Skanings-Asaka No. 1 / Skånings-Åsaka

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920428F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920428F3#] [accessed 10 September 2020]

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

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Image Source: digital image [1M16-35396] of an undated photograph in the VGM Föremål collection, Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021027138336/dopfunt] [accessed 10 September 2020]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Skånings-Åsaka kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydväst. Tryck efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad, 1876." -- the new church of 1873 replaced a medieval one demolished in 1871

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Image Source: digital image [2834-001.tif] of a 4 October 1876 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skånings-Åsaka_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200166649.jpg] [accessed 10 September 2020]

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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Skånings-Åsaka kyrka norr om Skara i Västergötland." -- the new church of 1873 replaced a medieval one demolished in 1871

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © D.O.G.A., 2012

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 August 2012 by D.O.G.A. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skånings-Åsaka_kyrka4.JPG] [accessed 10 September 2020]

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view of church exterior in context - west view

Scene Description: the new church of 1873 replaced a medieval one demolished in 1871

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © jonsson, 2009

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 April 2009 by jonsson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skånings-Åsaka_Kyrka_(3412829546).jpg] [accessed 10 September 2020]

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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920428F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920428F3#] [accessed 10 September 2020]

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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Västergötlands museum, 2017

Image Source: digital image [1M16-35396] of an undated photograph in the VGM Föremål collection, Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021027138336/dopfunt] [accessed 10 September 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 05610SKA
Church/Chapel: Skånings-Åsaka kyrka
Church Location: Skånings-Åsaka Hertigabo 1, 532 96 Skara Ö, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 511 265 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off local road O2742, E of the E20, in the municipality and about 8 km NNE of Skara
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Skånings härad, Skaraborgs län
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, E end
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Skalunda [etc.]
Church Notes: 12thC church enlarged 1761; demolished 1871; present church 1873
Noted in Hallbäck (1971). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920428F3] as a baptismal font made of sandstone ca. 1200 by a regional hand. The font consists of a roughly hemispherical, almost cauldron-like, basin decorated with a simple roll moulding below the upper rim, otherwise plain; on a round-to-square base decorated with a rope mouldint towards the nedk.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.438875, 13.509111
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 26′ 19.95″ N, 13° 30′ 32.8″ E
UTM: 33V 412960 6478538

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 61 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 86 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920428F3]

REFERENCES

Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Skaraborg", 1971-1972, Västergötlands Fornminnesförenings Tidskrift, 1971-1972, pp. 39-357; r["References"]