Kallby / Källby

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Results: 11 records

N/A N/A: view of font

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 20 June 1997 by BSI

animal - fabulous animal or monster - dragon?

Scene Description: as per identification in the SHM [cf. FontNotes]; seen here in the right arch

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920519F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920519F2] [accessed 4 January 2021]

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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches

Scene Description: without defined capitals, columns or bases; each arch has a different motif in it

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 20 June 1997 by BSI

design element - motifs - moulding

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 20 June 1997 by BSI

design element - patterns - interlace

Scene Description: a tight quadrangular pattern that would make a basket weaver proud

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920519F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920519F2] [accessed 4 January 2021]

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design element - patterns - interlace - varied

Scene Description: three of them are visible here

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920519F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920519F2] [accessed 4 January 2021]

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Svens Welt, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 July 2012 by Svens Welt [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kallby_kyrka_14759.jpg] [accessed 2 December 2016]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Svens Welt, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 July 2012 by Svens Welt [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kallby_kyrka_14754.jpg] [accessed 2 December 2016]

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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.: 920519F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920519F2] [accessed 4 January 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.: 920519F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920519F2] [accessed 4 January 2021]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: at the southeast corner of the nave

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 20 June 1997 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 00121KAL
Church/Chapel: Källby kyrka
Church Location: Källby Kyrka, 533 93 Källby, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 511 285 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located on the SE shore of Kinneviken, in the municipality of Götene, 12 km E of Lidköping
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Götene kn, Skaraborgs län, Västergötland
Font Location in Church: Iside the church, in the apse on the S side
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Johannes? / Johannesgruppen [SHM]
Cognate Fonts: the font at Hangelösa, Götene, Synnerby
Church Notes: 12thC church with later modifications
Described and illustrated in Dahlberg (1998: 110ff) as a Romanesque baptismal font with a cylindrical basin decorated with an arcade with abstract ornamental motifs in the arches. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920519F2] as a Johannesgruppen baotismal font made of sandstone in the mid-12th century; the arcade around the basin sides has varied patterns of interlace but one of the arches has a twisting dragon in it; the font is now raised on a modern round plinth. On-site notes: the roughly cylindrical basin is in fair shape though it appears to have one large crack; it is mounted on two stone rings: the upper matches the font in appearance, although it is plain; the lower one is a modern addition. No cover present. The general shape of the font and the details of the ornamentation resemble very much those of the font at Hangelösa, in the same region. Also listed in Fischer.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.508042, 13.329917
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 30′ 28.95″ N, 13° 19′ 47.7″ E
UTM: 33V 402691 6486484

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 10-11 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 47-48 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 68 cm* / **
Height of Basin Side: 50 cm*
Basin Total Height: 50 cm*
Height of Base: 20 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 70 cm* / 72 cm**
Font Height (with Plinth): 84 cm* [includes modern plinth]
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920519F2]

REFERENCES

Dahlberg, Markus, Västervik: AB CO Ekblad & Co Tryckeri, 1998