000013936.jpg] [accessed 21 February 2020]
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Scene Description: strangely displayed in 1891 jammed into a tight place and covered in timber
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in 1891 by Knut Pettersson in Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [2493-094] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Östra_Gerums_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000013937.jpg] [accessed 21 February 2020]
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view of font
![this undated photograph may have been taken after 1891 after the font had been restored [unless this is a copy of the original font]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0200221015_compressed.png)
Scene Description: this undated photograph may have been taken after 1891 after the font had been restored [unless this is a copy of the original font]
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph by Iwar Anderson in Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [2493-095] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Östra_Gerums_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000013938.jpg] [accessed 21 February 2020]
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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.: 920619F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920619F5#]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: in the nave, by the south pillar of the chancel arch
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph by Adolf Niklasson in Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [2493-049] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Östra_Gerums_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000013645.jpg] [accessed 21 February 2020]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 00037GER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Museum and Inventory Number: Strasbourg Museum
Church/Chapel: Östra Gerums Kyrka
Church Location: Östra Gerums kyrkby, Tidaholm V, Skara, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off (N) road 193, E of 47, 7-8 km ESE of Falköping, in the municipality of Tydaholm
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Vartofta härad, Västra Götalands län
Font Location in Church: Inside the church by S pillar of the chancel arch
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Remmenegruppen
Font Notes:
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Noted in Hallbäck (1971). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920619F5] as a monolithic baptismal font made of sandstone ca. 1200 by a regional hand. Sandstone font said to be of the mid-13th century, Remmenegruppe workshop; hemispherical basin on a round base; it has a groove below the upper rim, a roll moulding as centre ring, and a band of round arch heads around the base. No cover present.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.1357, 13.7473
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 8′ 8.52″ N, 13° 44′ 50.28″ E
UTM: 33V 426237 6444503
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 66 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 70 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920619F5]
REFERENCES
Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Skaraborg", 1971-1972, Västergötlands Fornminnesförenings Tidskrift, 1971-1972, pp. 39-357; p. 357