Grovare

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B01: New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - in a font

Scene Description: human figure in orant pose inside a chalice-shaped font

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920606F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920606F5#] [accessed 20 September 2020]

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B01: New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - in a font - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lennart Karlsson, 2016

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken by Lennart Karlsson

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B02: cleric - priest - giving sign of benediction

Scene Description: to the right of the baptism scene -- seen here in the left arch

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920606F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920606F5#] [accessed 20 September 2020]

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B03: cleric - priest - with book

Scene Description: seen here in the right arch

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lennart Karlsson, 2016

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B03: cleric - priest - with book - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lennart Karlsson, 2016

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B04: angel - archangel - St. Michael and dragon

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920606F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920606F5#] [accessed 20 September 2020]

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B04: angel - archangel - St. Michael and dragon - detail

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920606F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920606F5#] [accessed 20 September 2020]

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B05: Christ - Agnus Dei - with cross - passant

Scene Description: passant to the right

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920606F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920606F5#] [accessed 20 September 2020]

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B06: symbol - tree - Tree of life

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lennart Karlsson, 2016

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B07: animal - bird - passant

Scene Description: busily patterned body and plumage; passant to the right; probably an eagle

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920606F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920606F5#] [accessed 20 September 2020]

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B08: symbol - tree - Tree of life

Scene Description: in the left arch here, as identified in SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920606F5]; a very abstract rendition

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920606F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920606F5#] [accessed 20 September 2020]

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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - columns with capitals and bases

Scene Description: single, double and triple columns; seen here a double and a triple

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lennart Karlsson, 2016

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design element - motifs - circle - concentric

Scene Description: a number of them incised on the upper surface of the lower base

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920606F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920606F5#] [accessed 20 September 2020]

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design element - motifs - foliage - 6

Scene Description: in the spandrels of the arcade

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design element - motifs - groove

Scene Description: the damage to the upper rim visible here appears to have been caused by a metal staple of an old cover

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view of church exterior - east view

Scene Description: the ruins of the medieval church at Grovare in 1994

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Åke Johansson, 1994

Image Source: digital image of a 1994 photograph taken by Åke Johansson, in Kyrkokartan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/058240/images/58240_30698618] [accessed 5 November 2016]

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: the ruins of the medieval church at Fänneslunda in May 2000

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Åke Johansson, 2000

Image Source: digital image of a May 2000 photograph taken by Åke Johansson, in Kyrkokartan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/058240/images/58240_30698618] [accessed 5 November 2016]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: the new church of Fänneslunda-Crovare, where the medieval font originally from Govare is now [September 2020] in use

view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lennart Karlsson, 2016

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view of font

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view of font and baptismal dish

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © SvenskaKyrkan.se, 2016

Image Source: [http://blogg.svenskakyrkan.se/kyrkrundan/files/2015/08/dopfunt-grovare-low.jpg] [accessed 5 Novermber 2016]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the font originally from the old church at Grovare is shown here outside in 1891; by this time the old church of Grovare had been abadoned in favour of a new church serving both Grovare and Fänneslunda; this old font would eventually be moved to the Fänneslunda-Grovare new church

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Image Source: digital image [1M16-B145046:3016] of a 1891 B&W photograph by Sanfrid Welin, in the VGM Foto collection, Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017201835/fanneslunda-dopfunt-vid-kyrkan] [accessed 20 September 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00081GRO
Church/Chapel: Fänneslunda-Grovare kyrka [originally from the old Grovare kyrka]
Church Location: address of the new church: 1815, 523 99 Hökerum, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located near Bondarp, Bredstorp and Sassarp, in the municipality of Ulricehamn; the old church was abandoned and the coverage moved to the new church at Fänneslunda-Govare
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Älvsborgs län, Ås härad
Font Location in Church: inside the new Fänneslunda-Grovare church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Mäster Andreas workshop?
Cognate Fonts: The fonts at Sävare and Hillared, in general design, although they have different programs
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Lennart Karlsson, of the SHM [Statens historiska museet] for his photographs of this font
Church Notes: the 12thC church at Grovare was demolished in 1837 and the fallen remains were left as they fell until the 1920s when the ruins were restored to a dignified condition [source: https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/default.aspx?id=984214 [accessed 5 November 2016]]
Noted in Hallbäck (1966). In Nordström (1984). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920606F5] as an Andreasgruppen baptismal font made of sandstone ca. 1200, the basin decorated with an Agnus Dei, the fight between St Michael and the dragon, a child in a baptismal font?, a plant, a bird abd twwo priests, all of them in an arcade of round arches. Cylindrical mounted baptismal font of the Romanesque period; the vertical sides of the basin are ornamented with an arcade of round arches containing figures and scenes [cf. Iconographic area below for details of the program]; two scenes are identified: the Baptism of Christ(?) in a font and the fight between St. Michael and the dragon. The underbowl appears almost plain [unlike the one at Hillared, for instance]. The base is conical with vertical lower sides and it has incised concentric circles that go all around the base. Like the font at Hillared it is a rather crude work, both in the design and execution. [NB: the font was moved from the ruins of the demolished old church to the newly-built church of Fänneslunda-Grovare; the medieval church of Fänneslunda is also in ruins].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 79 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 87 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920606F5]

REFERENCES

Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Sjuhäradsbygden", Från Borås och de sju häradena 1966, 1966
Nordström, Folke, Mediaeval Baptismal Fonts: An Iconographical Study, Stockholm: Universitetet i Umeå, 1984