Brastad
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animal - mammal - unidentified - head - 4
Scene Description: at the angles of the base
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930512F3] [accessed 1 January 2015]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
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design element - motifs - unidentified
Scene Description: is it a cloth? foliage?
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930512F3] [accessed 1 January 2015]
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view of church exterior - north view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bjoertvedt, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 August 2013 by Bjoertvedt [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lysekil_Brastads_kyrka_BBR_21400000443085_IMG_7341.JPG] [accessed 1 January 2015]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: chiefly 19th-century
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Västgöten, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 May 2008 by Västgöten [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brastads_kyrka,_den_10_maj_2008,_bild_1.jpg] [accessed 1 January 2015]
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view of church exterior - tower - north side - detail
Scene Description: an earlier stone incorporated into the tower north wall of the 19th-century church here
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Västgöten, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] taken 10 May 2008 by Västgöten [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brastads_kyrka,_den_10_maj_2008,_bild_6.jpg] [accessed 1 January 2015]
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view of church exterior - tower - south side - detail
Scene Description: a Runic stone incorporated into the tower south wall of the 19th-century church here -- Source caption: "Runsten inmurad i Brastads nya kyrka från 1876, då den medeltida revs. Runorna lyder: "Jungfru Maria hjälpe den som gjorde denna sten"."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Västgöten, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 May 2008 by Västgöten [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brastads_kyrka,_den_10_maj_2008,_bild_2.jpg] [accessed 1 January 2015]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
![showing the baptismal font in the chancel, right [south] side](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1150101006_compressed.png)
Scene Description: showing the baptismal font in the chancel, right [south] side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bohusläns museum, 2014
Image Source: photographed by Tomas Brandt [www.kringla.nu/kringla/objekt?referens=raa/bbr/21400000443085] [accessed 1 January 2015]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bohusläns museum, 2014
Image Source: photographed by Tomas Brandt [www.kringla.nu/kringla/objekt?referens=raa/bbr/21400000443085] [accessed 1 January 2015]
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view of font
Scene Description: with the baptismal dish on it
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bohusläns museum, 2014
Image Source: photographed by Tomas Brandt [www.kringla.nu/kringla/objekt?referens=raa/bbr/21400000443085] [accessed 1 January 2015]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens historiska museet, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930512F3] [accessed 1 January 2015]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 19514BRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Brastads Kyrka
Church Location: Brastads kyrka, 454 91 Brastad, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 523 66 76 15
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Bohuslän, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off (N) of the juntion of two local roads, OO825-O828, NNE of Bratsad town centre, in the municipality and about 20 km N of Lysekil
Ecclesiastic Region: Göteborgs stift
Historical Region: Stångenäs härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel, S side
Century and Period: 13th century (early?), Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?
Church Notes: present church of 1877 preceded by a medieval wooden church to which a stone tower was added ca. 1800
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Hallbäck (1961) as a baptismal font made of sandstone; he reports the font as being cracked and damaged. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [Föremåls-ID 930512F3] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the first have of the 13th century. The font consists of a cylindrical basin with plain vertical sides and rounded underbowl, raised on a round-to-square base decorated with a roll moulding at the top, and four unidentified animal heads at the angles; the animals hold a cloth or foliage motif in their jaws. There is no font cover present; a brass (?) baptismal dish is used with the font.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.395556, 11.500417
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 23′ 44″ N, 11° 30′ 1.5″ E
UTM: 32V 646143 6475467
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 71 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 75 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [Föremåls-ID 930512F3]
REFERENCES
Hallbäck, Sven Axel, Medeltida dopfuntar i Bohuslän, 1961