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design element - motifs - drapery - scroll

the corner scrolls are linked through the sides of the base forming a continuous drapery all around
Scene Description: the corner scrolls are linked through the sides of the base forming a continuous drapery all around
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Image Source: digital image [2485-012.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Nils Lagergren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Näs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200163527.jpg] [accessed 6 May 2020]
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design element - motifs - floral or foliage - scroll

seen here in the right loop
Scene Description: seen here in the right loop
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Image Source: digital image [2485-013.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Nils Lagergren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Näs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200163529.jpg] [accessed 6 May 2020]
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design element - motifs - foliage or plant - 2

two of them seen here side-by-side
Scene Description: two of them seen here side-by-side
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Image Source: digital image [2485-010.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Nils Lagergren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Näs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200163525.jpg] [accessed 6 May 2020]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding

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Image Source: digital image [2485-012.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Nils Lagergren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Näs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200163527.jpg] [accessed 6 May 2020]
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design element - patterns - interlace - knot - 2

two of the them seen here to the right of the human bust -- sometimes called a Viking knot but often found on Anglo-Saxon as well as Scandinavian art
Scene Description: two of the them seen here to the right of the human bust -- sometimes called a Viking knot but often found on Anglo-Saxon as well as Scandinavian art
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Image Source: digital image [2485-011.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Nils Lagergren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Näs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200163526.jpg] [accessed 6 May 2020]
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design element or symbol - foliage or plant - Tree of Life?

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Image Source: digital image [2485-012.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Nils Lagergren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Näs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200163527.jpg] [accessed 6 May 2020]
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human figure - bust or demi-figure

this is a drawing; see the same figure partially in ImageFileNo. 0200506030 and 0200506031
Scene Description: this is a drawing; see the same figure partially in ImageFileNo. 0200506030 and 0200506031
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration originally from the V.H.A. reproduced in Roosval (1917: fig. 83)
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symbol - cross - linked-chain cross

seen here in the left loop
Scene Description: seen here in the left loop
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Image Source: digital image [2485-013.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Nils Lagergren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Näs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200163529.jpg] [accessed 6 May 2020]
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symbol - triquetra

seen here in the centre loop
Scene Description: seen here in the centre loop
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Image Source: digital image [2485-013.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Nils Lagergren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Näs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200163529.jpg] [accessed 6 May 2020]
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unidentified

Brandel [cf. FontNotes] describes the content of the loop to the right of the plant as "med en portal(?) bredvid ett par människoben(?)" -- could it be a very stilised symbol of the Alpha-Omega? (although the fist character(?) looks like a Lambda)
Scene Description: Brandel [cf. FontNotes] describes the content of the loop to the right of the plant as "med en portal(?) bredvid ett par människoben(?)" -- could it be a very stilised symbol of the Alpha-Omega? (although the fist character(?) looks like a Lambda)
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2485-012.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Nils Lagergren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Näs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200163527.jpg] [accessed 6 May 2020]
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view of church exterior - southwest view

early-18thC drawing in Johan Peringskiöld's Monumenta [...]
Scene Description: early-18thC drawing in Johan Peringskiöld's Monumenta [...]
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Image Source: digital image [2485-004.tif] of a drawing from Peringskiölds Monumenta, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Näs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200163518.jpg] [accessed 6 May 2020]
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view of church exterior - southwest view

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 July 2010 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Näs_kyrka_Västergötland_Sweden_1.jpg] [accessed 6 May 2020]
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view of font

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Image Source: digital image of an illustration originally from the V.H.A. reproduced in Roosval (1917: fig. 83)
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view of font in context

shown in a field or churchyard?
Scene Description: shown in a field or churchyard?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2485-009.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Knut Pettersson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Näs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200163524.jpg] [accessed 6 May 2020]
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view of font in context

the modern wooden font in the context of the interior of the 1883 church
Scene Description: the modern wooden font in the context of the interior of the 1883 church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Barbro Thörn in Kyrkokartan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/057569/images/57569_25753164] [accessed 6 May 2020]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 05209NAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Museum and Inventory Number: Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm
Church/Chapel: originall grom Näs gamla kyrka]
Church Location: 521 95 Kättilstorp, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 515 77 63 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off (S) road 47, 6-8 km E of Vartofta, just W of the county border with Jongköping, about 12 km SE of Falköping and in its municipality
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Vartofta härad
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church Notes: present church 1883 replaces a medieval church on the same site
Font Notes:
A font of sandstone from this Näs is described and illustrated by Sven Brandell in Roosval (1917); the date given is ca. 1200. The font, moved to the SHM, has a decorated cylindrical basin with a plain round underbowl; the decoration consists of a pair of rope mouldings framing a band that includes another rope moulding, this one waving all around with motifs, symbols and one human figure; the round-to-square base has a rope moulding atop; the sides are decorated with scrolls at the corners, linked as semi-circles pm the sides; much damaged. No cover present. The font in use in this church is a modern wooden one.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.085361, 13.738611
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 5′ 7.3″ N, 13° 44′ 19″ E
UTM: 33V 425620 6438909

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 (inside rim): 52 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 75 cm*
Basin Depth: 34 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 84 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Roosval (1917: 64)

REFERENCES

Mehling, Franz N., Spain: a Phaidon Cultural Guide, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1985