Svardsjo / Svärdsjö

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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Image Source: photographed by Lennart Karlsson, in Medeltidens bildvärld [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid= 930621F1] [accessed 10 January 2015]

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design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: all around the basin sides and underbowl

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Image Source: photographed by Lennart Karlsson, in Medeltidens bildvärld [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid= 930621F1] [accessed 10 January 2015]

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view of church exterior - south view

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 September 2013 by Thuresson [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Svärdsjö_kyrka_från_söder_20130918.JPG] [accessed 10 January 2015]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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Image Source: B&W photograph taken in 1903 by T Gehrman, in Riksantikvarieämbetet [www.bebyggelseregistret.raa.se/bbr2/show/bilaga/showFoto.raa?thumbnail=false&fotoId=21500000021409] [accessed 10 January 2015]

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view of church exterior in context

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Image Source: undated B&W photograph by Oscar Bladh [www.bebyggelseregistret.raa.se/bbr2/show/bilaga/showFoto.raa?thumbnail=false&fotoId=21500000021408] [accessed 1 January 2015]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kyrkokartan.se, 2015

Image Source: photograph taken in summer 1992 by Åke Johansson [www.kyrkokartan.se/056789/images/] [accessed 10 January 2015]

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

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Image Source: photograph taken by Barbro Thörn [www.kyrkokartan.se/056789/images/] [accessed 10 January 2015]

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view of font

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Image Source: photographed by Lennart Karlsson, in Medeltidens bildvärld [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid= 930621F1] [accessed 10 January 2015]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the font at the east end of the nave, south side

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INFORMATION

FontID: 19646SVA
Church/Chapel: Svärdsjö Kyrka
Church Location: Falun N, 790 23 Svärdsjö, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Dalarna, Dalarnas län
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Falun, N of Borgärdet
Ecclesiastic Region: Västerås stift
Historical Region: Dalarnas län
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, S side
Century and Period: 13th century (late?), Early Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Paradise font / Paradisenfunten / Baegerbladsfonte / Muschelcuppen / Musselcuppor / Musselcuppstyp [SHM]
Cognate Fonts: Söderbärke nearby, etc.
Church Notes: original wooden church 13thC; stone church 14thC, finished 1405; enlarged and renovated since
Noted in O. Reutersvärd's Paradisets källa och de gotländska paradisfuntarna Atlas till Sveriges odlingshistoria (1967: 73). Noted and illustrated in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid= 930621F1] [accessed 10 January 2015] as a limestone font of the "musselcuppstyp" from the second half of the 13th century. The font consists of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a flat moulding at the upper rim, and a ribbed pattern of 16 broad ribs on the basin sides and underbowl; raised on a round pedestal base with a roll moulding atop, splaying towards the bottom. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 60.751333, 15.920333
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 60° 45′ 4.8″ N, 15° 55′ 13.2″ E
UTM: 33V 550165 6735442

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 89 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 102 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930621F1]