Rora / Röra

Main image for Rora / Röra

Image copyright © Statens historiska museet, 2003

CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

Results: 19 records

angel - archangel - St. Michael - weighing souls - devil present

a/p identification in the SHM's Medeltidens bildvärld: "Mikaels själavägning och djävul"
Scene Description: a/p identification in the SHM's Medeltidens bildvärld: "Mikaels själavägning och djävul"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens historiska museet, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930706F2] [accessed 2 January 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

angel - archangel - St. Michael - weighing souls - devil present - detail

caption in the SHM's Medeltidens bildvärld: "Mikaels själavägning och djävul"
Scene Description: caption in the SHM's Medeltidens bildvärld: "Mikaels själavägning och djävul"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens historiska museet, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930706F2] [accessed 2 January 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

animal - mammal - deer?

caption in the SHM's Medeltidens bildvärld: "hjort (?)"
Scene Description: caption in the SHM's Medeltidens bildvärld: "hjort (?)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens historiska museet, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930706F2] [accessed 2 January 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - columns with capitals and bases

most of the arches are double; some of the arches do not have columnar support, but those that do have columns with capitals and bases, however schematic
Scene Description: most of the arches are double; some of the arches do not have columnar support, but those that do have columns with capitals and bases, however schematic
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens historiska museet, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930706F2] [accessed 2 January 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

design element - motifs - vine - acanthus

a very busy interlaced vine
Scene Description: a very busy interlaced vine
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens historiska museet, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930706F2] [accessed 2 January 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

human figure - on horseback

in the left arch -- caption in the SHM's Medeltidens bildvärld: "ryttare" [rider]
Scene Description: in the left arch -- caption in the SHM's Medeltidens bildvärld: "ryttare" [rider]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens historiska museet, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930706F2] [accessed 2 January 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

human figure - on horseback

caption in the SHM's Medeltidens bildvärld: "ryttare" [rider]
Scene Description: caption in the SHM's Medeltidens bildvärld: "ryttare" [rider]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens historiska museet, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930706F2] [accessed 2 January 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

human figure - seated

in the right arch -- caption in the SHM's Medeltidens bildvärld: "stående gestalt" [prominent figure]
Scene Description: in the right arch -- caption in the SHM's Medeltidens bildvärld: "stående gestalt" [prominent figure]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens historiska museet, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930706F2] [accessed 2 January 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

human figure - standing

three arches containg human figures; the one in the left arch appears to be headless, or has its head bent down; the centre arch appears to have two figures: an adult on the left and a child on the right; the figure in the right arch is the orant human shown in another image here
Scene Description: three arches containg human figures; the one in the left arch appears to be headless, or has its head bent down; the centre arch appears to have two figures: an adult on the left and a child on the right; the figure in the right arch is the orant human shown in another image here
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens historiska museet, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930706F2] [accessed 2 January 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

human figure - standing - orant

caption in the SHM's Medeltidens bildvärld: "man med uppsträckta händer"
Scene Description: caption in the SHM's Medeltidens bildvärld: "man med uppsträckta händer"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens historiska museet, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930706F2] [accessed 2 January 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

view of basin - detail

the context of three of the arches: a possible deer in the leftt arch; a rider in the centre arch; a prominent figure' in the right arch -- caption in the SHM's Medeltidens bildvärld: "hjort, ryttare och stående gestalt"
Scene Description: the context of three of the arches: a possible deer in the leftt arch; a rider in the centre arch; a prominent figure' in the right arch -- caption in the SHM's Medeltidens bildvärld: "hjort, ryttare och stående gestalt"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens historiska museet, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930706F2] [accessed 2 January 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

view of church exterior - south view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bohusläns museum, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 November 2003 by Tomas Brandt [ref.: UMFA53824.1259.21] in Riksantikvarieämbetet [www.bebyggelseregistret.raa.se/bbr2/byggnad/visaSelectedByggnadFoto.raa?fotoId=2150000002840] [accessed 2 January 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of church interior - nave - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in 1938 by Bertil Berthelson, in Kringla [http://kmb.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16000200005640] [accessed 2 January 2015]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of church interior - nave - looking east

the font, covered, is visible by the pulpit, on the left [north] side of the chancel
Scene Description: the font, covered, is visible by the pulpit, on the left [north] side of the chancel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bohusläns museum, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 November 2003 by Tomas Brandt [ref.: UMFA53824.1258.31] in Riksantikvarieämbetet [www.bebyggelseregistret.raa.se/bbr2/byggnad/visaSelectedByggnadFoto.raa?fotoId=21500000028404] [accessed 2 January 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of church interior - nave - looking west

the covered top of the font is visible in the foreground [east], by the pulpit, on the right [north] side of the chancel
Scene Description: the covered top of the font is visible in the foreground [east], by the pulpit, on the right [north] side of the chancel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bohusläns museum, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 November 2003 by Tomas Brandt [ref.: UMFA53824.1259.09] in Riksantikvarieämbetet [www.bebyggelseregistret.raa.se/bbr2/byggnad/visaSelectedByggnadFoto.raa?fotoId=21500000028405] [accessed 2 January 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of font

standing precariously on an old wooden base; to judge by the mark left on the wooden base, the font was probably moved off its centered position in 1918, during the inventory
Scene Description: standing precariously on an old wooden base; to judge by the mark left on the wooden base, the font was probably moved off its centered position in 1918, during the inventory
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in 1918 by Fredrik Cramér, in Riksantikvarieämbetet [http://kmb.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16000200005680] [accessed 2 January 2015]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of font

the medieval basin standing on its new wooden base
Scene Description: the medieval basin standing on its new wooden base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bohusläns museum, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 November 2003 by Tomas Brandt [ref.: UMFA53824.1259.15] in Riksantikvarieämbetet [www.bebyggelseregistret.raa.se/bbr2/byggnad/visaSelectedByggnadFoto.raa?fotoId=21500000028408] [accessed 2 January 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens historiska museet, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930706F2] [accessed 2 January 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

virtues and vices - cardinal sins - Lust (Luxuria, Libido) - with serpents at her breast

tentative identification -- the caption in the SHM's Medeltidens bildvärld reads: "sittande kvinna med ormar", which identifies the scene as a seated woman with snakes around her
Scene Description: tentative identification -- the caption in the SHM's Medeltidens bildvärld reads: "sittande kvinna med ormar", which identifies the scene as a seated woman with snakes around her
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens historiska museet, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930706F2] [accessed 2 January 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

INFORMATION

FontID: 19615ROR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Röra Kyrka
Church Location: Tegneby 508, 47397 Henån, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 304 26400
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Bohuslän, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off local road O740, in the municipality and 5-6 km WNW of Orust, 7-8 km SW of Henån
Ecclesiastic Region: Göteborgs stift
Historical Region: Orusts västra härad / Orousts västra härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel, N side
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Torsbymästaren [Hallbäck]
Cognate Fonts: the font at Torsby [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: earliest wooden church here replaced by stone building in 1635; demolished 1846; new church completed 1848; modified 1912 and 1986
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in Hallbäck (1961) as a baptismal font made of soapstone in the first half of the 12th century by "Torsbymästaren", also responsible for the font at Torsby. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [930706F2] as the bucket-shaped soapstone basin of a baptismal font dating to ca. 1200; the basin extends to a short round stem decorated with a rope moulding; it was probably raised on a stone pedestal of round shape, but it rests now on a modern wooden replacement base; the basin is totally covered in decoration; around the upper sides runs an interlaced vine without a single blank space anywhere; below is an arcade of round arches that contained scenes, figures, etc. [cf. ImagesArea for details], again, without a blank space anywhere; a thin moulding around the lower basin sides; the SHM entry does not endorse Hallbäck's attribution [cf. suptra] and says author unidentified [= "Upphovsman oidentifierad - saknar paralleller ". No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.190619, 11.62075
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 11′ 26.23″ N, 11° 37′ 14.7″ E
UTM: 32V 654063 6452928

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, soapstone
Number of Pieces: 1
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 50 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 52 cm* / 48 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Hallbäck (1961) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [930706F2]

REFERENCES

Hallbäck, Sven Axel, Medeltida dopfuntar i Bohuslän, 1961