Flakeberg

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

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

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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

Scene Description: their bodies face each other but the heads are turned to the viewer

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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

Scene Description: the large foliated tail appears to sprout ou from its back

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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

Scene Description: seen here in the left arch

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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 - architectural - arcade - round arches - columns - columns with capitals and bases

Scene Description: the capitals and bases very schematic, almost invisible

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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 - foliage

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

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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

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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 Description: scene spread over two arches

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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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt, sandsten, romansk." -- photographed outside the church

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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

Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt, sandsten, romansk." -- photographed outside the church

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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

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
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
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; r["References"]
Nordström, Folke, Mediaeval Baptismal Fonts: An Iconographical Study, Stockholm: Universitetet i Umeå, 1984