Vaversunda / Väversunda

Image copyright © Håkan Svensson (Xauxa), 2005

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design element - architectural - arch or window - round

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Håkan Svensson (Xauxa), 2005

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 30 July 2005 by Håkan Svensson (Xauxa) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vaversunda_baptismal_font.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2020]

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design element - motifs - moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Håkan Svensson (Xauxa), 2005

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 30 July 2005 by Håkan Svensson (Xauxa) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vaversunda_baptismal_font.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2020]

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Håkan Svensson (Xauxa), 2005

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 30 July 2005 by Håkan Svensson (Xauxa) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vaversunda_baptismal_font.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2020]

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view of basin and baptismal dish - upper view

Scene Description: the baptismal dish designed by Erik Fant and dated 1948

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Håkan Svensson (Xauxa), 2009

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 July 2009 by Håkan Svensson (Xauxa) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vaversunda_baptismal_font_top.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2020]

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Håkan Svensson (Xauxa), 2009

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 July 2009 by Håkan Svensson (Xauxa) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vaversunda_view3b.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2020]

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view of church exterior - south portal - door

Scene Description: Source caption: "den eleganta trädörren med smide, signerad av mästaren Asmund, vilken framställer korsfästelsen och syndafallet och är även försedd med runinskrifter."

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:Vaversunda_door.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2020]

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view of church exterior - south portal - door - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Väversunda kyrka/church. Diocese of Linköping, Sweden. Door made by Asmund. Center part."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Håkan Svensson (Xauxa), 2009

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 July 2009 by Håkan Svensson (Xauxa) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amunds_dörr_mittparti.jpg] [accessed 24 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 April 2005 by Håkan Svensson (Xauxa) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vaversunda_view.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2020]

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view of church exterior in context - northwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Väversunda kyrka i bildens nedre del. Naturreservatet Tåkern i bakgrunden."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jan Norrman / Riksantikvarieämbetet, 1991

Image Source: digital image [ND910815_004] of a photograph taken 15 August 1991 by Jan Norman, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Väversunda_-_KMB_-_16000700025437.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2020]

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view of church interior - apse - painting

Scene Description: Source caption: "Christ Pantocrator between the Evangelists Matthew and John. Below, Saint ?? and Saint Peter, Saint ?? and Saint Paul. Choir of Väversunda church, Sweden"

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:Vaversunda_apse_painting1.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2020]

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view of church interior - apse - painting - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Christ Pantocrator between the Evangelists Matthew and John" [and the symbols for Luke and Mark outside the mandorla below]

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:Vaversunda_apse_painting1-detail.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2020]

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view of church interior - apse - painting - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Saint John the evangelist and Saint Paul, fresco in Väversunda church, Sweden"

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:Vaversunda_apse_painting2.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2020]

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view of church interior - apse - painting - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Saint Philip and Saint Peter, fresco in Väversunda church, Sweden"

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:Vaversunda_apse_painting3.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2020]

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view of church interior - chancel - ceiling - painting - detail

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:Vaversunda_wall_painting1.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

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:Vaversunda_nave.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2020]

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view of church interior - looking west

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:Vaversunda_organ.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2020]

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view of church interior - nave - north side - painting - detail

Scene Description: the top of the sacristy entranceway is visible on the lower side of the image, right 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:Vaversunda_wall_painting2.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2020]

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view of font

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:Vaversunda_baptismal_font.jpg] [accessed 24 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.: 920902F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920902F1] [accessed 24 April 2020]

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view of font - southwest side

Scene Description: the short stem and the plinth are modern replacements

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Håkan Svensson (Xauxa), 2005

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 30 July 2005 by Håkan Svensson (Xauxa) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vaversunda_baptismal_font.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the medieval font located on the east side of the north pillar of the chancel arch

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sven Rosborn, 2005

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 September 2005 by Sven Rosborn [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Väversunda_church_Östergötland_Sweden.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the Madonna and Child in the background is a 2007 copy of the original now in the SHM, Stockholm

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Håkan Svensson (Xauxa), 2009

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 July 2009 by Håkan Svensson (Xauxa) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vaversunda_baptismal_font_and_madonna.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22637VAV
Church/Chapel: Väversunda kyrka
Church Location: Väversunda, 599 93 Vadstena, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Östergötland, Östergötlands län
Directions to Site: Located off (E) road E919, on the E banks of the Vättern, W of the Tävern, 15 km N of Ödeshög, 16-20 km SW of Vadstena and in its municipality
Ecclesiastic Region: Linköpings stift
Historical Region: Dals härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the NE corner of the nave [since 1947; cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 13th century (early?), Late Romanesque
Noted and illustrated in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920902F1] as a baptismal font made of limestone in the early-13th century. Noted and illustrated in Ullén & Ljungstedt (2003) as a baptismal font made of "ortocerkalksten"; the short shaft was last and the present one is a replacement to bring the height of the font an acceptable 95 cm; the circular plinth is also modern. No cover present. The medieval font of limestone had served for many years [centuries?] as the supporting base of the pulpit but was removed in the mid-20th century restoration of the church and restored as font with a new metal baptismal dish designed by Erik Fant; the dish bears an inscription with the date 1948 on it. The church has also a baptismal font of the mid-17th century.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.346669, 14.710264
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 20′ 48.01″ N, 14° 42′ 36.95″ E
UTM: 33V 483040 6467344

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
Rim Thickness: 7 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 50 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 64 cm*
Basin Depth: 20 cm*
Basin Total Height: 27 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Ullén & Ljungstedt (2003: 114)

REFERENCES

Ullén, Marian, Östergötlands medeltida dopfuntar, Stockholm: Riksantikvarieämbetet och författarna, 2003