Stora Kopparberg / Falun Stora Kopparberg

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design element - motifs - vine
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Östanforsån eller Kålgårdssjön och Stora Kopparbergs kyrka"
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 June 2007 by Hyperboré [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Östanforsån_(Kålgårdssjön)_och_Stora_Kopparbergs_kyrka.JPG] [accessed 10 January 2015]
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Stora Kopparbergs kyrka [...] Dopfunt av kalksten. Omkring 1500."
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Image Source: digital image [1258-131.TIF] of a 1941 B&W photograph by S. Nilsson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stora_Kopparbergs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200012354.jpg] [accessed 29 March 2021]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 19641KOP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Stora Kopparbergs Kyrka
Church Location: Kyrkogårdsgränd 2, 791 33 Falun, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 23 70 20 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Dalarna, Dalarnas län
Directions to Site: Located in the centre of Falun, just E of Seminariegatan, E of the river and highway E16, about 20 km NE of Borlänge
Ecclesiastic Region: Västerås stift
Historical Region: Södre härad / Dalarnas län
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, E end
Century and Period: 15th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Nodgruppen (SHM)
Cognate Fonts: Hedemora, etc.
Church Notes: church 14th and 15thC; modified 17th and 18thC;
Font Notes:
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Noted in Roosval (1918). Noted in Reutersvärd (1983). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930621F2] as a baptismal font of the "nodgruppen", made of limestone in the 15th century. The font consists of a polygonal [dodecagonal?] basin decorated with encircled floral or foliage motifs on the sides and underbowl; the top of two roll mouldings at the centre ring position appears to belong to the basin, the bottom to the base; both mouldings are patterned with floral or foliage motifs; the stem of the round pedestal base appears plain but the upper surface of the lower base is decorated with a vine. No cover present.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 60.614444, 15.629722
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 60° 36′ 52″ N, 15° 37′ 47″ E
UTM: 33V 534471 6720009
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: dodecagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: dodecagonal
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 82 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 106 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930621F2]
REFERENCES
Reutersvärd, Patrik, "The Forgotten Symbols of God, II och III.", 2-4, Konsthistorisk tidskrift, 1984
Roosval, Johnny, Die Steinmeister Gottlands: Eine Geschichte der führenden Taufsteinwerkstätte des schwedischen Mittlealters, ihre Voraussetzungen und Begleit-Erscheinungen, Stockholm: A.-B. C.E. Fritzes K. Hofbokhandel, 1918