Blomskog nr. Årjäng
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animal - mammal - lion - passant-regardant
Scene Description: the head turned back, the front legs in the air
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital image [3291-031.tif] of an undated B&W photograph, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blomskogs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200144586.jpg] [accessed 10 May 2020]
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animal - mammal - lion - passant-regardant
![partially visible here on the left: just the hind quarters, back legs and the tail; passant to the left, but the lion has its head turned backwards [cf. ImageFileNo. 0200510015]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/BLO9703501_compressed.png)
Scene Description: partially visible here on the left: just the hind quarters, back legs and the tail; passant to the left, but the lion has its head turned backwards [cf. ImageFileNo. 0200510015]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 16 June 1997 by BSI
design element - motifs - geometric - triangle
Scene Description: at least two of them, arranged like zig-zag
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital image [3291-031.tif] of an undated B&W photograph, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blomskogs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200144586.jpg] [accessed 10 May 2020]
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design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 16 June 1997 by BSI
design element - motifs - rope moulding
![[cf. Font notes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1120910003_compressed.png)
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 *with permission* at the National Historiska Museum, Stockholm
design element - motifs - vine - acanthus
![There are no scenes or figures on this font, except a posible quadruped [a lion?] on the lower base; an ornate acanthus vine encircles the basin and the lower base](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1120910005_compressed.png)
Scene Description: There are no scenes or figures on this font, except a posible quadruped [a lion?] on the lower base; an ornate acanthus vine encircles the basin and the lower base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 *with permission* at the National Historiska Museum, Stockholm
design element - motifs - vine - acanthus
Scene Description: an ornate acanthus vine encircles part of the lower base, as seen here on the centre and right
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 16 June 1997 by BSI
information
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Image Source: digital image of a drawing by Sven Brandel, in Roosval (1917: 66)
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information
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Image Source: on-site notes taken 28 August 2012 by BSI
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: on-site notes taken 28 August 2012 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: on-site notes taken 28 August 2012 by BSI
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view of base - projection
Scene Description: the quadruped is discernible on the left in Brandel's drawing
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Image Source: digital image of a drawing by Sven Brandel, in Roosval (1917: fig. 89)
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view of basin - detail
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 *with permission* at the National Historiska Museum, Stockholm
view of basin - interior
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 *with permission* at the National Historiska Museum, Stockholm
view of basin - projection
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Image Source: digital image of a drawing by Sven Brandel, in Roosval (1917: fig. 90)
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view of church exterior - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Överstycke till dörromfattning från den gamla stavkyrkan." -- fragment from the medieval wooden church
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital image [3291-017.tif] of an undated B&W photograph, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blomskogs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200144572.jpg] [accessed 10 May 2020]
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view of church exterior - door - detail
Scene Description: fragments of a door and doorway of the medieval wooden church
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Image Source: digital image [3291-014.tif] of an undated B&W photograph, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blomskogs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200144569.jpg] [accessed 10 May 2020]
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view of church exterior - door - detail
Scene Description: the photograph is undated but the church burned down in 1923; it was a 17thC re-building of the medieval wooden church
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Image Source: digital image [3291-018.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Helge Kjellin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blomskogs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200144573.jpg] [accessed 10 May 2020]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: the new church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Showman, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 November 2010 by Showman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blomskogs_kyrka_3.jpg] [accessed 10 May 2020]
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: the site of the old church in the foreground; the new church in the background
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Showman, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 June 2016 by Showman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blomskogs_minneslund_östlig_vy.jpg] [accessed 10 May 2020]
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view of church exterior in context - south view
Scene Description: the photograph is undated but the church burned down in 1923; it was a 17thC re-building of the medieval wooden church; the new church was inaugurated in 1928 on a nearby site
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Image Source: digital image [3291-001.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Helge Kjellin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blomskogs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200144556.jpg] [accessed 10 May 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: the photograph is undated but the church burned down in 1923; it was a 17thC re-building of the medieval wooden church; the new church was inaugurated in 1928 on a nearby site
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Image Source: digital image [3291-023.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Helge Kjellin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blomskogs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200144578.jpg] [accessed 10 May 2020]
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view of font
Scene Description: as displayed in the SHM
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Image Source: digital image [3291-030.tif] of an undated B&W photograph, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blomskogs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200144585.jpg] [accessed 10 May 2020]
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view of font
Scene Description: as displayed in the SHM
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [3291-031.tif] of an undated B&W photograph, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blomskogs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200144586.jpg] [accessed 10 May 2020]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, Stockhom, 2011
Image Source: photograph taken 17 May 1995 by Lennart Karlsson [Described and illustrated in the Statens Historiska Museum inventory [http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/fid.asp?fid=25840] [accessed 8 October 2012]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 16 June 1997 by BSI
view of font - detail
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Image Source: digital image [3291-032.tif] of an undated B&W photograph, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blomskogs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200144587.jpg] [accessed 10 May 2020]
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view of font - elevation, section, etc.
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Image Source: digital image of a drawing by Sven Brandel, in Roosval (1917: fig. 87-88)
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view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2012 *with permission* at the National Historiska Museum, Stockholm
INFORMATION
FontID: 00180BLO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Museum and Inventory Number: National Historiska Museum, Stockholm
Church/Chapel: [orig. from Blomskogs kyrka that burned down in 1923; now in a museum]
Church Location: Blomskog, 672 92 Årjäng, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 573 136 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Värmland, Värmlands län
Directions to Site: Blomskog is located off (NW) the crossing of local roads S512-S513, about 15 km SSW of Årjäng and in its municipality, E of the Norwegian border
Ecclesiastic Region: Karlstads stift
Historical Region: Värmlands län
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Dalslandsgruppen [SHM]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Dr. Lennart Karlsson, the curator for the Medieval collections and the staff of the Statens Historiska Museum [now National Historiska Museum, Stockholm], for their help in documenting this font during out two visits
Church Notes: original wooden church 12thC; re-built 17thC also in wood; burned down in 1923; a new church was built here in 1928
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Roosval (1917) with date in the 13th century; Roosval mentions a lion on the lower base. Noted and illustrated in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950517F7] as "Dalslandsgruppen" baptismal font made of soapstone in the late-12th century. Described and illustrated in the Statens Historiska Museum inventory [http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/fid.asp?fid=94246] [accessed 8 October 2012]. Small one-piece chalice shaped font ornamented with an acanthus motif pattern covering all of the basin and base; at the upper rim of the basin is a rope moulding; there is a central drainage hole through the basin and base. [Roosval's notes to be added]. [NB: at the time of BSI's visits, 16 June 1997 and 28 August 2012, this font was in the Statens Historiska Museum [now National Historiska Museum, in Stockholm -- some of these museum fonts have later been returned to their original churches]. The stone of the font is identified on the NHM label as soapstone. The present font at Blomskog church is an octagonal basin raised on eight thick scroll ribs and a centre shaft; the font is painted. The Svenska kyrkan web site [http://silbodalspastorat.se/vara-kyrkor-2/blomskogs-kyrka/] [accessed 10 September 2012] notes: "Dopfunten i Blomskogs gamla kyrka. När intendent Djurklou besökte Blomskog vid mitten av 1860-talet fanns i sakristian en smäckert utformad dopfunt av tälj sten. Den var cirka 4,2 decimeter hög och hade en cirka 5,4 decimeter bred dopskål. Såväl skålen som foten var rikt ornamenterad. Tillsammans med tidigare omnämnt portalöverstycke överlämnades dopfunten till Statens Historiska Museum." The font in the new Blomkog's church is located in the southeast corner of the nave; it is modern and made of wood.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 59.274403, 12.028917
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 59° 16′ 27.85″ N, 12° 1′ 44.1″ E
UTM: 33V 330701 6574382
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, soapstone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: square - mounted
Basin Interior Shape: square [round corners]
Basin Exterior Shape: square [round corners]
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 2-2.5 cm**
Diameter (inside rim): 52 cm* / 49.5 x 53 cm**
Diameter (includes rim): 58 cm* / 54 x 57 cm**
Basin Depth: 23 cm* / 25 cm**
Height of Basin Side: 25-26 cm**
Basin Total Height: 25-26 cm**
Height of Base: 15 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 40 cm* / 40-41 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Roosval (1917: 66) / ** BSI on-site
REFERENCES
Roosval, Johnny, Dopfuntar i Statens Historiska Museum, 1917