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BU01: design element - motifs - vine - acanthus - circular

Image Source: digital image in Medeltidens bildvärld [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920901F7] [accessed 9 October 2010]

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design element - motifs - foliage

Image Source: digital image in Medeltidens bildvärld [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920901F7] [accessed 9 October 2010]

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Image Source: digital image in Medeltidens bildvärld [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920901F7] [accessed 9 October 2010]

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Image Source: digital image in Medeltidens bildvärld [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920901F7] [accessed 9 October 2010]

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Image Source: digital image in Medeltidens bildvärld [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920901F7] [accessed 9 October 2010]

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design element - motifs - vine - acanthus - circular

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

Image Source: digital image in Medeltidens bildvärld [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920901F7] [accessed 9 October 2010]

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view of church exterior - churchyard, cemetery - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "I sydvästra Göteborg hittas ett vikingatida gravfält, invid platsen för Askims medeltida kyrka, nedbrunnen den 12 november 1876, med knappt 80-tal synliga gravar, varav två högar och resten stensättningar, vilka av de senare är sex skeppsformiga. Den svenska fornforskaren och sedermera riksantikvarien Johan Bureus (1568-1652) avbildade några av dessa vid ett besök den nionde mars 1603." [NB: the old parish church at Askim was located on the site of a Viking-time graveyard]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 March 2009 by Västgöten [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Det_vikingatida_gravfältet_vid_Askims_Kyrklycka,_den_17_mars_2009,_bild_4.JPG] [accessed 18 October 2010]

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Scene Description: the modern church of 1878-1879

Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 April 2011 by Cia [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Askims_Kyrka.jpg] [accessed 18 October 2020]

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view of church exterior in context - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "På minnesstenen står det: "På kyrkåsen i Askim har sedan medeltid det kristna budskapet förkunnats. Genom århundraden hade Askims kyrka här sin plats. Den 12 nov 1876 under pågående gudstjänst utbröt eld och kyrkan blev helt ödelagd. Vid den nya kyrkogårdens tillkomst restes denna minnessten år 1965." -- this stone marks the site of the old church destroyed by a fire in 1876 and demolished in 1965

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 March 2009 by Västgöten [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Minnesstenen_för_Askims_medeltida_kyrka,_den_17_mars_2009..JPG] [accessed 18 October 2010]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Askims kyrka [...] Interiör mot söder. Före restaurering." -- the interior of the new church; the stone font, partially visible here at the southeast end of the nave, is also modern

Image Source: digital image [636-012.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Axel Forssén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Askims_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200151769.jpg] [accessed 18 October 2020]

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view of church interior - looking west

Scene Description: Source caption: "Askims kyrka [...] Interiör mot norr. Före restaurering." -- the interior of the new church; the stone font, partially visible here in the bottom-left corner of the image, is also modern

Image Source: digital image [636-013.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Axel Forssén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Askims_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200151770.jpg] [accessed 18 October 2020]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Askims kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sten, relief med blomsterrankor."

Image Source: digital image [636-017.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Askims_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200151774.jpg] [accessed 18 October 2020]

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view of font

Image Source: digital image in Medeltidens bildvärld [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920901F7] [accessed 9 October 2010]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 05606ASK

Museum and Inventory Number: Göteborgs stadsmuseum [in storage]

Church/Chapel: Askims kyrka

Church Patron Saints: [the new church is dedicated to St. Michael]

Church Location: [NB: address and coordinates are for the church] Askims kyrkby, Skalldalsvägen 1, 436 52 Hovås, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 31 731 63 10

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län

Directions to Site: Located off (E) the 158-O505 crossroads, in the municipality of Göteborg, about 10-12 km SSW of Göteborg city centre

Ecclesiastic Region: Göteborgs stift

Historical Region: Askims härad, Göteborgs län

Font Location in Church: [in a museum]

Date: ca. 1200?

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Thorkillus? / Thorkillusgruppen / Thorkillus skola

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the staff at the Göteborgs stadsmuseum, and to Lennart Karlsson, of 'Medeltidens bildvärld', for their help in documenting this font

Church Notes: 13thC church suffered a disastrous fire in 1876; part of the remnants were used to build the new church; the old church church was totally demolished in 1965; the old site is now the cemetery of the new 1878-1879 church; renovated 1990

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

The medieval baptismal font from the old church that was destroyed by fire in 1876 is noted in Hallbäck (1963). Described and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [920901F7] as a font made of soapstone dated ca. 1200, part of the 'Thorkillusgruppen' type. The font in the church is modern. On-site visit notes [storage unit, Göteborgs stadsmuseum]: the font consists of a roughly cylindrical basin with a chamfered underbowl, raised on a round moulded base; the sides of the basin are decorated with a curling acanthus vine forming large circles; the underbowl has a similar decoration and ends in a pronunced roll moulding; the cylindrical stem has a roll moulding in its middle; the round lower base has a moulding decorated with foliate motifs. The font is damaged and has been repair with cement or plaster patches. The Göteborgs stadsmuseum archive has it as attributed to "Stenhuggaren Thorbillus' [Thorkillus?] skola" and dated to the firsdt half of the 12th century.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.61625, 11.941194

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 36′ 58.5″ N, 11° 56′ 28.3″ E

UTM: 32V 675675 6389796

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, soapstone

Number of Pieces: 3

Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

Diameter (includes rim): 64 cm** / 65 cm***

Height of Basin Side: 42 cm*

Height of Base: 33 cm* [w/o lower base]

Font Height (less Plinth): 87 cm* / 86 cm** / ***

Square Base Dimensions: 31 cm* in diameter

Notes on Measurements: * BSI on site [all measurements approximate] -- ** HM Medeltidens bildvärld [920901F7] / *** Göteborgs stadsmuseum