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view of basin - detail
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view of basin - detail
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
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design element - patterns - ribbed - flat
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design element - motifs - foliage - acanthus
Scene Description: notice the rectangular patched hole, left side of the image
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design element - motifs - vine - acanthus - detail
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human figure - male - head - bearded - crowned - vegetation stemming from the mouth
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design element - motifs - vine - acanthus - detail
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view of basin - interior
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of church interior - retable
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
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design element - motifs - floral and foliage - acanthus
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design element - motifs - palmette
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design element - motifs - flat moulding
Scene Description: notice the cross incised on it
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Scene Description: SHM inventory archival notes; p.6
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 00184HAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 1997-06-16; 2012-08-28
Font Date: ca. 1225? [SHM]
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Thorkillus [Hallbäck] / Thorkillusgruppen [SHM]
Cognate Fonts: replica copy in the church
Museum: Statens Historiska Museum, Inv. Nr. 9872
Church / Chapel Name: [originally from Hanhals Kyrka; moved to the SHM [replicacopy in the church]]
Font Location in Church: in museum [replica copy in the church]
Church Notes: stone church of the 13thC; much modified since; abandoned 1890s when a new church built on a new site; old church ruin preserved 1920; new church destroyed by fire 1936; old church re-consecrated in 1940 with a new detached belfry added; renovated 1990
Church Address: Natanaels väg 15, 439 73 Fjärås, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 300 56 98 25
Site Location: Halland, Hallands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off local road N928, just E of the E6/E20, in the municipality and 4-5 km SSE of Kungsbacka, about 30 km SSE of Göteborg
Ecclesiastic Region: Göteborgs stift -- Hanhals församling
Historical Region: Fjäre härad
Additional Comments: basin not appropriate for immersion baptism
Font Notes:
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Roosval (1917) notes that the font is carved in three pieces and ornamented with acanthus motifs. Noted and illustrated in Hallbäck (1969) as a baptismal font made of soapstone in the early or mid-13th century by Thorkillus; the font is reported in the SHM [cf. infra] and a replica copy was installed for use in the church in 1940. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950517F2] as a 'Thorkillusgruppen' baptismal font made of sopastone ca. 1200. On-site notes: short cylindrical basin has sides decorated with a running vine that stems from the mouth of a crowned human head and forms large circles all around; one of the sides of the underbowl appears to have had a large rectangular hole cut into it, and later repaired with plain stone; the underbowl has large leaves arranged as a ribbed pattern; the round pedestal base has a roll moulding at the top, and two bands of acanthus and palmettes (?) separated by a broad flat moulding; the flat moulding has a cross incised into it, but it could be a latter addition; moulded circular base. Purely ornamental work - must be quite late, much smaller than the 12th-century examples.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Lennart Karlsson, to the curator for the medieval collections and the staff at the SHM for their help in documenting this font during our two visits
COORDINATES
UTM: 33V 326648 6371645
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.454306, 12.110556
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 27′ 15.5″ N, 12° 6′ 38″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, soapstone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: chalice-shaped, cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin & base
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 6-6.5 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 48 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 60-60.5 cm* / 60 cm***
Basin Depth: 22 cm*
Height of Basin Side: 19 cm*
Basin Total Height: 31-33 cm*
Height of Base: 55 cm*
Height of Central Column: 38-39 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 86-87 cm* [71 cm* w/o the lower base] / 86 cm** / 87 cm***
Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site / ** Hallbäck (1969) / *** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950517F2]
REFERENCES
- Hallbäck, Sven Axel, Medeltida dopfuntar i Halland, 1969, p. 16-18, 49
- Roosval, Johnny, Dopfuntar i Statens Historiska Museum, 1917, p. 55fn