Borgstena

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B01: Old Testament - Genesis from the creation to the expulsion from paradise, and later years of Adam and Eve - Garden of Paradise - Tree of Knowldge?

a/p Ellen Fryklund (Roosval, 1917: 39)
Scene Description: a/p Ellen Fryklund (Roosval, 1917: 39)
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2470-074.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Sören Hallgren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Borgstena_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200152589.jpg] [accessed 4 May 2020]
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B02: human figure - standing - figure on the left holds a baculum - figure on the right holds a cross

the figure on the left faces the viewer; the figure on the righ in profile
Scene Description: the figure on the left faces the viewer; the figure on the righ in profile
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950519F6] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950519F6]
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B02: human figure - standing - figure on the left holds a baculum - figure on the right holds a cross

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Image Source: digital image [2470-069.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Sören Hallgren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Borgstena_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200152584.jpg] [accessed 4 May 2020]
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B03: human figure - standing - 2 - holding jug or container

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950519F6] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950519F6]
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B03: human figure - standing - 2 - holding jug or container

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Image Source: digital image [2470-068.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Sören Hallgren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Borgstena_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200152583.jpg] [accessed 4 May 2020]
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B04: human figure - seated - holding book

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950519F6] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950519F6]
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B04: human figure - seated - holding book

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Image Source: digital image [2470-075.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Sören Hallgren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Borgstena_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200152590.jpg] [accessed 4 May 2020]
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B05: human figure - 2 - figure on the left seated - figure on the right standing

the seated figure in profile; the standing figure full front
Scene Description: the seated figure in profile; the standing figure full front
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950519F6] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950519F6]
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B06: Old Testament - Genesis from the creation to the expulsion from paradise, and later years of Adam and Eve - Temptation and Fall - Adam, Eve and the Serpent - detail

supposedly Adam, standing on the left of the scene; is he?
Scene Description: supposedly Adam, standing on the left of the scene; is he?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950519F6] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950519F6]
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B06: Old Testament - Genesis from the creation to the expulsion from paradise, and later years of Adam and Eve - Temptation and Fall - Adam, Eve and the Serpent - detail

Eve gets delivered of the appl by the serpent's head; Runic inscription above the sepent's neck
Scene Description: Eve gets delivered of the appl by the serpent's head; Runic inscription above the sepent's neck
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950519F6] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950519F6]
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B06: Old Testament - Genesis from the creation to the expulsion from paradise, and later years of Adam and Eve - Temptation and Fall - Adam, Eve and the Serpent

Adam seen here beneath the arch-head; Eve takes the apple from the serpent's mouth; above the serpent's neck is a bubble-like shape containing a Runic inscription [no transcription available] and a head-shaped foliage motif; the large coil in the serpent's body occupies the next arch-head to the right
Scene Description: Adam seen here beneath the arch-head; Eve takes the apple from the serpent's mouth; above the serpent's neck is a bubble-like shape containing a Runic inscription [no transcription available] and a head-shaped foliage motif; the large coil in the serpent's body occupies the next arch-head to the right
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950519F6] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950519F6]
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B06: Old Testament - Genesis from the creation to the expulsion from paradise, and later years of Adam and Eve - Temptation and Fall - Adam, Eve and the Serpent - detail

Font image
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Image Source: digital image [2470-070.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Sören Hallgren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Borgstena_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200152585.jpg] [accessed 4 May 2020]
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B06: Old Testament - Genesis from the creation to the expulsion from paradise, and later years of Adam and Eve - Temptation and Fall - Adam, Eve and the Serpent - detail

Font image
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Image Source: digital image [2470-067.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Sören Hallgren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Borgstena_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200152582.jpg] [accessed 4 May 2020]
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B06: Old Testament - Genesis from the creation to the expulsion from paradise, and later years of Adam and Eve - Temptation and Fall - Adam, Eve and the Serpent - detail

Font image
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Image Source: digital image [2470-066.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Sören Hallgren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Borgstena_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200152580.jpg] [accessed 4 May 2020]
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B06: Old Testament - Genesis from the creation to the expulsion from paradise, and later years of Adam and Eve - Temptation and Fall - Adam, Eve and the Serpent - detail

Font image
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Image Source: digital image [2470-064.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Sören Hallgren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Borgstena_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200152577.jpg] [accessed 4 May 2020]
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view of font

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950519F6] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950519F6]
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view of font

as displayed in the SHM
Scene Description: as displayed in the SHM
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2470-063.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Sören Hallgren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Borgstena_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200152575.jpg] [accessed 4 May 2020]
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view of font

as displayed in the SHM
Scene Description: as displayed in the SHM
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2470-062.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Sören Hallgren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Borgstena_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200152574.jpg] [accessed 4 May 2020]
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view of font

as displayed in the SHM
Scene Description: as displayed in the SHM
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2470-061.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Sören Hallgren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Borgstena_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200152573.jpg] [accessed 4 May 2020]
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view of font

as displayed in the SHM
Scene Description: as displayed in the SHM
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2470-060.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Sören Hallgren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Borgstena_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200152571.jpg] [accessed 4 May 2020]
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view of font

Source caption: "Dopfunt, 1100-tal eller tidigt 1200-tal. Orginalet och kopian." [NB: the concrete cast replica seen here on the left -- the photograph, though undated, is probably ca. 1952, the date when the cast was made]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt, 1100-tal eller tidigt 1200-tal. Orginalet och kopian." [NB: the concrete cast replica seen here on the left -- the photograph, though undated, is probably ca. 1952, the date when the cast was made]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2470-082.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Sören Hallgren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Borgstena_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200152570.jpg] [accessed 4 May 2020]
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view of font

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Image Source: digital image of a drawing by B. Borgström, in Roosval (1917: fig. 48)
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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - columns

some of the columns are plain; others patterned
Scene Description: some of the columns are plain; others patterned
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2470-072.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Sören Hallgren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Borgstena_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200152587.jpg] [accessed 4 May 2020]
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design element - motifs - varied

all crudely rendered, all different
Scene Description: all crudely rendered, all different
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2470-072.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Sören Hallgren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Borgstena_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200152587.jpg] [accessed 4 May 2020]
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view of basin - projection

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Image Source: digital image of a drawing by B. Borgström, in Roosval (1917: fig. 49)
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view of church exterior - southeast view

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rikard Ågren, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 December 2014 by Rikard Ågren [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Borgstena_kyrka_6.JPG] [accessed 4 May 2020]
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view of church exterior in context - northeast view

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rikard Ågren, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 December 2014 by Rikard Ågren [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Borgstena_kyrka_4.JPG] [accessed 4 May 2020]
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view of church exterior - north view

sOURCE CAPTION: "Kyrkan från norr. Tryck av teckning av Ernst Wennerblad, 1892."
Scene Description: sOURCE CAPTION: "Kyrkan från norr. Tryck av teckning av Ernst Wennerblad, 1892."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2470-001.tif] of a 1892 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Borgstena_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200152494.jpg] [accessed 4 May 2020]
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view of church interior - nave - east end

showing the replica copy of the font [original at the SHM] [cf. FontNotes]
Scene Description: showing the replica copy of the font [original at the SHM] [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © AB Flygtrafik / Vänersborgs museum, 1976
Image Source: digital image of a 1976 VM photograph taken by Arnes Allköp, Vänersborgs museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021015612425/borgstena-interior-av-kyrkan/media?slide=0] [accessed 4 May 2020]
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design element - motifs - vine - scroll

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950519F6] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950519F6]
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information

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Image Source: digital image of a full page in Roosval (1917: 39)
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 22648BOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (early?), Late Romanesque
Museum: Statens Historika Museum, Stocholm, inv. nr. 4385
Church / Chapel Name: Borgstena kyrka
Font Location in Church: [the font is in a museum; the church has concrete cast]
Church Notes: 12th-13thC church; re-built mid-18thC; detached bell tower mid-19thC; church restored mid-20thC;
Church Address: Länsvägen 3, 513 97 Borgstena, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 33 22 23 00
Site Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off länsväg 183, just E of Borgstena, in the municipality of Borås
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Vedens och Gäsene härad
Additional Comments: disused font (in the churchyard for a long tome; then moved to a museum)
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated by Ellen Fryklund in Roosval (1917) where the basin is identified as sandstone and the base as limestone. In Hallbäck (1966). Noted and illustrated in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950519F6] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the early-13th century by a provincial workshop. The sides of the basin have a the Temptation and Fall scene that includes a Runic inscription; the rest of the basin side is covered by an arcade of round arches with figures in them, and with a variety of floral or foliage motifs in the spandrels; the much-damaged base is round-to-square, with a roll moulding atop, much of which has been lost; one of the sides of the base has a nice vine scroll incised on it. The font has been located at the SHM since 1870 but a concrete cast was made of it in 1952 and is now at the parish church in Borgstena.

COORDINATES

UTM: 33V 383112 6417131
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.880694, 13.028889
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 52′ 50.5″ N, 13° 1′ 44″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (basin) and limestone (base)
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 10 cm [calculated]
Diameter (includes rim): 53 cm*
Basin Depth: 73 cm*
Height of Basin Side: 22 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 90 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Roosval (1917: 40)

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: runes
Inscription Location: On the basin side, in the Temptation and Fall scene, above the serpent's head
Inscription Notes: [cf. ImagesArea]
Inscription Source: Roosval (1917: 39)

REFERENCES

  • Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Sjuhäradsbygden", Från Borås och de sju häradena 1966, 1966, p. 51ff, 69, 143
  • Mehling, Franz N., Spain: a Phaidon Cultural Guide, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1985, p. 39-40, fig. 48, 49