Rok / Rök No. 1
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Results: 11 records
view of font
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920902F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920902F2] [accessed 19 April 2020]
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view of font
Scene Description: the medieval font
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 Jly 2012 by Ulkl [Ulf Klingström] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Röks_kyrka_int6.jpg] [accessed 19 April 2020]
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view of basin - upper view - detail
Scene Description: the cavity here may have been an anchoring spot for cover hardware
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens historiska museet, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920902F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920902F2] [accessed 19 April 2020]
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design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens historiska museet, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920902F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920902F2] [accessed 19 April 2020]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Zurbansk, 2015
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 11 June 2015 by Zurbanski [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Röks_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 19 April 2020]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Håkan Svensson (Xauxa), 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 July 2005 by Håkan Svensson (Xauxa) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roks_kyrka_apse_side.jpg] [accessed 19 April 2020]
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © L.G.foto, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 April 2011 by L.G.foto [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Röks_kyrka_från_luften.jpg] [accessed 19 April 2020]
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view of church interior - looking west
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 Jly 2012 by Ulkl [Ulf Klingström] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Röks_kyrka_int2.jpg] [accessed 19 April 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east
![the 17thC font is visible in the chancel, right [south] side](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1200419007_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the 17thC font is visible in the chancel, right [south] side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Håkan Svensson (Xauxa), 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 July 2005 by Håkan Svensson (Xauxa) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roks_kyrka_nave.jpg] [accessed 19 April 2020]
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design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens historiska museet, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920902F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920902F2] [accessed 19 April 2020]
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view of font - elevation and section
Scene Description: the stam of the base is missing
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ullén & Ljungstedt, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a drawing in Ullén & Ljungstedt (2003: 101)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 22628ROK
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: Röks kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church, at the W end
Church Notes: mid- to late012thC church; much modified through the centuries; demolished 1843; new church inaugurated 1845
Church Address: 920, 599 94 Ödeshög, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 142 552 00
Site Location: Östergötland, Östergötlands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (N) local road E926, 3-4 km SW of Svanshals, 10 km NE of Ödeshög and in its municipality, about 70 km WSW of Linköping
Ecclesiastic Region: Linköpings stift
Historical Region: Lysings härad
Additional Comments: disused font (it was replaced in 1661 by a later font [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920902F2] as a baptismal font of limestone of regional manufacture dating to the 13th century; the SHM entry does not mention a shaft. Noted and illustrated in Ullén & Ljungstedt (2003) who mention a missing shaft
[cf, BSI entry for Rok No.2 for the 17th-century font in use in this church]
[cf, BSI entry for Rok No.2 for the 17th-century font in use in this church]
COORDINATES
UTM: 33V 486814 6461603
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 58.295239, 14.775067
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 58° 17′ 42.86″ N, 14° 46′ 30.24″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: no drainage system
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 10.5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 64 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 85 cm*
Basin Depth: 28 cm*
Basin Total Height: 40 cm*
Height of Base: 16 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Ullén & Ljungstedt (2003: 101)
REFERENCES
- Ullén, Marian, Östergötlands medeltida dopfuntar, Stockholm: Riksantikvarieämbetet och författarna, 2003, p. 101