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Scene Description: Source caption: "Ova kyrka [...] Kyrkan från söder. Foto efter teckning ur Peringskiölds Monumenta."

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Image Source: digital image [2840-010.tif] of a drawing in Peringskiölds Monumenta, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ova_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200163959.jpg] [accessed 3 March 2023]

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Scene Description: Source caption: "Ova kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydväst. Tryck efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad 1893."

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Image Source: digital image [2840-001.tif] of a 30 June 1893 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ova_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200163950.jpg] [accessed 3 March 2023]

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Agneta Svensson, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph in Agneta Svensson (2021) [https://agnetastrdgrd.blogspot.com/2020/11/ova-kyrka-goteborgs-kommun-pastorat.html] [accessed 1 March 2023]

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, 2023

Image Source: digital photograph by Barbro Thörn in Kyrkokartan.se [https://www.kyrkokartan.se/056455/images/56455_15912368] [accessed 3 March 2023]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00460OVA
Church/Chapel: Ova kyrka
Church Location: Ova, 533 92 Lundsbrunn, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off local road O2710, in the municipality and 4 km WNW of Lundsbrunn, 12-13km N of Skara
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Kinnefjärdings Hd.
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel, Nside, by the pulpit [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: VAST2
Church Notes: 12thC church ; modofied 1668; expanded 1722;
A church at Ova is mentioned in Ivar Lundahl's Ortnamen I, Skaraborgs Län: Kinnefjärdings Härad (Uppsala: Lundequitska Bokhandeln, 1966) [http://sprakochfolkminnen.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1104129/FULLTEXT01.pdf] [accessed 1 March 2023]. The entry for this church in the Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://bebyggelseregistret.raa.se/] [accessed 1 March 2023] reports that the medieval basin was given a new base and moved to the chancel in 1913: "Kyrkan renoverades 1913 […] Dopfunten fick ny sockel och placerades i koret". The entry for this church in Svenska Kyrkan [https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/gotene/ova-kyrka] [accessed 1 March 2023] reports a 12th-century basin on a later base: "Dopfunten är från 1100-talet. Foten på dopfunten är dock från senare tid." The font is illustrated in Agneta Svensson (2021) [https://agnetastrdgrd.blogspot.com/2020/11/ova-kyrka-goteborgs-kommun-pastorat.html] [accessed 1 March 2023]. No entry found for Ova in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärd.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.478611, 13.400778
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 28′ 43″ N, 13° 24′ 2.8″ E
UTM: 33V 406741 6483107

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining