Tollsjo / Töllsjö

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New Testament - Passion of Christ - Crucifixion

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920610F2] [accessed 19 March 2021]

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animal - bird?

Scene Description: to the right of the Tree of Life

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920610F2] [accessed 19 March 2021]

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animal - mammal - quadruped?

Scene Description: possibly a quadruped facing left; too eroded for identification -- the pillar on the left must be part of an arcade

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920610F2] [accessed 19 March 2021]

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

Image Source: digital photograph by Carina Carlsson, in Kringla [www.kringla.nu/kringla/objekt?referens=raa/bbrb/21420000043352] [accessed 19 March 2021]

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symbol - plant or tree - Tree of life?

Scene Description: a large one seen here to the right of the Crucifixion

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920610F2] [accessed 19 March 2021]

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view of basin - upper view

Scene Description: showing the damages to the upper rim, as well as a drilled hole that may have housed an anchoring for a font cover -- not clear whether a centre drain hole exists or it is just a depression visible here

view of church exterior - southwest end

Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 August 2009 by Matthias Schalk [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Töllsjö-kyrka.jpg] [accessed 6 March 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: showing the later font in the northeast corner

Image Source: digital image [2476-006.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Töllsjö_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200169646.jpg] [accessed 6 March 2020]

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view of font, baptismal dish and cover in context

Image Source: digital photograph by Carina Carlsson, in Kringla [www.kringla.nu/kringla/objekt?referens=raa/bbrb/21420000043352] [accessed 19 March 2021]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00156TOL

Church/Chapel: Töllsjö kyrka

Church Location: Morjhult 6, 517 70 Töllsjö, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 33 15 10 30

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län

Directions to Site: Located off the O1758, W of road 180, E of highway E20, in the municipality of Bollebygd, about 25 km NW of Borås

Ecclesiastic Region: Göteborgs stift

Font Location in Church: inside the church, in the NE corner

Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Noted in Hallbäck (1966) as the very weathered basin of a 13th-century baptismal font decorated with an arcade of six arches containing: a lilly, a cross, a bird, another animal and a Crucifix. Nordström (1967) identifies a Crucifixion is on this font. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920610F2] as a baptismal font made of sandstone ca. 1200 by a regional workshop; the basin is extremely weathered but an arcade of seven arches is still discernible; there is a rope moulding at the bottom of the underbowl; the base is a modern replacement; no drain, no lining; the SHM entry mentions a Crucifixion, a bird and a cross, and a plat or tree (Tree of Life?) as the identifiable motifs. The church has a later font that was in use at some point; in old photographs it is located at the northeast end; it is probably 17th-century or later. The medieval font has taken its place now [ca. 2020] at the northeast corner; it is in use with a brass baptismal dish and is provided with a cake-shaped font cover of the same metal [cf. ImageFileNo.1210319020 in ImagesArea].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.795375, 12.632556

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 47′ 43.35″ N, 12° 37′ 57.2″ E

UTM: 33V 359282 6408389

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone

Number of Pieces: 2

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

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

Diameter (includes rim): 75 cm**

Basin Total Height: 50 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 83 cm* [includes modern base [cf. FontNotes]]

Notes on Measurements: * Hallbäck (1966) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920610F2]

REFERENCES

Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Sjuhäradsbygden", Från Borås och de sju häradena 1966, 1966

Nordström, Folke, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Uppland", Upplands kyrkor, 1967