Ornunga No. 1

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design element - motifs - groove - parallel - 2

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950517F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950517F1] [accessed 9 May 2020]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding

appears to be part of the basin block
Scene Description: appears to be part of the basin block
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950517F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950517F1] [accessed 9 May 2020]
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design element - motifs - vine - acanthus

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950517F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950517F1] [accessed 9 May 2020]
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symbol - cross - Greek - Maltese

seen here in one of the spandrels of large acanthus vine
Scene Description: seen here in one of the spandrels of large acanthus vine
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Image Source: digital image [2418-064.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Sören Hallgren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ornunga_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200163702.jpg] [accessed 9 May 2020]
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view of church exterior - southwest view

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Image Source: digital image [2418-008.tif] of a 1890 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ornunga_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200163582.jpg] [accessed 9 May 2020]
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view of church exterior - southwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rikard Ågren, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 July 2014 by Rikard Ågren [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ornunga_gamla_kyrka.JPG] [accessed 9 May 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east

the old church was used as a "fornminnesmuseum" at the time -- it was restored as a church in the 1970s when the museum contents were removed to another location
Scene Description: the old church was used as a "fornminnesmuseum" at the time -- it was restored as a church in the 1970s when the museum contents were removed to another location
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Image Source: digital image [2418-035.tif] of a 1949 B&W photograph by Iwar Anderson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ornunga_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200163665.jpg] [accessed 9 May 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east

the old church ceased to function as parish church ca. 1904, when the new one was built; it was scheduled for demolition but the plan never carried out; it would then be used as a museum until the 1970s when it was restored to its present state
Scene Description: the old church ceased to function as parish church ca. 1904, when the new one was built; it was scheduled for demolition but the plan never carried out; it would then be used as a museum until the 1970s when it was restored to its present state
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Image Source: digital image [2418-029.tif] of a 1891 B&W photograph by Sanfrid Welin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ornunga_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200163659.jpg] [accessed 9 May 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east

present day [2014] view of the interior of the old church [Ornunga gamla kyrka]
Scene Description: present day [2014] view of the interior of the old church [Ornunga gamla kyrka]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rikard Ågren, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 July 2014 by Rikard Ågren [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ornunga_gamla_kyrka_interiör_2.JPG] [accessed 9 May 2020]
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view of church interior - looking southwest

present day [2014] view of the interior of the old church [Ornunga gamla kyrka]
Scene Description: present day [2014] view of the interior of the old church [Ornunga gamla kyrka]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rikard Ågren, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 July 2014 by Rikard Ågren [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ornunga_gamla_kyrka_interiör_1.JPG] [accessed 9 May 2020]
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view of font

photographed in the SHM
Scene Description: photographed in the SHM
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Image Source: digital image [2418-061.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Sören Hallgren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ornunga_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200163697.jpg] [accessed 9 May 2020]
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view of font

photographed in the SHM
Scene Description: photographed in the SHM
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Image Source: digital image [2418-062.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Sören Hallgren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ornunga_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200163699.jpg] [accessed 9 May 2020]
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view of font

photographed in the SHM
Scene Description: photographed in the SHM
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Image Source: digital image [2418-063.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Sören Hallgren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ornunga_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200163701.jpg] [accessed 9 May 2020]
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view of font

photographed in the SHM
Scene Description: photographed in the SHM
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2418-064.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Sören Hallgren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ornunga_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200163702.jpg] [accessed 9 May 2020]
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view of font

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Image Source: digital image of a drawing by S. Branzell in Roosval (1917: fig. 86)
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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950517F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950517F1] [accessed 9 May 2020]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 22651ORN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Museum and Inventory Number: Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm
Church/Chapel: [originally from Ornunga gamla kyrka]
Church Location: Ornunga Solliden, , 447 93 Vårgårda, Sweden [NB: coordinates are for the old church]
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: The old church, now restored, is located off Ornunga Solliden [local road O1765], S of road 182, 8-10 km SE of Vårgårda and in its municipality
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Gäsene härad
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church Notes: old church probably 13thC; detached bell tower mid-17thC; set for demolition 1904 but never completed; restored 1973-1974; new church inaugurated 1906; restored 1945
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in Hallbäck (1966) as a sandstone font moved to the SHM ca. 1878. Noted and illustrated by Maja Lundquist in Roosval (1917) with date in the late-13th century, and located at the SHM since 1878; the measurements given in Lundquist (ibid.) given a total height of 78 cm, which suggests a part of the original base may have been lost. Noted and illustrated in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950517F1] as a sandstone baptismal font made by a regional hand ca. 1200, now in the SHM with inventory number 6332. The basin is toughly cylindrical with a plain rounded underbowl; the sides of the basin are decorated with a well-rendered acanthus vine; above one of the loops of the vine is carved a Maltese cross; the centre ring is a thick rope moulding and the squat base appears to be square and plain. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.974444, 12.908861
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 58′ 28″ N, 12° 54′ 31.9″ E
UTM: 33V 376592 6428343

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 11.5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 53 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 76 cm*
Basin Depth: 22 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 73 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Roosval (1917: 65)

REFERENCES

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