Fridhem No. 2
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animal - mammal - lion - 2 - facing each other - floral motif
Scene Description: a large lilly-like flower with almost human appearance stands between the two facing lions with extended tongues
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920616F4] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920616F4] [accessed 27 September 2020]
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design element - patterns - interlace - linked circles
Scene Description: a partial view of the interlace is seen here on the left
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: detail of a digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920616F4] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920616F3] [accessed 27 September 2020]
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human figure - male - with sword in the right arm - fighting a facing lion
Scene Description: seen here toards the centre of the image; the left hand may be holding a small shield
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2793-012.tif] of an 1863 drawing by P.A. Säve, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Längnum,_Fridhems_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200155176.jpg] [accessed 27 September 2020]
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view of basin
![Source caption: "Längnum, Fridhems kyrka [...] Dopfuntscuppa, granit, romansk."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0200927013_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Längnum, Fridhems kyrka [...] Dopfuntscuppa, granit, romansk."
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Image Source: digital image [2793-011.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Längnum,_Fridhems_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200155175.jpg] [accessed 27 September 2020]
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view of basin
Scene Description: Source caption: "endast cuppan bevarad, den kommer från Längnum och tjänstgör nu som fot för en cuppa från Malma"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920616F4] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920616F4] [accessed 27 September 2020]
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view of basin - iconographic program
Scene Description: Source caption: "Längnum, Fridhems kyrka [...] Dopfuntscuppa, granit, romansk. Foto efter teckning ur P.A. Säves Berättelser 1863."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2793-012.tif] of an 1863 drawing by P.A. Säve, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Längnum,_Fridhems_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200155176.jpg] [accessed 27 September 2020]
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view of basin in context
Scene Description: Source caption; "Fridhems kyrka, Hyringa socken, dopfunt."
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Image Source: digital image [1M16-B145046:2960] of a [pre-1954] B&W photograph by Sanfrid Welin, in the VGM Foto collection, Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017201800/fridhems-kyrka-hyringa-socken-dopfunt] [accessed 27 September 2020]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 00220FRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (basin only)
Church/Chapel: Fridhems kyrka [originally from Längnum?]
Church Location: Fridhem kyrkby, 467 95 Grästorp, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off (SE) the O2537-O2551 crossroads, S of highway 47, in the municiality and 9-10 km SE of Grästorp, 15-20 km WNW of Vara
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Viste härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the new(?) church at Fridhem
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Romanesque
Church Notes: present church 1869 replaced those at Längnum, Hyringa and Malma; the old churches at Längnum and Malma were demolished
Font Notes:
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Noted in Hallbäck (1971). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920616F4] as the basin of a baptismal made of sandstone in the second half of the 12th century by a regional hand; the SHM further notes that it was originally the basin of the font from Längnum and now serves as the base for a basin originally from Malma. On the sides of the basin are [L->R]: a complex floral(?), almost humanoid motif between two facing lions(?), a scene on it in which a human figure armed with a sword fights against a facing lion (?), and an interlace of linked circles; all the lions have extended tongues; the original base is missing.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.276914, 12.748908
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 16′ 36.89″ N, 12° 44′ 56.07″ E
UTM: 33V 367984 6461747
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 67 cm*
Basin Total Height: 41 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920616F4]
REFERENCES
Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Skaraborg", 1971-1972, Västergötlands Fornminnesförenings Tidskrift, 1971-1972, pp. 39-357; p. 269