Gotlunda nr. Arboga / Götlunda

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inscription

Scene Description: in Latin, all around the basin sides [cf. Inscription area]

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inscription

Scene Description: the date of the donation, "ANNO -- 1661"

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symbol - chalice

Scene Description: painted between the initials of the donors

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view of church exterior in context - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Götlunda kyrka, exteriör"

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Götlunda kyrka [...] Dopfunt av kalksten, skänkt 1661."

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Image Source: digital image [1291-16.TIF] of a 1931 B&W photograph by Hans Rabén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Götlunda_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200045849.jpg] [accessed 4 September 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Götlunda kyrka [...] Dopfunt av kalksten, skänkt 1661."

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Image Source: digital image [1291-17.TIF] of a 1958 B&W photograph by Nils Lagergren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Götlunda_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200045850.jpg] [accessed 4 September 2020]

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view of font in context

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INFORMATION

FontID: 05495GOT
Church/Chapel: Götlunda kyrka
Church Location: Kyrkvägen 14, 732 97 Arboga, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Närke, Örebro län
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the U567-U572 crossroads, S of highway E20, 15 km E of Glanshammar, between Örebro (WSW) and Arboga (ENE), in the latter's municipality
Ecclesiastic Region: Västerås stift
Historical Region: Glanshammars härad, Örebro län, Närke
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the pulpit stairs
Date: 1661
Century and Period: 17th century(mid), Renaissance
Cognate Fonts: Lillkyrka, nearby, has a similar font, although painted differently [Index entry for Lillkyrka No. 2]
Church Notes: original 15thC church; partly demolished and then re-built in the 1740s; restored 1890s
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Närke (1939- , Bd. I, hft. 5: 774-775) as an octagonal limestone pedestal font donated to the church in 1661 by the vicar Samuel Davidsson Hallman and his wife Brita Oldsdotter ; their initial appear painted on the underbowl above and below a chalice motif; the basin is small -looks more like a holy-water stoup- and rounded on the underbowl; the base consists of a thin baluster-type pedestal with a central ring, and a square lower base. The shape of this font is almost identical to the "new" one in nearby Lillkyrka. The basin carries a Latin inscription; the ring of the pedestal of the base has another inscription with the date 1661. The basin is painted, as is the ring of the base, but the rest of the pedestal of the base appears unpainted. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original 15th-century church here)

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 59.356111, 15.666583
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 59° 21′ 22″ N, 15° 39′ 59.7″ E
UTM: 33V 537900 6579896

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: 3?
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 103 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Sveriges kyrkor: Närke (1939- , Bd. I, hft. 5: 775)

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes for details]
Inscription Location: 1)basin; 2)underbowl; 3)base
Inscription Text: 1. "[...]PAST; GOTHL + HOC + BAPTISTERIUM[...]" 2. "S.D.H. -- B.O.D." 3. "ANNO -- 1661"
Inscription Source: Sveriges kyrkor: Närke (1939- , Bd. I, hft. 5: 775)

REFERENCES

Lundberg, Erik, Sveriges kyrkor: Närke, Stockholm: Generalstabens litografiska anstalts förlag (1939-1961); Almqvist & Wiksell (1970-1972), 1939-1972