Hogstena / Högstena

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B01: New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ

Scene Description: Baptism of Christ? Crudely depicted. To the left a figure in profile, holds a book, open with right hand and the left hand holds the wrist of the person's arm in the water. To the centre and right, three thick wavy lines for water, above it a person, full frontal, up to the waist, right arm extended to the figure on the left. The left hand of the person in the water holds a staff to his chest - but no cross on it.l

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 1997 by BSI

B01: New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 1997 by BSI

B02: angel - archangel - St. Michael and dragon

Scene Description: St.Michael on the left, armed with shield and sword, fights a large winged dragon on the right; the tail of the dragon is coiled arount the column that frames the scene

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 1997 by BSI

B03: angel - archangel - St. Michael - holding scales

Scene Description: a narrow panel to the right of the dragon scene; St. Michael with the scales; a figure in profile holds up a scale.

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 1997 by BSI

B04: symbol - tree - Tree of life

Scene Description: a tree between two doble columns with torsade pattern; to the right are two figures covering their pudenda -- the two panels probably make up a Temptation and Fall scene

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 1997 by BSI

B05: Old Testament - Genesis from the creation to the expulsion from paradise, and later years of Adam and Eve - Temptation and Fall - Adam, Eve and the Serpent

Scene Description: Adam and Eve depicted after the Fall, coverin their pudenda; the secen probably includes the tree on the left panel

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 1997 by BSI

B06: cleric - priest

Scene Description: Figure, passant, right hand raised and left hand holds a cross to its side; no halo; clerical figure?

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 1997 by BSI

B07: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Peter - charging of the keys

Scene Description: St.Peter is kneeling before enthroned God, shown on the right and St. Peter to the left of him. He holds two keys. Enthroned God holds right hand in benediction, left hand holds open book.

design element - motifs - moulding - 4

Scene Description: two of them appear to be rope mouldings, though they are very worn

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 1997 by BSI

design element - motifs - roll moulding

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 1997 by BSI

information

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "syndafallet"

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920630F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920630F2#] [accessed 6 October 2020]

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "man i kamp med drake"

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "man med kors"

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "man med våg - Mikaels själavägning (?)"

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view of church exterior - bell-cote

Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 April 2010 by Gunnar Creutz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Högstena_kyrka_Klockstapeln_2010-04-08.jpg] [accessed 20 November 2016]

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view of church exterior - bell-cote

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 October 2012 by Walander94 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Klocktorn,_Högstena_kyrka.JPG] [accessed 20 November 2016]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Högstena kyrka. Kyrka, äldre, teckning ur Peringskiölds Monumenta, avfotograferad i färg." [NB: the west tower of the medieval church was lost in the 18thC and a detached belfry was built to replace it]

Image Source: digital image of a late-17thC drawing in Peringskiöld's Monumenta, Kungl. Biblioteket Peringskiöld, Johan, Monumenta Sveo-Gothorum. 9 : Monumenta per Westrogothiam, Scaniam, Hallandiam, Blekingiam [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Högstena_kyrka_-_Peringskiöld.jpg] [accessed 6 October 2020]

Copyright Instructions: CC-PD-Mark / PD Old / PD-1996

view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Högstena kyrka. [...] Kyrkan och klockstapeln från sydväst. Tryck efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad 1894." [NB: the medieval church had lost its atteched west tower in the 18thC and replaced it with the detached belfry seen in EW's 1894 drawing]

Image Source: digital image [2865-004.tif] of a 26 June 1894 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Högstena_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200159513.jpg] [accessed 6 October 2020]

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view of church exterior in context - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Högstena kyrka [...] Kyrkan och klockstapeln från nordöst. Vykort."

Image Source: digital image [2865-006.tif] of a 27 May 1902 postcard of B&W photograph by Ludvig Ericson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Högstena_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200159515.jpg] [accessed 6 October 2020]

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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Scene Description: Souce caption: "Den västra stigluckan till Högstena kyrka i Högstena socken, Gudhems härad, Falköpings kommun, f.d. Skaraborgs län, Skara stift, Västergötland, Sverige."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 April 2010 by Gunnar Creutz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Högstena_kyrka_Stigluckan_i_väster_2010-04-08.jpg] [accessed 20 November 2016]

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view of font

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view of font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 1997 by BSI

view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Högstena kyrka [...] Predikstol, slutet av 1600-talet. Efter renoveringen 1949-50."

Image Source: digital image [2865-021.tif] of an undated [1950+] B&W photograph by Olle Hellström, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Högstena_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200159531.jpg] [accessed 6 October 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00124HOG

Church/Chapel: Högstena kyrka

Church Location: Högstena, 521 62 Stenstorp, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 500 45 00 60

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län

Directions to Site: Located off (S) the O2864 road, in the municipality of Falköping, SW of Skövde

Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift

Historical Region: Gudhems härad, Skaraborgs län

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end of the nave, N side

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Skaragruppen [SHM]

Church Notes: church consecrated late 12thC; lost its tower 18thC; church renovated 1907; restored, 1929, 1947, 1964

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Noted in Hallbäck (1971). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920630F2] as a Skaragruppen baptismal font made of sandstone in the late-12th century; the SHM entry (ibid.) notes seven rectangular panels and identifies scenes: the Fall, a man fighting a dragon, a man holding a cross, and a figure holding scales, probably St Michael weighing the souls. On-site notes: The font is fairly large and unevenly carved; it has a central drainage hole in the upper basin. The font is carved of sandstone, two blocks of stone. The first ring is part of the upper bowl. There are seven partitions on the basin sides, with columns dividing the basin into seven sections that are not even, some larger than others. There is a lot of unevenness about this work. Scenes (L -> R) starting with baptism: 1)Baptism scene: to the left, a figure in profile, holds a book, open, with right hand and the left hand holds the wrist of the person's arm in the water; to the centre and right, three thick wavy lines for water, above it a person, full frontal, up to waist, right arm extended to the figure on the left; the left hand of the person in the water holds a staff to his chest - no cross. 2)Next scene: a person fighting a dragon; the figure to the left, in profile, right arm holds a sword and left arm holds a shield (long pointed shield); to the right a dragon with open jaws, attacks figure; the dragon is winged, two front legs, the tail is wrapped around the column which frames the scene. 3)Next scene: St. Michael and the Scales: the figure, in profile, holds up a scale. 4)Next Scene: separated by column, an acanthus tree. 5)Next scene has two figures, naked and holding something up, probably Adam and Eve after the Fall, covering their genitals. 6)Figure, full frontal, right hand raised, left holds a cross to its side; not haloed. God? 7)Two figures, the figure on the left, in profile, kneeling to God, holds two keys, St. Peter; the figure on the right, enthroned, God, full frontal head turned towards St. Peter - right hand in benediction, left hand holds open book.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.232603, 13.718678

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 13′ 57.37″ N, 13° 43′ 7.24″ E

UTM: 33V 424757 6455322

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted) -- chalice-shaped

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

Rim Thickness: 7-8.5 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 47-48 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 63-64 cm* / 63 cm**

Height of Basin Side: 26 cm*

Basin Total Height: 44 cm*

Height of Base: 41 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 85 cm* / 86 cm**

Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920630F2]

REFERENCES

Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Skaraborg", 1971-1972, Västergötlands Fornminnesförenings Tidskrift, 1971-1972, pp. 39-357; r["References"]

Nordström, Folke, Mediaeval Baptismal Fonts: An Iconographical Study, Stockholm: Universitetet i Umeå, 1984