Asbo / Åsbo

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design element - motifs - foliage

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920729F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920729F1] [accessed 25 April 2020]

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design element - motifs - foliage - scroll - 4

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920729F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920729F1] [accessed 25 April 2020]

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920729F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920729F1] [accessed 25 April 2020]

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920729F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920729F1] [accessed 25 April 2020]

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view of church exterior

Scene Description: the two dates showing above the window on the left, 1181 and 1847 probably correspond to the original building and the major re-building respectively

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2004

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 November 2004 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Åsbo1.jpg] [accessed 25 April 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: the medieval font is partially visible in the southeast corner, by the entranceway to the chancel

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2004

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 November 2004 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Åsbo4.jpg] [accessed 25 April 2020]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt i Åsbo kyrka i Östergötland. "I sakristian förvaras en dopfunt af täljsten, 11/2 aln hög, rund och slät, med fyrkantig utarbetad fot."

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Image Source: digital image of a 1861 drawing by Pehr Arvid Säve in "Utdrag af Antiqvitets-Intendenten P. A. Säves afgifna berättelse för år 1861", in Antiqvarisk tidskrift för Sverige band 1, 1864 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Åsbo_kyrka,_dopfunt.jpg] [accessed 25 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.: 920729F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920729F1] [accessed 25 April 2020]

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view of font - elevation and section

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ullén & Ljungstedt, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a drawing in Ullén & Ljungstedt (2003: 115) [https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1295675/FULLTEXT01.pdf] [accessed 25 April 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22640ASB
Church/Chapel: Åsbo kyrka
Church Location: Åsbovägen, 590 15 Boxholm, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 142 525 50
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Östergötland, Östergötlands län
Directions to Site: Located off local road E591, E of highway 32, halfway (7-8 km) between Boxholm (S) and Mjölby (N), about 40 km WSW of Linköping
Ecclesiastic Region: Linköpings stift
Historical Region: Göstrings härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SE corner
Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Grännatypen [Blomqvist]
Church Notes: 12thC church; expanded 15th, 18thC; restored 19th, 20thC
Noted and illustrated in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920729F1] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the 13th century. Noted and illustrated in Ullén & Ljungstedt (2003) as a baptismal font of the "Grännatyp" assigned by Blomqvist (1929); they describe the material as "gråbrun vätternsandsten" but painted over.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.240278, 15.108611
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 14′ 25″ N, 15° 6′ 31″ E
UTM: 33V 506377 6455467

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (Vatternsandsten)
Number of Pieces: 3
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 7.5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 53 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 68 cm*
Basin Depth: 30 cm*
Basin Total Height: 50 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Ullén & Ljungstedt (2003: 115)

REFERENCES

Blomqvist, Ragnar, "Studier i Smälands romanska stenkonst", IV, 1929
Ullén, Marian, Östergötlands medeltida dopfuntar, Stockholm: Riksantikvarieämbetet och författarna, 2003