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view of church exterior - northwest view
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Image Source: digital image [2729-006.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Väla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000007535.jpg] [accessed 29 July 2020]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
![Source caption: "Väla kyrka [...] Kyrkans ursprungliga utseende. Foto efter teckning från 1671 i Peringskiölds Monumenta."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0200729000_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Väla kyrka [...] Kyrkans ursprungliga utseende. Foto efter teckning från 1671 i Peringskiölds Monumenta."
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Image Source: digital image [2729-002.tif] of a late-17thC drawing in Peringskiöld's Monumenta, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Väla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000007531.jpg] [accessed 29 July 2020]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
![Source caption: "Väla kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst. Tryck efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0200729002_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Väla kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst. Tryck efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad."
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Image Source: digital image [2729-001.tif] of a 14 September 1892 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Väla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000007530.jpg] [accessed 29 July 2020]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
![Source caption: "Väla kyrka [...] Kyrkan och klockstapeln från sydväst."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0200729003_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Väla kyrka [...] Kyrkan och klockstapeln från sydväst."
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Image Source: digital image [2729-009.tif] of an undated B&W photograph, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Väla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000007538.jpg] [accessed 29 July 2020]
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view of font
![Source caption: "Väla kyrka. A.R. 1915.[...] Dopfunt"](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0200729001_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Väla kyrka. A.R. 1915.[...] Dopfunt"
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Image Source: digital image [1M16-B145110:634] of a 1915 B&W photograph by Romand Anders, in the VGM Foto collection, Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017208587/1m16-b145110-634] [accessed 29 July 2020]
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view of font - drawing - elevation and section
Scene Description: Source caption: "Väla kyrka [...] Teckning av Anders Roland. Kyrkans äldsta inventarium. Dopfunt av sandsten, med fisknätsmönster, åttkantig, försedd med uttömningshål. 1200-talet."
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Image Source: digital image [2729-019.tif] of an undated drawing by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Väla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000007548.jpg] [accessed 29 July 2020]
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view of font and baptismal dish in context
Scene Description: the medieval font at the east end of the nave, south side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Barbro Thörn in Kyrkokartan [www.kyrkokartan.se/058178/images/58178_8467564] [accessed 29 July 2020]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 05623VAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Väla kyrka
Church Location: Väla, Lidköping N, 531 97 Lidköping, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located 2-3 km N of Gillstad and highway 44, 8 km SSW of Örslösa, in the municipality and about 12 km WSW of Lidköping
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Källands härad, Skaraborgs län
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: The font at Mears Ashby (Northamptonshire)?
Church Notes: stone church of the 13thC; extended late-17thC; further modified 18th (with detached belfry added), and 19thC; major restoration 1930s
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated by Ernst Fischer in Sveriges kyrkor: Västergöland (1922-, Bd. I, hft. 3: 393, 394) as a sandstone octagonal mounted baptismal font of the 13th century, carved in Västergöland but with English stylistic influence; the Norman font at Mears Ashby, Northants., is given as the closest inspiration. The basin is octagonal and not very tall; the base is a broad square pedestal trimmed to octagonal shape at the upper end. [cf. Index entry for Mears Ashby]. No entry for this font found in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld .
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.462944, 12.951306
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 27′ 46.6″ N, 12° 57′ 4.7″ E
UTM: 33V 380482 6482075
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: No lining
Rim Thickness: 7 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 42 cm* / 42 cm**
Diameter (includes rim): 56 cm* [between parallel sides]
Basin Depth: 17 cm* / 17 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 71 cm**
Square Base Dimensions: 42 x 42 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 25 cm* [length of each side of the octagon]
Notes on Measurements: * Sveriges kyrkor: Västergöland (1922-, Bd. I, hft. 3: 394) / **
REFERENCES
Fischer, Ernst, Sveriges kyrkor: Västergötland, Stockholm: G. Tisell, 1922-1975