Froslunda / Fröslunda
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view of font - northeast side
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2019 by Ulkl [Ulf Klingström] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FröslundaDopfunt1902.jpg] [accessed 30 March 2020]
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view of font - north side
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view of font
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 940810F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=940810F3] [accessed 30 March 2020]
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design element - motifs - interlace
![a particularly attractive pattern of triangular interlace found to various medieval Scandinavian objects and akin to some Celtic patterns [cf. study in Karlsson (1985: 155-173] -- the SHM database entry captions it as "yttäckande ringkedjemönster", akin to chainmail and some of the Celtic patterns found in some Irish monuments](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1200330065_compressed.png)
Scene Description: a particularly attractive pattern of triangular interlace found to various medieval Scandinavian objects and akin to some Celtic patterns [cf. study in Karlsson (1985: 155-173] -- the SHM database entry captions it as "yttäckande ringkedjemönster", akin to chainmail and some of the Celtic patterns found in some Irish monuments
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 940810F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=940810F3] [accessed 30 March 2020]
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design element - motifs - vine - grapevine - bearing fruit
Scene Description: seen here in the centre panel
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 940810F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=940810F3] [accessed 30 March 2020]
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design element - patterns - interlace - varied
Scene Description: two of them here
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 940810F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=940810F3] [accessed 30 March 2020]
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design element - motifs - moulding - parallel - 2
Scene Description: all around except on the panel with the grape-vine
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 940810F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=940810F3] [accessed 30 March 2020]
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view of church exterior - bell tower
Scene Description: the 18thC detached bell tower
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2019 by Ulkl [Ulf Klingström] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FröslundaKlockstapel1904.jpg] [accessed 30 March 2020]
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view of church exterior - south view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2019 by Ulkl [Ulf Klingström] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FröslundaKyrka1902.jpg] [accessed 30 March 2020]
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view of church interior - looking west
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2019 by Ulkl [Ulf Klingström] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FröslundaKyrkorum1907.jpg] [accessed 30 March 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east
![the old font is partially visible at the far [east] end, right [south] side](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1200330069_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the old font is partially visible at the far [east] end, right [south] side
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2019 by Ulkl [Ulf Klingström] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FröslundaKyrkorum1906.jpg] [accessed 30 March 2020]
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view of church interior - crucifix
![Source caption: "Triumfkrucifix, Kristusfigur, fragmentarisk, 1200-talets slut." [NB: this and several other items remaining here precede the date of the present church and suggest an earlier, perhaps 13thC, church replaced by the present one]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0200330066_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Triumfkrucifix, Kristusfigur, fragmentarisk, 1200-talets slut." [NB: this and several other items remaining here precede the date of the present church and suggest an earlier, perhaps 13thC, church replaced by the present one]
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Image Source: digital image [3723-035.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fröslunda_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200116620.jpg] [accessed 30 March 2020]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 04870FRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Late Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Nodgruppen (SHM)
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Fröslunda kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the SE end of the nave
Church Notes: present church 15thC but some 13th and 14thC remains suggest an earlier church here; modified, repaired and restored; 18thC detached bel tower
Church Address: Fröslunda, 749 63 Örsundsbro, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 171 46 00 70
Site Location: Uppland, Uppsala län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) road 55, 2-3 km SW of Örsundsbro, 15 km NE of Enköping, 25-30 km SW of Uppsala
Ecclesiastic Region: Uppsala Stift
Historical Region: Uppsala län
Font Notes:
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Karlsson (1985: 172 and fig. 26) points out the similarity of the ornamental pattern found in several Scandinavian fonts: Gällstad, Fröslunda, Vaage and Stånga, and as far away as the Korsstele of Kirk Michael on the Isle of Man. This pattern is also found on the Röen font. Noted and illustrated in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 940810F3] as a baptismal font of the 'nodgruppen' made of limestone in the 15th century. The font consists of a polygonal [10 / 12 sides?] basin with rounded underbowl, raised on a round pedestal base with a splaying lower base; the decoration includes a double thin moulding around the upper sides, but it is lacking on at least one side, one with grape-vine decoration on it; the other sides are decorated with roundels inscribing a variety of well-rendered patterns, as well a loose reticular pattern on the underbowl; the very broad centre ring atop the base is patterned with a 3-strand braid; there is a sparse vine around the sloping upper side of the lower base. No cover present. The font at Skalunda, also in Uppland, is very similar to this one, probably from the same group and date.
COORDINATES
UTM: 33V 627592 6622525
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 59.721028, 17.268722
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 59° 43′ 15.7″ N, 17° 16′ 7.4″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: polygonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal
REFERENCES
- Karlsson, Lennart, "Tradition och förnyelse", 1985