Laske-Vedum / Laske Wedum
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animal - fabulous animal or monster - dragon - regardant
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920615F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920615F3#] [accessed 8 January 2021]
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animal - fabulous animal or monster - dragon - regardant - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920615F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920615F3#] [accessed 8 January 2021]
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animal - mammal - lion - facing lions - 2
Scene Description: passant; one font paw raised
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920615F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920615F3#] [accessed 8 January 2021]
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animal - mammal - lion - facing lions - 2 - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920615F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920615F3#] [accessed 8 January 2021]
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design element - motifs - knob - 4
Scene Description: at the corners of the square lower base
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920615F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920615F3#] [accessed 8 January 2021]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: much damaged now
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920615F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920615F3#] [accessed 8 January 2021]
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symbol - tree - Tree of life - dragon
Scene Description: Source caption: "drake och livsträd" -- detail of the regardant dragon on the left; Tree of Life on the right
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920615F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920615F3#] [accessed 8 January 2021]
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view of church exterior - south view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Laske-Vedums kyrka år 1888 i Laske härad, Skara stift, Västergötland, Sverige. Teckning av Ernst Wennerblad ur Skara stifts kyrkor (1902)."
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Image Source: digital image of a 29 November 1888 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laske-Vedums_kyrka_1888_(Ernst_Wennerblad_1902).jpg] [accessed 8 January 2021]
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view of church exterior in context - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joel Grafström, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 September 2016 by Joel Grafström [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laske-Vedums_kyrka_20160910.jpg] [accessed 8 January 2021]
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view of church exterior in context - southwest view
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Image Source: digital image [2757-007.tif] of a 1931 B&W photograph by K. J. R. Johansson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laske-Vedums_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200161228.jpg] [accessed 8 January 2021]
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view of font
![Source caption; "Laske-Vedums kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100-tal."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210108003_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption; "Laske-Vedums kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100-tal."
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Image Source: digital image [2757-055.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laske-Vedums_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200161276.jpg] [accessed 8 January 2021]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920615F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920615F3#] [accessed 8 January 2021]
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view of font and baptismal dish in context
![the medieval font in the southeast corner of the church, between the communion railing (in the foreground) and the southeast priest's or chancel entranceway (in the background) [NB: the plinth is modern and may be on casters]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1210108000_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the medieval font in the southeast corner of the church, between the communion railing (in the foreground) and the southeast priest's or chancel entranceway (in the background) [NB: the plinth is modern and may be on casters]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Barbro Thörn in Kyrkokartan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/057543/images/57543_97484876] [accessed 8 January 2021]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 02015WHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Laske Vedums kyrka
Church Patron Saints: Unknown
Church Location: Laske-Vedums kyrkby, Elingsvägen 18, 534 60 Vedum, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off (N) local road O2520 [aka Elingsvägen], E of highway E20, in the municipality of Vara, about 40 km SW of Skara
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Laske härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SE corner
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Romanesque
Church Notes: present 12thC stone church replaced an earlier stave church; re-built 1776; present belfry of 1937 replaced another such from 1705 [NB: the old belfry was moved to the churchyrad at Österbitterna]
Font Notes:
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Noted in Hallbäck (1971). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920615F3] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the second half of the 12th century by a regional workshop; the SHN entry identifies a pair of facing lions, a dragon and a Tree of Life on the basin sides.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.172056, 12.990361
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 10′ 19.4″ N, 12° 59′ 25.3″ E
UTM: 33V 381793 6449628
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
Diameter (includes rim): 63 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 79 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920615F3]
REFERENCES
Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Skaraborg", 1971-1972, Västergötlands Fornminnesförenings Tidskrift, 1971-1972, pp. 39-357; p. 298