Romelanda / Romeland

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Results: 21 records

angel?

Scene Description: a winged figure; is it human or avian?

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 9300707F4] [accessed 2 January 2015]

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design element - architectural - arcade - trefoiled arches

Scene Description: not the usual trefoil shape

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 9300707F4] [accessed 2 January 2015]

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design element - motifs - flat moulding

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 9300707F4] [accessed 2 January 2015]

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design element - motifs - floral - rosette

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 9300707F4] [accessed 2 January 2015]

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

Scene Description: forming triangular panels on the side of the base

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 9300707F4] [accessed 2 January 2015]

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 9300707F4] [accessed 2 January 2015]

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human figure - seated

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 9300707F4] [accessed 2 January 2015]

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human figure - standing - arms akimbo

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 9300707F4] [accessed 2 January 2015]

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human figure - standing - arms extended - Christ?

Scene Description: there is no cross apparent

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 9300707F4] [accessed 2 January 2015]

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human figure - standing - arms folded at the waist

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 9300707F4] [accessed 2 January 2015]

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human figure - standing - with staff

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 9300707F4] [accessed 2 January 2015]

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symbol - cross - Greek - Maltese - with human head

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 9300707F4] [accessed 2 January 2015]

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symbol - cross - saltire - pattée - with human head

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 9300707F4] [accessed 2 January 2015]

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © D.O.G.A., 2008

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2008 by D.O.G.A. [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Romelanda_kyrka_18.JPG] [accessed 2 January 2015]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bellatrix, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 October 2008 by Bellatrix [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Romelanda_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 2 January 2015]

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view of church interior - looking northeast

Scene Description: Source caption: "Romelanda kyrka [...] Korpartiet före behandlingen." -- the medieval font is partly visible here just right [south] of the pulpit; before the restoration

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Image Source: digital image [760-20.TIF] of a 1955 B&W photograph by Thorbjörn Engblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Romelanda_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200007873.jpg] [accessed 27 March 2021]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in 1918 by Ewald Uggla, in Riksantikvarieämbetet [http://kmb.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16000200007860] [accessed 2 January 2015]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Romelands kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sten. övermålad med grå oljefärg. Från 1100-talets slut. Efter behandling."

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Image Source: digital image [760-24.TIF] of a 1955 B&W photograph by Thorbjörn Engblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Romelanda_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200007878.jpg] [accessed 27 March 2021]

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view of font

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 9300707F4] [accessed 2 January 2015]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: at the foot of the pulpit stairs? -- The caption on the original image (1918) reports the font covered in gray oil-based paint at the time; it has since been stripped to the natural stone

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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in 1918 by Ewald Uggla, in Riksantikvarieämbetet [http://kmb.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16000200007877] [accessed 2 January 2015]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Romelanda kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sten. övermålad med grå oljefärg. Från 1100-talets slut."

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Image Source: digital image [760-23.TIF] of a 1918 B&W photograph by Ewald Uggla, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Romelanda_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200007877.jpg] [accessed 27 March 2021]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 19614ROM
Church/Chapel: Romelanda Kyrka
Church Location: Oxelvägen 101, 442 77 Romelanda, Kungälv Ö, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 303 22 33 98
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Bohuslän, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off (N) local road O626 [aka Prästväagen], W of highway E45,in the municipality and 7-8 km NNE of Kungälv
Ecclesiastic Region: Göteborgs stift
Historical Region: Inlands Södre härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the southeast corner [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 13th century (mid?), Late Romanesque
Church Notes: original Romanesque church of stone probably 12thC; much expanded and altered through the centuries; attached wooden tower
Noted in Hallbäck (1961). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930707F4] as a monolithic baptismal font of the mid-13th century probably made of gneiss. The font consists of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a recessed arcade arches below a flat moulding; inside the arches are a variety of motifs and symbols, among which, crosses with human heads, an angel, standing fuman figures, floral motiifs, etc.; on a round slightly splaying base decorated with a thick rope moulding at the centre ring position, thinner rope mouldings forming panels on the sides. On a modern lower base. The font, which had been covered in a gray oil paint [="grå oljefärg"], was restored in 1955 by Thorbjorn Engblad, of Alingsas [cf. ImagesArea]. There is no font cover present. The font is seen located in early photographs in the northeast corner, by the pulpit -obviously not its original location- but it was later moved to the southeast side now ca. 2020].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.923369, 12.206097
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 55′ 24.13″ N, 12° 12′ 21.95″ E
UTM: 33V 334531 6423598

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, gneiss
Number of Pieces: 1
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 70 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 77 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930707F4]

REFERENCES

Hallbäck, Sven Axel, Medeltida dopfuntar i Bohuslän, 1961