Gillstad / Gillstadh

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

on the upper rim of the base
Scene Description: on the upper rim of the base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920521F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920521F2] [accessed 31 May 2020]
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view of church exterior - southwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2720-011.tif] of a late-17thC drawing in Peringskiöld's Monumenta [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gillstads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200155649.jpg] [accessed 31 May 2020]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of church exterior - southwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [s.n.], 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken in August 2005 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gillstad_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 31 May 2020]
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view of church exterior in context - south view - detail

with the detached bell cote in the foreground; the church tower had collapsed and was replaced in 1924
Scene Description: with the detached bell cote in the foreground; the church tower had collapsed and was replaced in 1924
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Carnicula, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 September 2012 by Carnicula [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gillstad_kyrka_01.jpg] [accessed 31 May 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east

a view of the east end of the nave in 1894, before the renovation; the medieval font must have still been located at the west end
Scene Description: a view of the east end of the nave in 1894, before the renovation; the medieval font must have still been located at the west end
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Image Source: digital image [2720-016.tif] of a 1894 photograph by Sanfrid Welin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gillstads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200155663.jpg] [accessed 31 May 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east

a view of the east end of the nave in 1951, after the renovation; the top of the medieval font is visible here at the far [east] end, right [south] side
Scene Description: a view of the east end of the nave in 1951, after the renovation; the top of the medieval font is visible here at the far [east] end, right [south] side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2720-014.tif] of a 1951 photograph by Olle Hellström, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gillstads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200155657.jpg] [accessed 31 May 2020]
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view of font

the 1894 photograph appears to have been taken outside the church
Scene Description: the 1894 photograph appears to have been taken outside the church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2720-025.tif] of an 1894 B&W photograph by Sanfrid Welin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gillstads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200155680.jpg] [accessed 31 May 2020]
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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920521F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920521F2] [accessed 31 May 2020]
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view of font and baptismal dish in context

at the east end of the nave, south side
Scene Description: at the east end of the nave, south side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christian91, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Christian91, in Kyrkokartan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/058174/images/58174_86216716] [accessed 31 May 2020]
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view of font in context

Source caption: "Rundbågig portal, efter rivning av vapenhuset? Fotot taget i november 1924." The contour of the outer porch ["vapenhuset'] is clearly visible after its demolition; the location of the font looks odd, obstructing the way
Scene Description: Source caption: "Rundbågig portal, efter rivning av vapenhuset? Fotot taget i november 1924." The contour of the outer porch ["vapenhuset'] is clearly visible after its demolition; the location of the font looks odd, obstructing the way
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2720-012.tif] of a November 1924 B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gillstads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200155650.jpg] [accessed 31 May 2020]
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view of font in context

at the east end of the nave, south side
Scene Description: 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.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/058174/images/58174_86216716] [accessed 31 May 2020]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing

INFORMATION

FontID: 05624GIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Gillstads kyrka
Church Location: Gillstads kyrkby, 531 97 Lidköping, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off (N) highway 44, about 20 km WSW of Lidköping and in its municipality
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Källands härad, Skaraborgs län
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end of the nave, S side [cf. FontNotes]
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church Notes: original church 12thC; modified 17th, 18thC; tower collapsed; replaced 1924
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Västergöland (1922-, Bd. I, hft. 3: 412, 416) as a sandstone baptismal font of the late Romanesque period; it consists of a roughly hemispherical basin and a round pedestal base with an upper ring moulding. Noted and illustrated in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920521F2] as a baptismal font made of sandstone ca. 1200 by a regional hand, There are photographic records of the font being in one location in 1894, and in another by 1951; since that date the font has been located at the east end of the nave, on the side side.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.4412, 12.9429
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 26′ 28.32″ N, 12° 56′ 34.44″ E
UTM: 33V 379917 6479669

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): 68 cm* / 69 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 85 cm* / 86 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Sveriges kyrkor: Västergöland (1922-, Bd. I, hft. 3: 412) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920521F2]

REFERENCES

Fischer, Ernst, Sveriges kyrkor: Västergötland, Stockholm: G. Tisell, 1922-1975