Skalvum / Skälvum / Skeleum

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Results: 37 records

B01: human figure - warrior - dragon - fighting

Source caption: "Dopfunt, 1100-talet, cuppa med relief." -- [NB: the original image in KMB is horizontally reversed; corrected here]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt, 1100-talet, cuppa med relief." -- [NB: the original image in KMB is horizontally reversed; corrected here]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of an undated B&W photograph [2845-071.tif] by Otto Janse, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [KMB-16000200166772] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skälvums_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200166772.jpg] [accessed 3 January 2017]
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B01: human figure - warrior - dragon - fighting

A warrior, carrying a long pointed shield, holding a sword in his right hand fights a winged dragon
Scene Description: A warrior, carrying a long pointed shield, holding a sword in his right hand fights a winged dragon
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920517F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920517F1#] [accessed 7 September 2020]
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B02: animal - fabulous animal or monster - centaur - 2 men - fighting - detail

Source caption: "Dopfunt, 1100-talet, cuppa med relief."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt, 1100-talet, cuppa med relief."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of an undated B&W photograph [2845-072.tif] by Otto Janse, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [KMB-16000200166773] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skälvums_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200166773.jpg] [accessed 3 January 2017]
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B02: animal - fabulous animal or monster - centaur - 2 men - fighting - detail

Source caption: "Dopfunt, 1100-talet, cuppa med relief." -- on the right, the angel of the Baptism scene
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt, 1100-talet, cuppa med relief." -- on the right, the angel of the Baptism scene
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of an undated B&W photograph [2845-069.tif] by Otto Janse, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [KMB-16000200166769] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skälvums_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200166769.jpg] [accessed 3 January 2017]
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B02: animal - fabulous animal or monster - centaur - 2 men - fighting - detail

Three figures comprise this scene. The first is on foot, in profile, holding a sword and shield. The second figure is on horseback, with a sword and shield fighting a centaur which also has a shield (its weapon may be hidden behind the shield
Scene Description: Three figures comprise this scene. The first is on foot, in profile, holding a sword and shield. The second figure is on horseback, with a sword and shield fighting a centaur which also has a shield (its weapon may be hidden behind the shield
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920517F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920517F1#] [accessed 7 September 2020]
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B02: animal - fabulous animal or monster - centaur - 2 men - fighting - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920517F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920517F1#] [accessed 7 September 2020]
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B02: animal - fabulous animal or monster - centaur - 2 men - fighting - detail

Three figures comprise this scene. The first is on foot, in profile, holding a sword and shield. The second figure is on horseback, with a sword and shield fighting a centaur which also has a shield.
Scene Description: Three figures comprise this scene. The first is on foot, in profile, holding a sword and shield. The second figure is on horseback, with a sword and shield fighting a centaur which also has a shield.
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 20 June 1997 by BSI

B03: New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - angel holding cloth

Source caption: "Dopfunt, 1100-talet, cuppa med relief." -- In the right arch the foot warrior of the centaur fight scene
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt, 1100-talet, cuppa med relief." -- In the right arch the foot warrior of the centaur fight scene
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of an undated B&W photograph [2845-070.tif] by Otto Janse, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [KMB-16000200166771] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skälvums_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200166771.jpg] [accessed 3 January 2017]
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B03: New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920517F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920517F1#] [accessed 7 September 2020]
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B03: New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920517F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920517F1#] [accessed 7 September 2020]
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B03: New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920517F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920517F1#] [accessed 7 September 2020]
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B03: New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920517F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920517F1#] [accessed 7 September 2020]
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B03: New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920517F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920517F1#] [accessed 7 September 2020]
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B03: New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - detail

The last scene shows in the left arch, an angel in frontal pose, carrying in the right hand a codex, and in the left hand holds an acantus branch or candle with flame? To the right of the angel is another figure, in a kneeling position, the left hand holds up a scroll, the right hand to the middle or holding the elbow of the left arm? The next figure, semi-kneeling holds the right hand on a scroll to his chest, and the left hand holds Christ's right hand. The figure of Christ, is in the water to his waist, forefront, haloed, cross in halo. His left hand holds a staff with a cross.
Scene Description: The last scene shows in the left arch, an angel in frontal pose, carrying in the right hand a codex, and in the left hand holds an acantus branch or candle with flame? To the right of the angel is another figure, in a kneeling position, the left hand holds up a scroll, the right hand to the middle or holding the elbow of the left arm? The next figure, semi-kneeling holds the right hand on a scroll to his chest, and the left hand holds Christ's right hand. The figure of Christ, is in the water to his waist, forefront, haloed, cross in halo. His left hand holds a staff with a cross.
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 20 June 1997 by BSI

B03: New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - detail

The last scene shows in the left arch, an angel in frontal pose, carrying in the right hand a codex, and in the left hand holds an acantus branch or candle with flame? To the right of the angel is another figure, in a kneeling position, the left hand holds up a scroll, the right hand to the middle or holding the elbow of the left arm? The next figure, semi-kneeling holds the right hand on a scroll to his chest, and the left hand holds Christ's right hand. The figure of Christ, is in the water to his waist, forefront, haloed, cross in halo. His left hand holds a staff with a cross.
Scene Description: The last scene shows in the left arch, an angel in frontal pose, carrying in the right hand a codex, and in the left hand holds an acantus branch or candle with flame? To the right of the angel is another figure, in a kneeling position, the left hand holds up a scroll, the right hand to the middle or holding the elbow of the left arm? The next figure, semi-kneeling holds the right hand on a scroll to his chest, and the left hand holds Christ's right hand. The figure of Christ, is in the water to his waist, forefront, haloed, cross in halo. His left hand holds a staff with a cross.
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 20 June 1997 by BSI

B03: New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - detail

The last scene shows in the left arch, an angel in frontal pose, carrying in the right hand a codex, and in the left hand holds an acantus branch or candle with flame? To the right of the angel is another figure, in a kneeling position, the left hand holds up a scroll, the right hand to the middle or holding the elbow of the left arm? The next figure, semi-kneeling holds the right hand on a scroll to his chest, and the left hand holds Christ's right hand. The figure of Christ, is in the water to his waist, forefront, haloed, cross in halo. His left hand holds a staff with a cross.
Scene Description: The last scene shows in the left arch, an angel in frontal pose, carrying in the right hand a codex, and in the left hand holds an acantus branch or candle with flame? To the right of the angel is another figure, in a kneeling position, the left hand holds up a scroll, the right hand to the middle or holding the elbow of the left arm? The next figure, semi-kneeling holds the right hand on a scroll to his chest, and the left hand holds Christ's right hand. The figure of Christ, is in the water to his waist, forefront, haloed, cross in halo. His left hand holds a staff with a cross.
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 20 June 1997 by BSI

B03: New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - detail

The last scene shows in the left arch, an angel in frontal pose, carrying in the right hand a codex, and in the left hand holds an acantus branch or candle with flame? To the right of the angel is another figure, in a kneeling position, the left hand holds up a scroll, the right hand to the middle or holding the elbow of the left arm? The next figure, semi-kneeling holds the right hand on a scroll to his chest, and the left hand holds Christ's right hand. The figure of Christ, is in the water to his waist, forefront, haloed, cross in halo. His left hand holds a staff with a cross.
Scene Description: The last scene shows in the left arch, an angel in frontal pose, carrying in the right hand a codex, and in the left hand holds an acantus branch or candle with flame? To the right of the angel is another figure, in a kneeling position, the left hand holds up a scroll, the right hand to the middle or holding the elbow of the left arm? The next figure, semi-kneeling holds the right hand on a scroll to his chest, and the left hand holds Christ's right hand. The figure of Christ, is in the water to his waist, forefront, haloed, cross in halo. His left hand holds a staff with a cross.
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 20 June 1997 by BSI

B03: New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - detail

The last scene shows in the left arch, an angel in frontal pose, carrying in the right hand a codex, and in the left hand holds an acantus branch or candle with flame? To the right of the angel is another figure, in a kneeling position, the left hand holds up a scroll, the right hand to the middle or holding the elbow of the left arm? The next figure, semi-kneeling holds the right hand on a scroll to his chest, and the left hand holds Christ's right hand. The figure of Christ, is in the water to his waist, forefront, haloed, cross in halo. His left hand holds a staff with a cross.
Scene Description: The last scene shows in the left arch, an angel in frontal pose, carrying in the right hand a codex, and in the left hand holds an acantus branch or candle with flame? To the right of the angel is another figure, in a kneeling position, the left hand holds up a scroll, the right hand to the middle or holding the elbow of the left arm? The next figure, semi-kneeling holds the right hand on a scroll to his chest, and the left hand holds Christ's right hand. The figure of Christ, is in the water to his waist, forefront, haloed, cross in halo. His left hand holds a staff with a cross.
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 20 June 1997 by BSI

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

the carver has been creative in the rendition of the supporting columns; in one scene, the warrior fighting a dragon, there is no supporting column in the centre, and the tail of the dragon wraps around the column behind; in the Baptism scene the columns are there, but are seen only partially behind the characters and the action; the same occurs in the centaur fighting scene
Scene Description: the carver has been creative in the rendition of the supporting columns; in one scene, the warrior fighting a dragon, there is no supporting column in the centre, and the tail of the dragon wraps around the column behind; in the Baptism scene the columns are there, but are seen only partially behind the characters and the action; the same occurs in the centaur fighting scene
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 20 June 1997 by BSI

design element - motifs - circle

in the arcade of the Baptism scene the arch-heads are decorated with a row of incised circles
Scene Description: in the arcade of the Baptism scene the arch-heads are decorated with a row of incised circles
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 20 June 1997 by BSI

design element - motifs - foliage

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 20 June 1997 by BSI

view of basin - detail

the metal cinch that held the cracked basin together was removed when the basin was restored
Scene Description: the metal cinch that held the cracked basin together was removed when the basin was restored
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Västergötlands museum, 2017
Image Source: digital image [1M16-B145077:8] of an undated B&W photograph by Lundmark, in the VGM Foto collection, Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017207199/1m16-b145077-8] [accessed 7 September 2020]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

view of basin - detail

the metal cinch that held the cracked basin together was removed when the basin was restored
Scene Description: the metal cinch that held the cracked basin together was removed when the basin was restored
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Västergötlands museum, 2017
Image Source: digital image [1M16-B145077:9] of an undated B&W photograph by Lundmark, in the VGM Foto collection, Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017207199/1m16-b145077-9] [accessed 7 September 2020]
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view of basin in context

baptismal font originally from Skälvums kyrka seen here in the context of the interior of Edåsa kyrka from the time of its decommissioning as parish church until 1938, a period when this church served as a local branch museum of the Västergötlands fornminnesförening; after 1938 the contents were transferred to the new Västergötlands Museum or returned to the appropriate churches, and this church returned to its liturgical function as parish church
Scene Description: baptismal font originally from Skälvums kyrka seen here in the context of the interior of Edåsa kyrka from the time of its decommissioning as parish church until 1938, a period when this church served as a local branch museum of the Västergötlands fornminnesförening; after 1938 the contents were transferred to the new Västergötlands Museum or returned to the appropriate churches, and this church returned to its liturgical function as parish church

view of basin in context

baptismal font originally from Skälvums kyrka seen here in the context of the interior of Edåsa kyrka from the time of its decommissioning as parish church until 1938, a period when this church served as a local branch museum of the Västergötlands fornminnesförening; after 1938 the contents were transferred to the new Västergötlands Museum or returned to the appropriate churches, and this church returned to its liturgical function as parish church
Scene Description: baptismal font originally from Skälvums kyrka seen here in the context of the interior of Edåsa kyrka from the time of its decommissioning as parish church until 1938, a period when this church served as a local branch museum of the Västergötlands fornminnesförening; after 1938 the contents were transferred to the new Västergötlands Museum or returned to the appropriate churches, and this church returned to its liturgical function as parish church

view of church exterior - northeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dagjoh, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 April 2012 by Dagjoh [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skalvum2.jpg] [accessed 3 January 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior - southeast view

Source caption: "Kyrkan från sydöst. Foto efter teckning ur Peringskiölds Monumenta" [Johan Peringskiöld (1654-1720), Then första boken af Swea och Götha minnings-merken vthi Uplandz första del Thiundaland (Monumentorum sveo-gothicorum liber primus etc., 1710; på sv. och lat.),]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kyrkan från sydöst. Foto efter teckning ur Peringskiölds Monumenta" [Johan Peringskiöld (1654-1720), Then första boken af Swea och Götha minnings-merken vthi Uplandz första del Thiundaland (Monumentorum sveo-gothicorum liber primus etc., 1710; på sv. och lat.),]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of a drawing in Peringskiölds Monumenta, in Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [KMB-16000200166713 ] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skälvums_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200166713.jpg] [accessed 3 January 2018]
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view of church exterior - southeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dagjoh, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 April 2012 by Dagjoh [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skalvum1.jpg] [accessed 3 January 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior - west portal

Source caption: "Västportalen, med tympanonfält från 1100-talet."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Västportalen, med tympanonfält från 1100-talet."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph [2845-034.tif] taken in 1909 by Theodor Wåhlin, in Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [KMB-16000200166714] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skälvums_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200166714.jpg] [accessed 3 January 2018]
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view of church exterior - west portal - tympanum

Source caption: "Tympanonfält, inmurat i långhusets södra fasad, 1100-talet, utfört av Otelricus." [NB: the photograph is probably pre-1909, a date in which the tympanum appears already remounted in the west portal position]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Tympanonfält, inmurat i långhusets södra fasad, 1100-talet, utfört av Otelricus." [NB: the photograph is probably pre-1909, a date in which the tympanum appears already remounted in the west portal position]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of an undated B&W photograph [2845-035.tif] taken by Carl Fredrik Lindberg, in Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [KMB-16000200166715] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skälvums_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200166715.jpg] [accessed 3 January 2018]
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view of church exterior - west portal - tympanum

Source caption: "Tympanonfält, ovanför västportalen, 1100-talet, utfört av Otelricus."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Tympanonfält, ovanför västportalen, 1100-talet, utfört av Otelricus."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph [2845-036.tif] taken in 1909 by Theodor Wåhlin, in Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [KMB-16000200166717] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skälvums_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200166717.jpg] [accessed 3 January 2018]
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view of church exterior - west portal - tympanum

Source caption: "Tympanonfält, ovanför västportalen, 1100-talet, utfört av Otelricus. Tryck efter teckning."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Tympanonfält, ovanför västportalen, 1100-talet, utfört av Otelricus. Tryck efter teckning."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of an undated drawing [2845-037.tif] in Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [KMB-16000200166719] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skälvums_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200166719.jpg] [accessed 3 January 2018]
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view of church exterior - west portal - tympanum

Source caption: "Othelric me fecit (Othelric gjorde mig). Den tyske 1100-tals stenmästarens signerade relief som överstycke, tympanon, till dörren på Skälvum kyrka vid Kinnekulle."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Othelric me fecit (Othelric gjorde mig). Den tyske 1100-tals stenmästarens signerade relief som överstycke, tympanon, till dörren på Skälvum kyrka vid Kinnekulle."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dagjoh, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 April 2012 by Dagjoh [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skalvumrelief.jpg] [accessed 3 January 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church interior - choir - relief

Source caption: "Relieftavla, fyrdelad, inmurad i korväggen."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Relieftavla, fyrdelad, inmurad i korväggen."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph [2845-054.tif] taken in 1964 by Lars Hasselberg, in Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [KMB-16000200166749] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skälvums_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200166749.jpg] [accessed 3 January 2018]
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view of church interior - east end - sculpture

Source caption: "Stenskulptur föreställande biskop, inmurad i östra långhusväggen." -- notice also the lovely palmette frieze above; there isnother one on the north side of the chancel arch
Scene Description: Source caption: "Stenskulptur föreställande biskop, inmurad i östra långhusväggen." -- notice also the lovely palmette frieze above; there isnother one on the north side of the chancel arch
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph [2845-057.tif] taken in 1909 by Theodor Wåhlin, in Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [KMB-16000200166754] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skälvums_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200166754.jpg] [accessed 3 January 2018]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 December 2012 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skälvum.jpg] [accessed 3 January 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of font

the medieval basin on a modern replacement base
Scene Description: the medieval basin on a modern replacement base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920517F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920517F1#] [accessed 7 September 2020]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

INFORMATION

FontID: 00130SKA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Skälvums Kyrka
Church Location: Skälvums kyrkby, 533 95 Götene, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 511 285 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off (N) highway 44, in the municipality of Götene and WSW of it, N of Skara
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Kinnefjärdings härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, W of the chancel, S side
Date: ca. 1150?
Century and Period: 12th century (mid-to-late?) [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Master Othelric? / Skaragruppen
Cognate Fonts: other fonts in the Skaragruppen
Church Notes: The church is small but very old, much of it 12thC [ca. 1136?] and unchanged until the 1961 restoration - the windows in the western tower match those carved on the Gotland fonts which depict images of a church. They should be used to date the works.
Font Notes:
Noted in Hallbäck (1971). In Svanberg (1995). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920517F1] as the surviving basin of a Skaragruppen baptismal font made of sandstone in the second half of the 12th century; the SHM entry (ibid.) remarks that, although the font has been attributed to Othelric, the mason who signed on the tympanum of this church, there is no stylistic resemblance between the font and that work. On-site notes: there are several scenes on this font framed in an arcade of eight round arches. The bowl is in good condition, but the base and plinth are modern replacements. There are three scenes on this font: 1)a warrior, carrying a long pointed shield in his left and and a sword in his right hand, fights a winged dragon whose tail is wrapped around the column behind; the warrior faces right; 2)another scene shows three figures, the first on foot, in profile, holding sword and shield, the second on horseback, with sword and shield fighting a centaur which also has a shield, but no weapon visible although it may be hidden by the shield; 3)the other scene is the Baptism of Chist; it shows in the left arch an angel (?), frontal pose, carrying in the right hand a codex, holds with his left hand holds an acanthus branch or candle with flame? to the right of the angel is another figure, in a kneeling position, the left hand holds up a scroll, the right to the middle or holding the elbow of the left arm? the next figure to the right half-kneeling, holds in the right hand a scroll to his chest, and the left hand holds Christ's right hand; Christ is in the water to his waist, forefront, haloed, cross in halo; his left hand holds a processional cross. There has been some attempt to attribute this font to the carver who signed 'Othelric me fecit" on the tympanum, but, as the SHM remarks [cf. supra] probably not an adroit attribution. The basin was cracked through, as it shows in the early photographs [cf. ImagesArea], but has been repaired. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.511, 13.4056
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 30′ 39.6″ N, 13° 24′ 20.16″ E
UTM: 33V 407108 6486706

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted) -- chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 11-12 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 58-59 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 82 cm* / 81 cm**
Height of Basin Side: 31-33 cm*
Basin Total Height: 50 cm*
Height of Base: 44 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 94 cm* / ** [includes modern base]
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920517F1]

REFERENCES

Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Skaraborg", 1971-1972, Västergötlands Fornminnesförenings Tidskrift, 1971-1972, pp. 39-357; p. 117ff, 326
Nordström, Folke, Mediaeval Baptismal Fonts: An Iconographical Study, Stockholm: Universitetet i Umeå, 1984
Svanberg, Jan, "Stenskulpturen", Den Romanska Konsten, Lund: Bokförlaget Signum, 1995