Sodra Ving / Södra Ving

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animal - quadruped - fighting a reptile?

the scene appears to be a zoomachia: the quadruped on the legt and the reptile on the right appear to be at each other's necks -- chevrons(?) fill the space above the quadruped
Scene Description: the scene appears to be a zoomachia: the quadruped on the legt and the reptile on the right appear to be at each other's necks -- chevrons(?) fill the space above the quadruped
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950518F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950518F1] [accessed 28 April 2020]
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animal - reptile - snake?

Source caption: "orm mot zickzackmönster" -- the large snake does not seem to be part of the zoomachia scene that precedes it on the left; unlike the patterned piping in the other panels the one here is plain and appears to mix with the snake's body; several zig-zag, nested chevrons, etc.
Scene Description: Source caption: "orm mot zickzackmönster" -- the large snake does not seem to be part of the zoomachia scene that precedes it on the left; unlike the patterned piping in the other panels the one here is plain and appears to mix with the snake's body; several zig-zag, nested chevrons, etc.
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950518F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950518F1] [accessed 28 April 2020]
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design element - motifs - chevron

chevron-like motifs fill the space above the quadruped
Scene Description: chevron-like motifs fill the space above the quadruped
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950518F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950518F1] [accessed 28 April 2020]
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design element - motifs - moulding

a thin one, framing the top of some of the panels
Scene Description: a thin one, framing the top of some of the panels
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950518F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950518F1] [accessed 28 April 2020]
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design element - motifs - moulding - patterned

damaged and eroded now but there are several graded mouldings carved with a variety of patterns: scroll, rope, zig-zag, etc.
Scene Description: damaged and eroded now but there are several graded mouldings carved with a variety of patterns: scroll, rope, zig-zag, etc.
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950518F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950518F1] [accessed 28 April 2020]
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design element - motifs - piping - torsade

column-like, dividing some of the panels of the basin
Scene Description: column-like, dividing some of the panels of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950518F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950518F1] [accessed 28 April 2020]
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design element - motifs - plant or tree - Tree of Life?

seen here right of the torsade piping, left of the man with a sword
Scene Description: seen here right of the torsade piping, left of the man with a sword
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950518F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950518F1] [accessed 28 April 2020]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950518F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950518F1] [accessed 28 April 2020]
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design element - motifs - varied

chevrons, zig-zag, etc.
Scene Description: chevrons, zig-zag, etc.
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950518F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950518F1] [accessed 28 April 2020]
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design element - patterns - zigzag

on some areas of the lower base -- note how the zig-zag picks up here from the bottom of the torsade piping that divides the scenes on the basin side
Scene Description: on some areas of the lower base -- note how the zig-zag picks up here from the bottom of the torsade piping that divides the scenes on the basin side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950518F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950518F1] [accessed 28 April 2020]
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human figure - male - with sword in the left hand - animal - quadruped - passant-regardant

a man with a pointed nose wears his hair in a long braid; his left hand holds a sword behing him while the right habd is extended to touch(?) the long neck of a quadruped on the right; the quadruped is in a passant-regardant pose but seems to be rearing from the man's extended arm
Scene Description: a man with a pointed nose wears his hair in a long braid; his left hand holds a sword behing him while the right habd is extended to touch(?) the long neck of a quadruped on the right; the quadruped is in a passant-regardant pose but seems to be rearing from the man's extended arm
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950518F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950518F1] [accessed 28 April 2020]
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human figure - standing - 2 - embracing?

seen here on the right
Scene Description: seen here on the right
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950518F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950518F1] [accessed 28 April 2020]
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human figure - standing - right arm raised

seen here on the left
Scene Description: seen here on the left
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950518F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950518F1] [accessed 28 April 2020]
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view of basin

as displayed in the SHM at the time
Scene Description: as displayed in the SHM at the time
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2539-137.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Sören Hallgren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Södra_Vings_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200168276.jpg] [accessed 28 April 2020]
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view of basin - detail

as displayed in the SHM at the time
Scene Description: as displayed in the SHM at the time
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2539-138.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Sören Hallgren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Södra_Vings_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200168277.jpg] [accessed 28 April 2020]
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view of basin - detail

as displayed in the SHM at the time
Scene Description: as displayed in the SHM at the time
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2539-139.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Sören Hallgren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Södra_Vings_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200168278.jpg] [accessed 28 April 2020]
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view of basin - detail

as displayed in the SHM at the time
Scene Description: as displayed in the SHM at the time
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2539-140.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Sören Hallgren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Södra_Vings_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200168279.jpg] [accessed 28 April 2020]
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view of basin - detail

as displayed in the SHM at the time
Scene Description: as displayed in the SHM at the time
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2539-141.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Sören Hallgren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Södra_Vings_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200168280.jpg] [accessed 28 April 2020]
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view of basin - detail

as displayed in the SHM at the time
Scene Description: as displayed in the SHM at the time
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2539-142.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Sören Hallgren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Södra_Vings_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200168281.jpg] [accessed 28 April 2020]
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view of basin - projection

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of a 1915-1916 drawing by Arre Essén, in Roosval (1917: fig. 20)
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view of church exterior - south portal

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kyrkokartan.se, 2015
Image Source: photograph by Dhyana, in Kyrkokartan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/058242/images/] [accessed 2 January 2015]
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view of church exterior - south portal - east side - detail

the capitals on the east side
Scene Description: the capitals on the east side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kyrkokartan.se, 2015
Image Source: photograph by Dhyana, in Kyrkokartan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/058242/images/] [accessed 2 January 2015]
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view of church exterior - south portal - east side - detail

the capitals on the east side
Scene Description: the capitals on the east side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kyrkokartan.se, 2015
Image Source: photograph by Dhyana, in Kyrkokartan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/058242/images/] [accessed 2 January 2015]
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view of church exterior - south portal - east side - detail

the capitals on the east side
Scene Description: the capitals on the east side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kyrkokartan.se, 2015
Image Source: photograph by Dhyana, in Kyrkokartan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/058242/images/] [accessed 2 January 2015]
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view of church exterior - south portal - tympanum

Source caption: "Tympanon över sydportalen, från omkring 1150."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Tympanon över sydportalen, från omkring 1150."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2539-018.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by L. Hallberg, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Södra_Vings_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200168143.jpg] [accessed 28 April 2020]
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view of church exterior - south portal - tympanum

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kyrkokartan.se, 2015
Image Source: photograph by Dhyana, in Kyrkokartan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/058242/images/] [accessed 2 January 2015]
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view of church exterior - south portal - west side - detail

the capitals on the west side
Scene Description: the capitals on the west side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kyrkokartan.se, 2015
Image Source: photograph by Dhyana, in Kyrkokartan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/058242/images/] [accessed 2 January 2015]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction – Fair Dealing

view of church exterior - southeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kemitsv, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 December 2008 by Kemitsv [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Södra_Vings_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 2 January 2015]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kyrkokartan.se, 2015
Image Source: photographed in May 1996 by Åke Johansson in Kyrkokartan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/058242/images/] [accessed 2 January 2015]
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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: illustration in Roosval (1918), Abb. 262 (Klishé der V. H. A.)
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view of font

as displayed in the SHM at the time
Scene Description: as displayed in the SHM at the time
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2539-133.tif] of an undated B&W photograph, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Södra_Vings_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200168272.jpg] [accessed 28 April 2020]
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view of font

as displayed in the SHM at the time
Scene Description: as displayed in the SHM at the time
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2539-134.tif] of an undated B&W photograph, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Södra_Vings_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200168273.jpg] [accessed 28 April 2020]
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view of font

as displayed in the SHM at the time
Scene Description: as displayed in the SHM at the time
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2539-135.tif] of an undated B&W photograph, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Södra_Vings_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200168274.jpg] [accessed 28 April 2020]
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view of font

as displayed in the SHM at the time
Scene Description: as displayed in the SHM at the time
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2539-136.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Sören Hallgren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Södra_Vings_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200168275.jpg] [accessed 28 April 2020]
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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of a 1915-1916 drawing by Arre Essén, in Roosval (1917: fig. 19)
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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens historiska Museum, 2011
Image Source: photograph taken 18 May 1995 by Lennart Karlsson [SHM Bild 25858] [http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/bild.asp?uid=25858] [accessed 2 January 2015]
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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950518F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950518F1] [accessed 28 April 2020]
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view of font - base

upper view showing some of the carved detail that is now difficult to see on the stone due to erosion and damage
Scene Description: upper view showing some of the carved detail that is now difficult to see on the stone due to erosion and damage
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of a 1915-1916 drawing by Arre Essén, in Roosval (1917: fig. 21)
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INFORMATION

FontID: 19617VIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Museum and Inventory Number: Statens historiska museum, Stockholm
Church/Chapel: [originally from Södra Vings kyrka]
Church Location: Boråsvägen 5, Södra Ving, 523 74 Hökerum, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 321 53 11 40
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off (N) highway 40, in Hökerum, the municipality and 8-10 km WNW of Ulricehamn, 30 km ENE of Borås, about 70 km E of Jönköping
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Valle härad
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Late Romanesque
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Roosval (1917). Noted in Hallbäck (1966). Noted and illustrated in the SHM database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950518F1] as a a baptismal font made of sandstone in the late-12th century. The font consists now of two pieces with a total height of 80 cm; there may have been originally and additional short stem, now lost.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.837589, 13.281514
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 50′ 15.32″ N, 13° 16′ 53.45″ E
UTM: 33V 397969 6411924

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
Rim Thickness: 8.5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 49 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 66 cm* / **
Basin Depth: 27 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 80 cm* / **
Notes on Measurements: * Roosval (1907: 18) / ** SHM database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950518F1]

REFERENCES

Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Sjuhäradsbygden", Från Borås och de sju häradena 1966, 1966
Roosval, Johnny, Dopfuntar i Statens Historiska Museum, 1917