Torsby nr. Karlstad / Fryksände / Thorir / Toresbyn
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Scene Description: Photo caption: "Dopfunt i norsk stil [...] av täljsten [...] från mitten av 1200-talet i Fryksände kyrka, Torsby, Värmland."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gräsmark, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 November 2010 by Gräsmark [http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fryksände_kyrka#mediaviewer/Fil:Fryksändekyrka2.jpg] [accessed 20 June 2014]
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design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: it is worn, and could be a rope moulding, like the one on the font at nearby Sunne
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gräsmark, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 November 2010 by Gräsmark [http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fryksände_kyrka#mediaviewer/Fil:Fryksändekyrka2.jpg] [accessed 20 June 2014]
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design element - patterns - sawtooth
Scene Description: painted a darker colour?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gräsmark, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 November 2010 by Gräsmark [http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fryksände_kyrka#mediaviewer/Fil:Fryksändekyrka2.jpg] [accessed 20 June 2014]
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view of church exterior
Scene Description: the present church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gräsmark, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 November 2010 by Gräsmark [http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fryksände_kyrka#mediaviewer/Fil:Fryksändekyrka.jpg] [accessed 20 June 2014]
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view of church interior - retable
![Photo caption: "Altarskåp från slutet av 1400-talet i Fryksände kyrka, Torsby, Värmland. Figurerna i mitten föreställer S:t Erik och S:t Olav på varsin sida om Gud Fader. På den ena dörren till skåpet finns en bild av Kristus som smärtornas man, på den andra en bild av helige Brynolf som var biskop i Skara stift 1278-1317." [the late 15th-century retable has St. Erik and St. Olav to the sides of God the Father; on the left door is Christ showing His wounds; Brynolf, bishop of Skara between 1278 and 1317, is depicted on the right door]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1140620015_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Photo caption: "Altarskåp från slutet av 1400-talet i Fryksände kyrka, Torsby, Värmland. Figurerna i mitten föreställer S:t Erik och S:t Olav på varsin sida om Gud Fader. På den ena dörren till skåpet finns en bild av Kristus som smärtornas man, på den andra en bild av helige Brynolf som var biskop i Skara stift 1278-1317." [the late 15th-century retable has St. Erik and St. Olav to the sides of God the Father; on the left door is Christ showing His wounds; Brynolf, bishop of Skara between 1278 and 1317, is depicted on the right door]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gräsmark, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 November 2010 by Gräsmark [http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fryksände_kyrka#mediaviewer/Fil:Fryksändekyrka3.jpg] [accessed 20 June 2014]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gräsmark, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 November 2010 by Gräsmark [http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fryksände_kyrka#mediaviewer/Fil:Fryksändekyrka2.jpg] [accessed 20 June 2014]
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design element - patterns - starred
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gräsmark, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 November 2010 by Gräsmark [http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fryksände_kyrka#mediaviewer/Fil:Fryksändekyrka2.jpg] [accessed 20 June 2014]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 19282TOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (mid?), Medieval
Cognate Fonts: somewhat similar font at Sunne Kyrka
Church / Chapel Name: Fryksände kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Notes: original church 13thC; present church is ca. 1900
Church Address: Kyrkogatan 26, 685 30 Torsby, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 560 272 00
Site Location: Värmland, Värmlands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 100 km N of Karlstad, 30 km E of the border with Norway
Ecclesiastic Region: Karlstads stift
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font made of soapstone consisting of a cylindrical basin decorated with a simple moulding about 2/3 down the side; there is a band of saw-tooth pattern all around below the upper rim; it appears to have been painted a darker colour [or is it the lead-lining of the inner well wrapped around over the upper rim and cut in a decorative saw-tooth shape?]; raised on a roughly cylindrical pedestal base decorated with a pronounced rope moulding around its centre; round lower base decorated with star-shaped pattern all around; there is an octagonal wooden frame either around or below the lower base.
COORDINATES
UTM: 33V 389695 6668382
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 60.137494, 13.013969
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 60° 8′ 14.98″ N, 13° 0′ 50.29″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, soapstone
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round