Vasterlovsta / Väster Löffta / Väster Lövsta / Västerlövsta

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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design element - motifs - vine

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 30 December 2011 by Achird [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Västerlövsta_kyrka_dopfunt_5310.jpg] [accessed 3 April 2020]

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view of basin

Scene Description: Source caption: "bladornamentik"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens historiska museet, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950816F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950816F1] [accessed 3 April 2020]

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Einarspetz, 2013

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 15 September 2013 by Einarspetz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Västerlövstakyrka_02.JPG] [accessed 3 April 2020]

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view of church interior - chancel

Scene Description: with the font visible in the lower right corner of the image

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Einarspetz, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 September 2013 by Einarspetz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Västerlövstakyrka_14.JPG] [accessed 3 April 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: the old font is partially visible in the chancel, right [south] side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Einarspetz, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 September 2013 by Einarspetz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Västerlövstakyrka_08.JPG] [accessed 3 April 2020]

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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens historiska museet, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950816F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950816F1] [accessed 3 April 2020]

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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Achird, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2011 by Achird [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Västerlövsta_kyrka_dopfunt_5310.jpg] [accessed 3 April 2020]

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view of font in context - east side

Scene Description: the badly detriorated state of the stone can be appreciated here

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Einarspetz, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 September 2013 by Einarspetz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Västerlövstakyrka_10.JPG] [accessed 3 April 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22604VAS
Church/Chapel: Västerlövsta kyrka
Church Location: Skolgatan 2, Västerlövsta, 744 31 Heby, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 224 341 90
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Uppland, Uppsala län
Directions to Site: Located off (W) local road C830, N of road 72, in the municipality of Heby, just E of the county border with Västmanland, WNW of Uppsala
Ecclesiastic Region: Uppsala Stift
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SE corner of the nave
Century and Period: 13th century (mid?), Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?
Workshop/Group/Artisan: ciborietyp [SHM]
Noted and illustrated in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950816F1] as a baptismal font of the "ciborietyp" made of limestone in the mid-13th century. The font consists of a roughly cylindrical basin decorated with a busy pattern of foliage all around; raised on a round splaying pedestal base with a broad roll moulding atop. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 59.939, 16.856694
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 59° 56′ 20.4″ N, 16° 51′ 24.1″ E
UTM: 33V 603744 6646073

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining