Rolfstorp

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design element - motifs - floral or foliage - 8

Scene Description: eight large ones [Tree of Life?] share the underbowl with one cross symbol

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Image Source: digital image [759-40.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rolfstorps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200034438.jpg] [accessed 9 May 2021]

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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design element - patterns - interlace - 2-3-strand - vegetal - palmette

Scene Description: with sprouting motifs in the spandrels -- it appears to cover both sides of the inscription on the basin

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information

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Image Source: digital image of field notes taken 16 July 2024 by BSI

information

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Image Source: digital image of field notes taken 16 July 2024 by BSI

inscription

Scene Description: [cf. InscriptionArea]

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symbol - cross - Greek - Maltese - in a circle

Scene Description: one such, sharing the underbowl surface with eight vegetal motifs

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 July 2024 by BSI

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Rolfstorps kyrka [...] Dopfunt, täljsten, 1200-tal. Detalj."

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Image Source: digital image [759-38.TIF] of a 1918 B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rolfstorps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200034436.jpg] [accessed 9 May 2021]

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: he Maltese cross in a circle is discernible on the underbowl below the inscription

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 July 2024 by BSI

view of basin - detail

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 July 2024 by BSI

view of basin - upper view

Scene Description: showing the centre drain hole

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 July 2024 by BSI

view of church exterior - northwest view

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Rolfstorps kyrka [...] Kyrkan från söder." [NB: the 18thC wooden tower seen in this 1918 photograph would be replaced in 1926]

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Image Source: digital image [759-4.TIF] of a 1918 B&W photograph by Sigfrid Gunnäs, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rolfstorps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200034371.jpg] [accessed 9 May 2021]

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view of church exterior in context - northwest view

Scene Description: Source caption; " Rolfstorps kyrka, Halland, Sverige."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Wolfgangus Mozart, 2012

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 16 May 2-12 by Wolfgangus Mozart [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rolfstorps_kyrka_2012.jpg] [accessed 9 May 2021]

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view of church interior - altar and retable

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 July 2024 by BSI

view of church interior - baptismal dish

Scene Description: Source caption: "Rolfstorps kyrka [...] Dopfat."

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Image Source: digital image [759-41.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rolfstorps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200034439.jpg] [accessed 9 May 2021]

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view of church interior - door - lock

Scene Description: disused lock mechanism from an old lock displayed in the vestibule

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 July 2024 by BSI

view of church interior - door - lock

Scene Description: early-19thC lock and key

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 July 2024 by BSI

view of church interior - looking west

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 July 2024 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - painting - detail

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 July 2024 by BSI

view of church interior - painting - detail

Scene Description: some mural paintings were uncovered in the 1960 restoration of this church

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Strummer, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph 2 June 2011 by Strummer [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:.Rolfstorp_Kyrka_väggmålning.jpg] [accessed 9 May 2021]

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view of church interior - pulpit

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view of church interior - retable

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption; " Rolfstorps kyrka [...] Dopfunt, täljsten, 1200-tal."

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view of font

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view of font

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view of font and baptismal dish in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Rolfstorps kyrka [...] Dopfunt, täljsten, 1200-tal. Dopfat."

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Image Source: digital image [759-37.TIF] of a 1918 B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rolfstorps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200034435.jpg] [accessed 9 May 2021]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: showing the medieval font at the east end of the centre aisle

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view of font in context

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt, 1200-tal, Rolfstorps kyrka, Halland"

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view of font in context

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Carl-Johan Ivarsson, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph by Carl-Johan Ivarsson, in Kyrkokartan [https://www.kyrkokartan.se/057929/images/57929_39486859] [accesssed 9 May 2021]

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view of font in context

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view of font in context

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INFORMATION

FontID: 09181ROL
Church/Chapel: Rolfstorps kyrka
Church Location: Kyrkvägen, 430 16 Rolfstorp, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Halland, Hallands län
Directions to Site: Located off local road N814, N of county road 153, in the municipality and 12-14 km E of Varberg, about 50 km SSE of Göteborg
Ecclesiastic Region: Göteborgs stift
Historical Region: Himle härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SE corner
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Thorkillus [Hallbäck, Drake, SHM]
Cognate Fonts: The fonts at Björlanda and Säve
Church Notes: 13thC church; modified 17thC; wooden tower added 18thC; church re-built 1816-1817; new tower of 1926 replaced the old one; church restored 1960 when murals uncovered
Noted and illustrated in Hallbäck (1969) as a baptismal font made of soapstone in the 13th century by Thorkillus bearing an inscription ["Thorkillvs me fecit"]; similar to other such fonts found between the north of Halland and the south of Bohuslän. Described in Drake (2002: 156) as one of a group of baptismal fonts by Master Thorkillus: "the upper part of the bowl is cylindrical and it then slopes at roughly 45ª to the top of the shaft. The vertical face is decorated with continuous tendril with tight spiral side shoots and the sloping section has leaves in rings which occupy its whole width. Two have a broad plain band and one a narrow band. Björlanda and Säve both have small extra bowls with drains, set at the bottom of the shaft on top of the base. This group of fonts is from the workshop of Master Thorkillus, whose inscription "THORKILLUS ME FECIT" is on the side of the identical font at Rolfstorp (Halland) where, in two lines, it occupies the full height of the vertical face and about one quarter of the circumference. The rings which enclose the leaves on the sloping section have become oval and are formed by two ondulating stems which cross and recrosses they progress around the bowl." Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920430F1] as a baptismal font made of soapstone ca. 1200 by Thorkillus, whose inscription is carved on the basin side. No cover present. The font had been located at the east end of the centre aisle of the re-built church [cf. ImagesArea], but it shows now [ca. 2020] located in the southeast corner [https://www.kyrkokartan.se/057929/images/57929_39486859] [accesssed 9 May 2021].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.143936, 12.467672
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 8′ 38.17″ N, 12° 28′ 3.62″ E
UTM: 33V 346781 6336253

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, soapstone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 5-6.5 cm***
Diameter (inside rim): 48 cm***
Diameter (includes rim): 62 cm** / 61-62 cm***
Basin Depth: 32 cm***
Height of Basin Side: 21-22 cm***
Basin Total Height: 36 cm***
Height of Base: 54 cm***
Font Height (less Plinth): 91 cm* / 92 cm** / 90 cm***
Notes on Measurements: * Hallbäck (1969) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920430F1] / *** BSI on-site

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: on the basin side
Inscription Text: "THORKILLVS ME FECIT"
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Drake, Colin Stuart, The Romanesque Fonts of Northern Europe and Scandinavia, Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002
Hallbäck, Sven Axel, Medeltida dopfuntar i Halland, 1969
Statens Historiska Museum, Stocholm, Medeltidens bildvärld, 2003. Accessed: 2024-08-31 00:00:00. URL: https://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/sok/avancerad.asp.