Boja / Boija / Böja

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design element - motifs - braid

Scene Description: squarish

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920627F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920627F2] [accessed 21 May 2020]

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design element - motifs - braid - 2-strand

Scene Description: seen here in the centre

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920627F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920627F2] [accessed 21 May 2020]

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design element - patterns - diaper

Scene Description: on the left; two bands plain

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920627F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920627F2] [accessed 21 May 2020]

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design element - patterns - geometric

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920627F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920627F2] [accessed 21 May 2020]

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design element - patterns - trelis

Scene Description: seen here on the left

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920627F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920627F2] [accessed 21 May 2020]

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design element or symbol - unidentified

Scene Description: seen here in the centre

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920627F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920627F2] [accessed 21 May 2020]

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symbol - cross - Greek - Maltese - in a circle - concentric circles - 5

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Image Source: digital image [2816-012.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Böja_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200153310.jpg] [accessed 21 May 2020]

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symbol - cross - in a diamond or lozenge

Scene Description: seen here on the right

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920627F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920627F2] [accessed 21 May 2020]

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view of basin

Scene Description: given the surroundings the old basin was photographed in a museum or storage facility at the time

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Image Source: digital image [2816-008.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Böja_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200153306.jpg] [accessed 21 May 2020]

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view of basin

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Image Source: digital image [2816-009.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Böja_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200153307.jpg] [accessed 21 May 2020]

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view of basin

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital image [2816-009.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Böja_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200153307.jpg] [accessed 21 May 2020]

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view of basin

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Image Source: digital image [2816-010.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Böja_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200153308.jpg] [accessed 21 May 2020]

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view of basin

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Image Source: digital image [2816-011.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Böja_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200153309.jpg] [accessed 21 May 2020]

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view of basin

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Image Source: digital image [2816-013.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Böja_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200153311.jpg] [accessed 21 May 2020]

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view of basin

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920627F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920627F2] [accessed 21 May 2020]

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © D.O.G.A., 2012

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 12 September 2012 by D.O.G.A. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Böja_kyrka12.JPG] [accessed 21 May 2020]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kyrkan och klockstapeln från sydöst. Foto efter teckning ur Peringskiölds monumenta."

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Image Source: digital image [2816-006.tif] of a late-17thC drawing in Peringskiölds monumenta, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Böja_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200153304.jpg] [accessed 21 May 2020]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © D.O.G.A., 2012

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 September 2012 by D.O.G.A. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Böja_kyrka.JPG] [accessed 21 May 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: the top of the baptismal font is visible at the far [east] end, right [south] side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © D.O.G.A., 2012

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 September 2012 by D.O.G.A. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interiör_Böja_kyrka_01.JPG] [accessed 21 May 2020]

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view of church interior - looking west

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © D.O.G.A., 2012

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 September 2012 by D.O.G.A. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interiör_Böja_kyrka_04.JPG] [accessed 21 May 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the medieval basin in its present [September 2012] location at the east end, south side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © D.O.G.A., 2012

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 12 September 2012 by D.O.G.A. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interiör_Böja_kyrka_03.JPG] [accessed 21 May 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00458BOJ
Church/Chapel: Böja kyrka
Church Location: Böja kyrby, 504 16 Timmersdala, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 500 44 02 70
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off local road O2762, between Skövde and Mariestad, near Timmersdala and Lerdala, in the municipality of Skövde
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Valle härad, Skaraborgs län
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, S side
Century and Period: 12th century (mid?) [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Johannesgruppen [SHM] / VAST2 [Ernst Fisher]
Church Notes: original 13thC(?) church; expanded and tower added 17thC
Noted in Hallbäck (1971). Noted and illustrated in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920627F2] as a "Johannesgruppen" baptismal font made of sandstone in the mid-12th century; only the cylindrical basin remains of the original font; it is decorated with a braided pattern around the side, at the rim, and multiple vertical bands with a variety of geometric patterns (zig-zag, interlace, etc.), one which has Greek crosses inscribed in circles and one other that has incised crosses inscribed in lozenge/diamond shapes.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.554222, 13.775906
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 33′ 15.2″ N, 13° 46′ 33.26″ E
UTM: 33V 428769 6491065

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Skaraborg", 1971-1972, Västergötlands Fornminnesförenings Tidskrift, 1971-1972, pp. 39-357; r["References"]