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design element - motifs - braid moulding - 2-strand

Scene Description: the moulding is part of the basin block -- the medieval font as displayed in the museum

Image Source: digital image [3169-115.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forshems_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200154904.jpg] [accessed 7 May 2020]

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design element - motifs - moulding

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920516F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920516F2] [accessed 7 May 2020]

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design element - motifs - vine - acanthus

Scene Description: some of the tiny insets appear to be cross-shaped

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920516F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920516F2] [accessed 7 May 2020]

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design element - patterns - interlace

Scene Description: on the upper corners of the base

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of church exterior - north façade - detail

Image Source: digital image [3169-040.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Harald Widéen in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forshems_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200154829.jpg] [accessed 7 May 2020]

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view of church exterior - north façade - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Stenreliefer ovanför norra portalen, Korsnedtagningen, Kvinnorna vid graven."

Image Source: digital image [3169-022.tif] of a 1889 B&W photograph by Sanfrid Welin in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forshems_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200154811.jpg] [accessed 7 May 2020]

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view of church exterior - north façade - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 May 2009 by Haros [Hans A. Rosbach] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forshems_kyrka_20090524-12.jpg] [accessed 7 May 2020]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior - north façade - detail

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 24 May 2009 by Haros [Hans A. Rosbach] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forshems_kyrka_20090524-14.jpg] [accessed 7 May 2020]

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view of church exterior - north façade - detail

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 24 May 2009 by Haros [Hans A. Rosbach] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forshems_kyrka_20090524-13.jpg] [accessed 7 May 2020]

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 August 2018 by I99pema [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forshems_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 7 May 2020

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view of church exterior - south façade - detail

Image Source: edited detail of a digital image [3169-026.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Carl Fredrik Lindberg, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forshems_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200154815.jpg] [accessed 7 May 2020]

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view of church exterior - south façade - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Stenrelief över södra portalen, S:t Martin och S:t Nikolaus. Teckning utförd 1875 av Olof Sörling."

Image Source: digital image [3169-061.tif] of a 1875 drawing by Olof Sörling, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forshems_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200154850.jpg] [accessed 7 May 2020]

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view of church exterior - south façade - detail

Image Source: digital image [3169-174.tif] of an undated drawing, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forshems_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000009973.jpg] [accessed 7 May 2020]

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view of church exterior - south façade - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 May 2009 by Haros [Hans A. Rosbach] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forshems_kyrka_20090524-07.jpg] [accessed 7 May 2020]

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view of church exterior - south portal

Image Source: edited detail of a digital image [3169-025.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Carl Fredrik Lindberg, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forshems_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200154814.jpg] [accessed 7 May 2020]

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view of church exterior - south portal - tympanum

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 24 May 2009 by Haros [Hans A. Rosbach] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forshems_kyrka_20090524-09.jpg] [accessed 7 May 2020]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 May 2009 by Haros [Hans A. Rosbach] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forshems_kyrka_20090524-01.jpg] [accessed 7 May 2020]

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view of church exterior - west portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 May 2009 by Haros [Hans A. Rosbach] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forshems_kyrka_20090524-04.jpg] [accessed 7 May 2020]

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view of church exterior - west portal - tympanum

Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 May 2009 by Haros [Hans A. Rosbach] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forshems_kyrka_20090524-05.jpg] [accessed 7 May 2020]

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view of church exterior - west portal - tympanum

Scene Description: Forshemsmästaren självporträtt?

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 24 May 2009 by Haros [Hans A. Rosbach] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forshems_kyrka_20090524-05.jpg] [accessed 7 May 2020]

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view of church exterior - west view

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 24 May 2009 by Haros [Hans A. Rosbach] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forshems_kyrka_20090524-03.jpg] [accessed 7 May 2020]

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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 May 2009 by Haros [Hans A. Rosbach] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forshems_kyrka_20090524-02.jpg] [accessed 7 May 2020]

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view of font

Scene Description: the copy seen here on the left; the original on the right

Image Source: digital image [3169-119.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forshems_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200154908.jpg] [accessed 7 May 2020]

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of font

Scene Description: the replica copy of the medieval font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920516F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920516F2] [accessed 7 May 2020]

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view of font

Scene Description: photograph of the replica copy in the parish church

Image Source: digital image of a photograph by Lars Berggren in Lars Berggren (2006) in 'I hopp om det eviga livet. Dopfunten som performativt objekt.' [109884-Artikeltekst-225015-1-10-20181017.pdf] [accessed 8 May 2020]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: [NB: we do not know whether this design by Roland was ever made into a cover]

Image Source: digital image [3169-118.tif] of an August 1923 drawing by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forshems_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200154907.jpg] [accessed 7 May 2020]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: [NB: we do not know whether this design by Roland was ever made into a cover]

Image Source: edited detail of a digital image [3169-118.tif] of an August 1923 drawing by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forshems_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200154907.jpg] [accessed 7 May 2020]

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view of font cover - plan

Scene Description: [NB: we do not know whether this design by Roland was ever made into a cover]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the replica copy of the medieval font in the context of the parish church interior

Image Source: digital photograph by Barbro Thörn in Kyrkokartan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/057605/images/57605_54243868] [accessed 7 May 2020]

Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing

INFORMATION

FontID: 22650FOR

Museum and Inventory Number: Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm

Church/Chapel: Forshems kyrka

Church Patron Saints: Jesus Christ & the Holy Sepulchre [cf. ChurchNotes]

Church Location: Forshemsvägen, 533 94 Forshem, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 511 285 00

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län

Directions to Site: Located N of the 44-E20 crossroads, in the municipality of Götene and 8-9 km N of it, 25-30 km N of Skara

Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift

Historical Region: Kinne härad

Font Location in Church: [in a museum; the parish church has a replica copy]

Date: ca. 1200?

Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Late Romanesque

Cognate Fonts: Norra Lundby?

Church Notes: the dedication on the south side portal reads: "ISTA ECCLESIA SIT: IN HONORE D(OMI)NI: N(OST)RI IH(ES)U: XPI (=CHRISTI) ET S(AN)C(TI) SEPULCRI" [source: Svenskakyrvan.se]

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Noted and illustrated [drawing after P.A. Säve] in Antiqvarisk tidskrift för Sverige (andra delen, 1869: fig.17), and in Hans Hildebrand thereafter. Described and illustrated by Hannah Rydh in Roosval (1917) as a baptismal font of sandstone with date ca. 1200, acquired by the SHM in 1872, where it still is [a replica copy of the font is now at the parish church]. Noted in Hallbäck (1971). Noted and illustrated in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920516F2] a regional work made of sandstone in the late-12th century. Noted and illustrated [photo of the copy in the church] by Lars Berggren (2006) in 'I hopp om det eviga livet. Dopfunten som performativt objekt.' [109884-Artikeltekst-225015-1-10-20181017.pdf] [accessed 8 May 2020]. [NB: the original font is in the SHM but a replica copy was made for the parish church and is used there regularly].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.619806, 13.49005

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 37′ 11.3″ N, 13° 29′ 24.18″ E

UTM: 33V 412300 6498705

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone

Number of Pieces: 2

Rim Thickness: 9 cm [calculated]

Diameter (inside rim): 51 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 79 cm* / **

Basin Depth: 27 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 91 cm* / **

Notes on Measurements: * Roosval (1917: 65) / ** SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920516F2]

REFERENCES

Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Skaraborg", 1971-1972, Västergötlands Fornminnesförenings Tidskrift, 1971-1972, pp. 39-357; r["References"]

Mehling, Franz N., Spain: a Phaidon Cultural Guide, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1985