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devil(s) and demons - head

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920724F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920724F1] [accessed 24 April 2020]
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devil(s) and demons - head

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human figure - head

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human figure - head

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human figure - head

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view of church exterior

Å Ödekyrka: ruins of the abandoned church; it was destroyed by fire in 1878
Scene Description: Å Ödekyrka: ruins of the abandoned church; it was destroyed by fire in 1878
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view of church exterior - southeast view

the modern church
Scene Description: the modern church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thuresson, 2013
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view of church interior - looking east

the medieval font is visible in the southeast corner of the modern church
Scene Description: the medieval font is visible in the southeast corner of the modern church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Anita Löfgren Ek, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 April 2007 by Anita Löfgren Ek, Östergötlands länsmuseum [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Åkyrka21000001704580.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2020]
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view of font

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view of font - elevation and section

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22639AAA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Å kyrka
Church Location: [NB: address & coordinates given for the modern church] Unnamed Rd, Å, 610 30 Vikbolandet, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Östergötland, Östergötlands län
Directions to Site: Located near Slätbaken, 18 km ENE of Söderköping, about the same distance WSW of Vikoblandet, 25-30 km ESE of Norrköping and in its municipality
Ecclesiastic Region: Linköpings stift
Historical Region: Björkekinds härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church, in the SE corner
Century and Period: 13th century (mid?), Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: ciborietyp [SHM]
Church Notes: medieval church 13thC; destroyed by fire 1878; ruins remain; new church built several kms N of the medieval ruins
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920724F1] [accessed 24 April 2020] as a 'ciborietyp' baptismal font made of limestone in the mid-13th century; the SHM entry identifies the four heads as three human and one devil; the stem of the base is plain; the lower base has a moulded top with rings at the angles. Noted and illustrated in Ullén & Ljungstedt (2003) as a baptismal font made of "grågrön kolmårdsmarmor"; this source mentions that there must have been four slender colonnettes, now missing, that had the heads as capitals and fitted into the moulded rings at the angles of the lower base. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.496111, 16.502278
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 29′ 46″ N, 16° 30′ 8.2″ E
UTM: 33V 587562 6484925

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: four
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 6.5 cm [calculated
Diameter (inside rim): 60 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 73 cm*
Basin Depth: 27 cm*
Basin Total Height: 39 cm*
Height of Base: 14 cm*
Height of Central Column: 34 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 97 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Ullén & Ljungstedt (2003: 115)

REFERENCES

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