Bjorsater / Björsäter in Åtvidaberg

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: the centre ring is part of the upper pedestal block

view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: present 1800 church replaced a medieval wooden building of the late-12th or early-13thC

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michael Ericsson, 2015

Image Source: digital photograph 8 December 2015 by Michael Ericsson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Björsäters_kyrka,_Östergötland.JPG] [accessed 12 July 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00453BJO
Church/Chapel: Björsäters nya kyrka [orig. from the gamla kyrka [old church]]
Church Location: Kyrkängsvägen 1, 597 94 Åtvidaberg, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Östergötland, Östergötlands län
Directions to Site: Located off local road O764, W of th E741, in the municipality and 20-25 km N of Åtvidaberg, 40-50 km ESE of Linköping
Ecclesiastic Region: Linköpings stift
Historical Region: Bankekinds härad, Östergötlands län
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church, by the altar [earlier, in the nave of the old church)
Date: ca. 1300?
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: VAST1 [SK]
Church Notes: wooden church early-12thC; present stone church built immediately N of the old one in 1800; renovated several times since;
Dsecribed and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Östergötland (1921- , Bd. I, hft. 2: 331, 356-357) as a limestone baptismal font of the type "musselgodronnerad cuppa"; it consists of three blocks: a hemispherical basin, mounted on a conical pedestal with moulded ring, and a splayed circular lower base. The font, dated to the late 13th century, ca. 1300, was originally from the old church that was demolished in 1800; it now stands by the altar in the new church. The surface of the basin shows signs of erosion and some cracks, but it appears whole.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.336111, 16.021944
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 20′ 10″ N, 16° 1′ 19″ E
UTM: 33V 559838 6466586

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 82 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 95 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Sveriges kyrkor: Östergötland (1921- , Bd. I, hft. 2: 331, 356)

REFERENCES

Lindblom, Andreas, Sveriges kyrkor: Östergötland, Stockholm: Svenska teknologföreningen, 1921-1963