Askum No. 2
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B01: design element - motifs - floral or foliage
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information
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Göteborgs stadsmuseum, 2010
Image Source: archival record supplied by the Göteborgs stadsmuseum to BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Göteborgs stadsmuseum, 2010
Image Source: detail of an archival record supplied by the Göteborgs stadsmuseum to BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 16953ASK
Museum and Inventory Number: Göteborgs stadsmuseum
Church/Chapel: Askums kyrka?
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Bohuslän, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off (N) highway 171, E of 174, NNE of Sotenäs and in its municipality, near Uddevala
Ecclesiastic Region: Göteborgs stift
Historical Region: Bohuslän, Västergötland, Sotenäs härad, Uddevala kn
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the staff at the Göteborgs stadsmuseum for their help in documenting this font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Stone baptismal font recorded in the archives of the Göteborgs stadsmuseum [ref. G.M. 1425] with suggested date ca. 1100 and origin as the parish church of Askum [cf. Index entry for Askum No.1]. The font consists of a hemispherical basin decorated with what appears to be a busy pattern of vines and/or foliage all around the basin; raised on a round pedestal base probably of later date.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
58.415833,
11.3375
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
58 ° 24 '57 "N,
11 ° 20' 15" E
UTM: 32V 636545 6477381
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: the drain hole is 2.5 cm wide
Diameter (includes rim): 60 cm*
Basin Total Height: 53 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Göteborgs stadsmuseum]