Erikstad

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view of font

Scene Description: with the baptismal dish on it

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2009 by Ulf Klingström [Ulkl] [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erikstads_kyrka_int3.jpg] [accessed 11 January 2015]

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view of font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930713F4] [accessed 11 January 2015]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Erikstds kyrka [...] Dopfunt av täljsten."

Image Source: digital image [3138-15.TIF] of a 1929 B&W photograph by Bertil Waldén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erikstads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200011227.jpg] [accessed 31 March 2021]

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2009 by Ulf Klingström [Ulkl] [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erikstads_kyrka_int3.jpg] [accessed 11 January 2015]

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design element - motifs - beslagsornamentik

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930713F4] [accessed 11 January 2015]

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: the late-19thC church

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2009 by Ulf Klingström [Ulkl] [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erikstads_kyrka_ext1.jpg] [accessed 11 January 2015]

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption; "Erikstads kyrkoruin [...] Kyrkoruinen från nordväst."

Image Source: digital image [9116-7.TIF] of a 1914 B&W photograph by Sigfrid Gunnäs, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erikstads_kyrkoruin_-_KMB_-_16000200011283.jpg] [accessed 31 March 2021]

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view of church exterior - north view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Erikstads kyrkoruin [...] Gamla kyrkan. Efter teckning av klockaren A. J. Lundgren 1928."

Image Source: digital image [9116-8.TIF] of a 27 August 1928 drawing in A. J. Lundgren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erikstads_kyrkoruin_-_KMB_-_16000200011284.jpg] [accessed 31 March 2021]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the font is visible at the bottom right corner of the image, in the chancel, south side; inside the late-19thC church

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 29 June 2009 by Ulf Klingström [Ulkl] [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erikstads_kyrka_int2.jpg] [accessed 11 January 2015]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2009 by Ulf Klingström [Ulkl] [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erikstads_kyrka_int1.jpg] [accessed 11 January 2015]

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 19654ERI

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Date: ca. 1200?

Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Beslagsmästaren [SHM]

Cognate Fonts: other fonts in the are by this workshop (?)

Church / Chapel Name: Erikstads Kyrka [originally from an earlier church here]

Font Location in Church: Inside the new church, in the chancel, E end, S side

Church Notes: inventory of 1583 mentions wooden medieval church here; ruins of a 1686 stone church just west of the present one of 1881

Church Address: Kapellgatan 6, 464 31 Mellerud, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 530 362 00

Site Location: Dalsland, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, Europe

Directions to Site: Located off local road O2137, just W of highway E45, 10 km SSW of Mellerud, and in its municipality -- the present church is located 300 m E of the old church ruins

Ecclesiastic Region: Karlstads stift

Historical Region: Sundals härad

Additional Comments: moved / re-cycled font (originally from the medieval church; moved to the new church)

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted in Hallbäck (1959) as a baptismal font made of grey-black soapstone in the 13th century; it is of an uneven design and decorated with an arcade of six arches. In Hallbäck (1961) this font is said to form part of a small group that includes also those in Ödeborg and Valbo-Ryr, in this county, and two others in Bohuslän. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid= 930713F4] [accessed 11 January 2015] as a soapstone baptismal font made by the "Beslagsmästaren" ca. 1200. The font consists of a much damaged and eroded round basin decorated with a pattern of simulated ironwork around the sides, described in the SHM entry as "beslagsornamentik", and a roll moulding at the bottom of the underbowl chamfer; raised on a round pedestal base with a wider circular lower base. No cover present.

COORDINATES

UTM: 33V 349023 6499518

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 58.609706, 12.401072

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 58° 36′ 34.94″ N, 12° 24′ 3.86″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, soapstone

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: round, mounted

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage System: centre hole in basin

Drainage Notes: no lining

Diameter (includes rim): 54 cm**

Font Height (less Plinth): 66 cm* / 67 cm**

Notes on Measurements: * Hallbäck (1959) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930713F4]

REFERENCES

Hallbäck, Sven Axel, Medeltida dopfuntar i Bohuslän, 1961, p. 52-53
Hallbäck, Sven Axel, Medeltida dopfuntar på Dal, Vänersborg: [Vänersborgs museum], 1959, p. 10, 45ff