Vartofta-Asaka / Vartofta-Åsaka
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
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design element - patterns - sawtooth
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design element - patterns - scalloped
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view of church exterior in context - southwest view
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view of font in context
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view of church interior - looking west
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view of church interior - looking northeast
![the top of the font is partailly visibly at the far [est] end, right [south] side](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1200505026_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the top of the font is partailly visibly at the far [est] end, right [south] side
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
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design element - architectural - arch-head - round
Scene Description: all around, below the rope moulding
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 22596VAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1200?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Vartofta-Åsaka kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the SE end of the nave
Church Notes: 12th-13thC church enlarged late-18thC;
Church Address: 521 97, Vartofta, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 515 77 63 00
Site Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 3-4 km SSE of Vartofta, in the municipality of Falköping and about 15 km SE of it
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Vartofta härad
Font Notes:
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Noted in Hallbäck (1971). Baptismal font of sandstone listed and illustrated in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920524F4] as a baptismal font made of sandstone ca. 1200. The font consists of a roughly hemispherical basin raised on a round base of similar but inverted shape; the basin is decorated with a roll moulding at the upper rim and saw-tooth pattern all around just below it; row of scallops on the underbowl; rope moulding at centre ring; arcade of round arches without support on the upper end of the round base. No cover present.
COORDINATES
UTM: 33V 421168 6436634
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 58.064167, 13.663889
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 58° 3′ 51″ N, 13° 39′ 50″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 60 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 60 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920524F4]
REFERENCES
- Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Skaraborg", 1971-1972, Västergötlands Fornminnesförenings Tidskrift, 1971-1972, pp. 39-357; s 347