Eggby / Aggby / Äggby
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920528F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920528F3#] [accessed 14 July 2020]
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view of font and baptismal dish
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nasko, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 August 2011 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eggby_kyrka_Sweden_06.jpg] [accessed 14 July 2020]
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Image Source: digital image [1M16-B145110:796] of a 1918 B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the VGM Foto collection, Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017208782/1m16-b145110-796] [accessed 14 July 2020]
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt, 1100-talets mitt." -- notice the vertical crack that goes from the upper end of the basin (centre) to the bottom of the base
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Image Source: digital image [2836-015.tif] of an undated B&W photograph, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eggby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200153737.jpg] [accessed 14 July 2020]
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design element - motifs - palmette - fan palmette
Scene Description: all around the basin sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920528F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920528F3#] [accessed 14 July 2020]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding - parallel - 2
Scene Description: framing the fan-palmette pattern between them
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nasko, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 7 August 2011 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eggby_kyrka_Sweden_06.jpg] [accessed 14 July 2020]
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nasko, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 August 2011 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eggby_kyrka_Sweden_02.jpg] [accessed 14 July 2020]
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nasko, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 August 2011 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eggby_kyrka_Sweden_01.jpg] [accessed 14 July 2020]
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view of church exterior in context - north view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kyrkan och dess omgivning från norr. Flygfoto."
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Image Source: digital image [2836-007.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by AKTA Fotograff, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eggby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200153729.jpg] [accessed 14 July 2020]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: the medieval church had been re-built in the 18thC
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Image Source: digital image [2836-002.tif] of a 21 June 1879 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eggby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200153724.jpg] [accessed 14 July 2020]
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view
![Source caption: "Eggby kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst. Foto efter teckning ur Peringskiölds Monumenta."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0200714001_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Eggby kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst. Foto efter teckning ur Peringskiölds Monumenta."
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Image Source: digital image [2836-001.tif] of a late-17thC drawing in Peringskiöld's Monumenta, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eggby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200153723.jpg] [accessed 14 July 2020]
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view of church interior - looking west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nasko, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 August 2011 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eggby_kyrka_Sweden_07.jpg] [accessed 14 July 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: the medieval font is visible in the southeast corner, by the right apse window
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nasko, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 August 2011 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eggby_kyrka_Sweden_08.jpg] [accessed 14 July 2020]
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view of font in context
![Source caption: "Södra portalen, med äldre skulpturer, dopfunt och gravhällar inmurade i väggen. Efter restaurering." [NB: the restoration of this church took place in 1927-1929, and the photographer, Axel Forssén, was the architect in charge of the restoration]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0200714004_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Södra portalen, med äldre skulpturer, dopfunt och gravhällar inmurade i väggen. Efter restaurering." [NB: the restoration of this church took place in 1927-1929, and the photographer, Axel Forssén, was the architect in charge of the restoration]
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Image Source: digital image [2836-014.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Axel Forssén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eggby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200153736.jpg] [accessed 14 July 2020]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920528F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920528F3#] [accessed 14 July 2020]
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design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920528F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920528F3#] [accessed 14 July 2020]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05604EGG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late?), Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Skalundagruppen [Dahlberg] / by master Harald? / Skaragruppen [SHM]
Cognate Fonts: Skalunda [etc.]
Church / Chapel Name: Eggby kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, S side
Church Notes: original medieval church re-built ca. 1300 as cruciform; re-built again 18thC; renovated late-1920s
Church Address: Eggby kyrkby, Höjentorpsvägen, 532 92 Axvall, Sweden
Site Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (SE) local road O2750, 5 km NE of Axvall, 15-20 km ESE of Götene, in the municipality and 15-20 km ENE of Skara
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Valle härad [formerly in Skaraborgs län]
Font Notes:
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Noted in Hallbäck (1971). Listed in Dahlberg (1998: 115) as a baptismal font of the "Skalundagruppen" type [cf. Index entry for Skalunda]. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920528F3] as a Skaragruppen baptismal font made of sandstone in the second half of the 12th century. [NB: a font cover here is reported in an uncorroborated source; said to be late-medieval, made of wood and decorated with figures of the Apostles [to be confirmed]].
COORDINATES
UTM: 33V 421280 6476960
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 58.426278, 13.652111
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 58° 25′ 34.6″ N, 58° 25′ 34.6″ N
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 67 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 88 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920528F3]
LID INFORMATION
Date: 15th century?
Material: wood
Notes: carved with Apostles (?) figures) [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Dahlberg, Markus, Västervik: AB CO Ekblad & Co Tryckeri, 1998, p. 115ff
- Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Skaraborg", 1971-1972, Västergötlands Fornminnesförenings Tidskrift, 1971-1972, pp. 39-357; p. 262