Skee
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animal - fabulous animal or monster - maniticore - bicorporate - with prey?
Scene Description: the head is human, but the left body is a lion's; its tail is being held in both hands of the large human figure on the left; there appears to be prey in its front paws -- SHM's photo caption reads: "bicorporates"
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950517F8] [accessed 2 January 2015]
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animal - fabulous animal or monster - maniticore - bicorporate - with prey? - detail
Scene Description: the head is human, but the two bodies are feline; there appears to be prey in its front paws -- SHM's photo caption reads: "bicorporates"
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950517F8] [accessed 2 January 2015]
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animal - mammal - lion - fighting - 2
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950517F8] [accessed 2 January 2015]
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animal - mammal - lion - head - 2
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950517F8] [accessed 2 January 2015]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950517F8] [accessed 2 January 2015]
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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.: 950517F8] [accessed 2 January 2015]
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human figure - male? - holding a lion's tail - detail
Scene Description: SHM's photo caption: "man som griper om lejonsvans"
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950517F8] [accessed 2 January 2015]
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human figure - male? - holding a manticore's tail
Scene Description: SHM's photo caption: "man som griper om lejonsvans", but the animal owner of the tail is looks like a manticore
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950517F8] [accessed 2 January 2015]
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view of basin - detail
![Source caption: "Skee kyrka [...] Överdel på dopfunt."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210327005_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Skee kyrka [...] Överdel på dopfunt."
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Image Source: digital image [3087-74.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skee_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200005813.jpg] [accessed 27 March 2021]
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view of basin - detail
![Source caption: "Skee kyrka [...] Överdel på dopfunt."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210327006_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Skee kyrka [...] Överdel på dopfunt."
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Image Source: digital image [3087-76.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skee_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200005815.jpg] [accessed 27 March 2021]
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view of basin - detail
![Source caption: "Skee kyrka [...] Överdel på dopfunt."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210327007_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Skee kyrka [...] Överdel på dopfunt."
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Image Source: digital image [3087-77.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skee_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200005817.jpg] [accessed 27 March 2021]
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view of basin - detail
![Source caption: "Skee kyrka [...] Överdel på dopfunt."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210327008_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Skee kyrka [...] Överdel på dopfunt."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [3087-78.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skee_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200005818.jpg] [accessed 27 March 2021]
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view of basin - detail
![Source caption: "Skee kyrka [...] Detalj av överdel på dopfunt."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210327009_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Skee kyrka [...] Detalj av överdel på dopfunt."
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Image Source: digital image [3087-79.TIF] of a 1958 B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skee_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200005819.jpg] [accessed 27 March 2021]
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view of basin - projection
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Image Source: digital image of a drawing in Roosval (1917: fig. 28)
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view of church exterior - tower
![the detached bell tower; the building on the right is probably the 'prästgaard' [rectory / vicary]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1150102042_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the detached bell tower; the building on the right is probably the 'prästgaard' [rectory / vicary]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bjoertvedt, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 August 2013 by Bjoertvedt [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strömstad_Skee_kyrka_belfry_IMG_8914_BBR_21300000003018.JPG] [accessed 2 January 2014]
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bjoertvedt, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 August 2013 by Bjoertvedt [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strömstad_Skee_kyrka_IMG_8909_BBR_21300000003018.JPG] [accessed 2 January 2014]
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view of font
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Image Source: digital image of a illustration in Roosval (1918), Abb. 261, p. 220 "Klisché der V.H.A."
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view of font
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Image Source: digital image [3087-75.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skee_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200005814.jpg] [accessed 27 March 2021]
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view of font
Scene Description: as displayed at the SHM, Stockholm
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950517F8] [accessed 2 January 2015]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 18196SKE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Museum and Inventory Number: Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm
Church/Chapel: Skee Kyrka
Church Location: Skee kyrkby, Ö, Strömstad, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Bohuslän, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Strömstad
Ecclesiastic Region: Göteborgs stift
Historical Region: Vette härad
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church Notes: church originally 12thC; detached bell tower 17thC
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Roosval (1917), (1918).
Noted and illustrated in Hallbäck (1961) as a baptismal font made of soapstone ca. 1200
Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950517F8] as a baptismal font made of soapstone ca. 1200, the basin decorated with humans, bicorporate mandrakes (?) and lions. The basin is roughly hemispherical and the carvings are in very high-relief; there is a ring moulding at the bottom of the basin, and a very short stem; the base, a separate block of cylindrical shape, matches the stem of the underbowl, and has two large mouldings lower down. There is no cover present. The font was moved to the Statens historiska museum, in Stockholm [inv. nr. 6327]. A replica copy was made for the parish church at the time of its transfer.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.937317, 11.279817
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 56′ 14.34″ N, 11° 16′ 47.34″ E
UTM: 32V 631203 6535309
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, soapstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 6 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 55 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 67 cm* / ***
Basin Depth: 27 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 71.5 cm* / 71 cm** / 72 cm***
Notes on Measurements: * Roosval (1917: 24) / ** Hallbäck (1961) / *** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950517F8]
REFERENCES
Hallbäck, Sven Axel, Medeltida dopfuntar i Bohuslän, 1961
Roosval, Johnny, Die Steinmeister Gottlands: Eine Geschichte der führenden Taufsteinwerkstätte des schwedischen Mittlealters, ihre Voraussetzungen und Begleit-Erscheinungen, Stockholm: A.-B. C.E. Fritzes K. Hofbokhandel, 1918
Roosval, Johnny, Dopfuntar i Statens Historiska Museum, 1917