Solberga nr. Kungälv
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930513F3] [accessed 2 January 2015]
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Riksantikvarieämbetet, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 15 July 2003 by Tomas Brandt, Riksantikvarieämbetet [www.bebyggelseregistret.raa.se/bbr2/byggnad/visaFoto.raa;jsessionid=F80E90924F2A2451CA7B9C8AB14235DF.lx-ra-bbr?byggnadId=21400000443042&page=foto] [accessed 22 June 2014]
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Scene Description: Image caption: "Dupfunt af sten i Solberga kyrka, lnlands nordre härad, Bohuslän. Höjd 2,7 fot; skålens diameter 2 fot."
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Image Source: digital image of an engraving in Montelius & Brusewitz (1878)
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human figure - male - grotesque or fantastic - Green Man?
Scene Description: caption to SHM's image: "Silvanusmask"
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design element - motifs - vine - acanthus
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
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design element - motifs - vine - acanthus
Scene Description: populated with some motifs or symbols
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design element - motifs - arrow
Scene Description: pointing up
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Image Source: digital image of an engraving in Montelius & Brusewitz (1878)
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view of church exterior - northeast view
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph 1956 by Leif H. Nilsson [www.kringla.nu/kringla/objekt?referens=raa/bbr/21400000443042] [accessed 22 June 2014]
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tor Svensson, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 February 2008 by Tor Svensson [http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solberga_kyrka,_Bohuslän#mediaviewer/Fil:Solberga_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 22 June 2014]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
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symbol - cross - pattée - 2
Scene Description: tiny ones, at the top and bottom of the stem
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Image Source: digital image of an engraving in Montelius & Brusewitz (1878)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 19293SOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1200? [basin only]
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century [basin only], Medieval / composite
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Thorkillus / Thorkillusgruppen [SHM]
Church / Chapel Name: Solberga Kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Notes: original church here 12th-13thC; current building is 17thC, with a mid-19thC tower; major renovation in 1920s; restored 2018-2019
Church Address: Solberga 650, 442 98 Kode, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 303 669 60
Site Location: Bohuslän, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the E6, in the municipality and about 20 km NW of Kungälv
Ecclesiastic Region: Göteborgs stift
Historical Region: Inlands nordre härad / Bohuslän nordre härad
Additional Comments: painted font? (traces of red and ochre paint on some basin creases) -- composite font (SHM entry indicates the base is a later work)
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Montelius & Brusewitz (1878). Attributed to "dopfuntsmästaren Thorkillus" in Hallbäck (1961). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [930513F3] as a baptismal font in the "Thorkillusgruppen" dated ca. 1200; the basin is identified as soapstone, the stem and lower base as limestone and of a later date. Baptismal font of stone, consisting of a cylindrical basin with a chamfered underbowl, both of which are decorated with a complex acanthus (?) vine that includes at least one human face in it; the centre ring moulding is part of the basin block; the pedestal base is circular, slightly splaying out, made of a different type of stone; there are two tiny crosses at the top and bottom of the stem; the lower base is also circular.
COORDINATES
UTM: 32V 666822 6425587
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.940706, 11.818108
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 56′ 26.54″ N, 11° 49′ 5.19″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, soapstone [basin] -- limestone [base]
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 59.38 cm* / 60***
Font Height (less Plinth): 80.163 cm* / 88 cm** / 87 cm***
Notes on Measurements: * in ft/in in Montelius & Brusewitz (1878) [Swedish fot = 29.69 cm] / ** Hallbäck (1961) / *** Medeltidens bildvärld [930513F3]
REFERENCES
- Hallbäck, Sven Axel, Medeltida dopfuntar i Bohuslän, 1961, p. 32, 43ff
- Montelius, Oscar, Bohuslänska dopfuntar, Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & Söner, 1878, p. 15, fig. 9