Mo nr. Tanum
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view of font
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930511F2] [accessed 1 January 2015]
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view of basin - upper view
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design element - architectural - arch - trefoiled - 8
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kyrkokartan.se, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Barbro Thörn, in Kyrkokartan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/057924/images/] [accessed 1 January 2015]
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view of church interior - statue - Madonna
Scene Description: perhaps a Madonna and Child originally?
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view of font in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunten i täljsten och ärkeängeln Mikael som trampar på draken"
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
![the top of the font is visible in the chancel, right [south] side, by the wooden statue of St. Michael on the left wall](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1150101036_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the top of the font is visible in the chancel, right [south] side, by the wooden statue of St. Michael on the left wall
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design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: dividing the stem into its two distinctive parts
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design element - patterns - piping or ribbed?
Scene Description: stylised, all around [cf. FontNotes]
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design element - motifs - scallop - 12?
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 19612MOO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Mo kyrka [cf. Font and Church notes]
Font Location in Church: Inside the present church, in the chancel, S side
Church Notes: present mid-17thC church replaced an earlier one located across, on the opposite side of the Södra Bullarsjön
Church Address: Mo kyrkby, 450 84 Bullaren, Sweden
Site Location: Bohuslän, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on the W shore of the Södra Bullarsjön; formerly the parish church of Mo, in the municipality of Tanum
Ecclesiastic Region: Göteborgs stift
Historical Region: Bullarens härad
Additional Comments: moved font / re-cycled font (originally from the medieval church across the lake) -- disappeared font? (the one from the original 13thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Noted abd illustrated in Hallbäck (1961) as a baptismal font made of soapstone in 1240-1280. Noted and illustrated in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid= 930511F2] [accessed 1 January 2015] as a baptismal font made of soapstone in the 14th century; the hexagonal shape, unique in Sweden indicates it may have been originally made in Norway, according to this source. The font consists of a hexafoil-shaped basin with sides tapering downwards to a rope moulding, each side bearing a shallow trefoiled arch on it; on a short pedestal base roughly of the same shape as the basin on the upper half, the lower half appearing round and made a circle of stylised rib (?) motifs; the lower base appears to be of dodecagonal shape, flat, with a concave scallop in each of the twelve sections. No font cover present.
COORDINATES
UTM: 32V 648159 6509845
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 58.703333, 11° 33′ 26.1″ E
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 58° 42′ 12″ N, 11° 33′ 26.1″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, soapstone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: chalice-shaped, hexafoil, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: hexafoiled
Basin Exterior Shape: hexafoiled
Drainage System: no drainage system
Font Height (less Plinth): 76 cm**
Trapezoidal Basin: 57 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Hallbäck (1961) / ** Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930511F2 ]
REFERENCES
- Hallbäck, Sven Axel, Medeltida dopfuntar i Bohuslän, 1961, p. 24, 56