Flakeberg

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animal - fabulous animal or monster - centaur - lion - fighting

the caption for this image in the SNM database reads: "motställda, stridande kentaurer", but the fidure on the right is probably a lion rather than a second centaur; the area of the head or upper body is damaged, making the identification difficult -- both beasts have foliated tails; the beast on the right may have been in a passant-regardant pose, with a foliated tongue facing the right
Scene Description: the caption for this image in the SNM database reads: "motställda, stridande kentaurer", but the fidure on the right is probably a lion rather than a second centaur; the area of the head or upper body is damaged, making the identification difficult -- both beasts have foliated tails; the beast on the right may have been in a passant-regardant pose, with a foliated tongue facing the right
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920616F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920616F2] [accessed 1 June 2020]
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animal - mammal - lion - foliated tail - passant-gardant - 2

their bodies face each other but the heads are turned to the viewer
Scene Description: their bodies face each other but the heads are turned to the viewer
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920616F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920616F2] [accessed 1 June 2020]
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animal - mammal - lion - foliated tongue - foliated tail - passant

the large foliated tail appears to sprout ou from its back
Scene Description: the large foliated tail appears to sprout ou from its back
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920616F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920616F2] [accessed 1 June 2020]
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animal - mammal - lion - foliated tongue - foliated tail - passant-regardant

seen here in the left arch
Scene Description: seen here in the left arch
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: detail of a digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920616F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920616F2] [accessed 1 June 2020]
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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - columns - columns with capitals and bases

the capitals and bases very schematic, almost invisible
Scene Description: the capitals and bases very schematic, almost invisible
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: detail of a digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920616F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920616F2] [accessed 1 June 2020]
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design element - motifs - foliage

in each of the spandrel of the arcade
Scene Description: in each of the spandrel of the arcade
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Image Source: detail of a digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920616F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920616F2] [accessed 1 June 2020]
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design element - motifs - moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920616F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920616F2] [accessed 1 June 2020]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920616F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920616F2] [accessed 1 June 2020]
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human figure - male - warrior - with sword in the right hand - fighting a dragon

scene spread over two arches
Scene Description: scene spread over two arches
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920616F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920616F2] [accessed 1 June 2020]
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view of church exterior - northeast view

Flakeberg church as it was in 1894; it had been re-built in 1725 and it would be demolished and replaced with a new building in 1899
Scene Description: Flakeberg church as it was in 1894; it had been re-built in 1725 and it would be demolished and replaced with a new building in 1899
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [15091-001.tif] of an 1894 B&W photograph by Sanfrid Welin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flakebergs_rivna_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200159262.jpg] [accessed 1 June 2020]
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view of church exterior - southeast view

Flakeber church as it was in 1884; it had been re-built in 1725 and it would be demolished and replaced with a new building in 1899
Scene Description: Flakeber church as it was in 1884; it had been re-built in 1725 and it would be demolished and replaced with a new building in 1899
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Image Source: digital image [15091-008.tif] of an 1884 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flakebergs_rivna_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200159269.jpg] [accessed 1 June 2020]
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view of church exterior - southwest view

Flakeberg church as it was in 1894; it had been re-built in 1725 and it would be demolished and replaced with a new building in 1899 -- the building at the back may have served as both lychgate and bell cote
Scene Description: Flakeberg church as it was in 1894; it had been re-built in 1725 and it would be demolished and replaced with a new building in 1899 -- the building at the back may have served as both lychgate and bell cote
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Image Source: digital image [15091-002.tif] of an 1894 B&W photograph by Sanfrid Welin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flakebergs_rivna_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200159263.jpg] [accessed 1 June 2020]
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view of church exterior in context

the new church of 1899
Scene Description: the new church of 1899
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Image Source: digital image [2797-002.tif] of an undated B&W photograph, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flakebergs_kyrka_-_kmb.16000200154547.jpg] [accessed 1 June 2020]
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view of church interior

the church interior after the 1952 restoration
Scene Description: the church interior after the 1952 restoration
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Image Source: digital image [2797-011.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Axel Forssén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flakebergs_kyrka_-_kmb.16000200154558.jpg] [accessed 1 June 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east

Flakeberg church as it was in 1894; it had been re-built in 1725 and it would be demolished and replaced with a new building in 1899
Scene Description: Flakeberg church as it was in 1894; it had been re-built in 1725 and it would be demolished and replaced with a new building in 1899
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [15091-010.tif] of an 1894 B&W photograph by Sanfrid Welin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flakebergs_rivna_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200159271.jpg] [accessed 1 June 2020]
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view of font

Source caption: "Dopfunt, sandsten, romansk." -- photographed outside the church
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt, sandsten, romansk." -- photographed outside the church
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Image Source: digital image [2797-018.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Sanfrid Welin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flakebergs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200154565.jpg] [accessed 1 June 2020]
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view of font

Source caption: "Dopfunt, sandsten, romansk." -- photographed outside the church
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt, sandsten, romansk." -- photographed outside the church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2797-019.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Sanfrid Welin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flakebergs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200154566.jpg] [accessed 1 June 2020]
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view of font

Source caption: "Dopfunt, sandsten, romansk." -- photographed outside the church
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt, sandsten, romansk." -- photographed outside the church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2797-020.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Sanfrid Welin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flakebergs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200154567.jpg] [accessed 1 June 2020]
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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920616F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920616F2] [accessed 1 June 2020]
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view of font in context

the church interior after the 1952 restoration
Scene Description: the church interior after the 1952 restoration
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Image Source: digital image [2797-012.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Axel Forssén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flakebergs_kyrka_-_kmb.16000200154549.jpg] [accessed 1 June 2020]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 00240FLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Flakebergs kyrka
Church Location: Flakebergs kyrkby, 467 95 Grästorp, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 514 585 60
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off (S) highway 47, in the municipality and 6 km WSW of Grästorp
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Viste härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church, at the SE end of the nave
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Othelric's workshop(?)
Church Notes: original church 12th-13thC?; replaced in 1725; replaced in turn in 1899 by present building -- a few remains, including the font, possibly from the first church here have been incorporated in the new church
Font Notes:
Baptismal font noted in Hallbäck (1971). Mentioned in Nordstrom (1984). Noted and illustrated in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920616F2] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the late-12th century by a regional hand. An unidentified source attributes this font to Othelric master's workshop, but it is more likely a regional hand using some of the themes, as the work is rather crude; the basin sides include a fight between a centaur and another beast [cf. ImagesArea], a fight between a swordwielding warrior and a dragon, lions passant, some with floriated tongues and tails. No font cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.322639, 12.760694
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 19′ 21.5″ N, 12° 45′ 38.5″ E
UTM: 33V 368844 6466813

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining

REFERENCES

Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Skaraborg", 1971-1972, Västergötlands Fornminnesförenings Tidskrift, 1971-1972, pp. 39-357; p. 265
Nordström, Folke, Mediaeval Baptismal Fonts: An Iconographical Study, Stockholm: Universitetet i Umeå, 1984