Stravalla No. 1 / Stråvalla

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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - columns - columns with capitals

Scene Description: the whole design is fluid with the arches more like a series of panels; the 'capitals' are simplified to circles with bead or dot inscribed

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950517F4] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950517F4] [accessed 13 May 2020]

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design element - motifs - moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950517F4] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950517F4] [accessed 13 May 2020]

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design element - motifs - moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950517F4] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950517F4] [accessed 13 May 2020]

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design element - motifs - plant or tree

Scene Description: are they symbolic Trees of Life or decorative plants?

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950517F4] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950517F4] [accessed 13 May 2020]

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design element - motifs - scroll

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950517F4] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950517F4] [accessed 13 May 2020]

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symbol - interlace - linked chain cross

Scene Description: seen here in the centre

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950517F4] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950517F4] [accessed 13 May 2020]

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view of basin

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Image Source: digital image [2158-24.TIF] of a 1963 B&W photograph by Nils Lagergren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stråvalla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200035581.jpg] [accessed 13 May 2020]

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view of basin

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Image Source: digital image [2158-25.TIF] of a 1963 B&W photograph by Nils Lagergren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stråvalla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200035583.jpg] [accessed 13 May 2020]

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view of church exterior - east view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ingemar Isaksson, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 July 2016 by Ingemar Isaksson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stråvallaka2.jpg] [accessed 13 May 2020]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ingemar Isaksson, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 July 2016 by Ingemar Isaksson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stråvallaka11.jpg] [accessed 13 May 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ingemar Isaksson, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 July 2016 by Ingemar Isaksson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stråvallaka3.jpg] [accessed 13 May 2020]

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view of church interior - nave - painting

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ingemar Isaksson, 2016

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 22 July 2016 by Ingemar Isaksson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stråvallaka4.jpg] [accessed 13 May 2020]

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view of church interior - nave - painting

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ingemar Isaksson, 2016

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 22 July 2016 by Ingemar Isaksson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stråvallaka5.jpg] [accessed 13 May 2020]

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view of font

Scene Description: the medieval font on display at the museum -- Source caption: "Dopfunt av ljusgrå kalksten, med stiliserade uthuggna bladmönster. Omkring 1300."

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Image Source: digital image [2158-23.TIF] of a 1963 B&W photograph by Nils Lagergren, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stråvalla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200035575.jpg] [accessed 13 May 2020]

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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.: 950517F4] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950517F4] [accessed 13 May 2020]

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view of font

Scene Description: the medieval font from Stråvalla photographed in the Hallands kulturhistoriska museum, Varberg [on loan from the Statens historiska museum (SHM), Stockholm]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dagjoh, 2014

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 15 July 2014 by Dagjoh [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stravalla01.jpg] [accessed 13 May 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: looks like a replica copy in use at the church

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ingemar Isaksson, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 July 2016 by Ingemar Isaksson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stråvallaka9.jpg] [accessed 13 May 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22656STR
Museum and Inventory Number: The font belongs to the Statens historiska museum (SHM), but is on loan to the Hallands kulturhistoriska museum of Varberg
Church/Chapel: [originally from Stråvalla kyrka]
Church Location: Stråvalla kyrka, V, Varberg, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Halland, Hallands län
Directions to Site: Located off (NE) the N853.01-E6/E20 crossroads, 6-7 km N of Väröbacka, about 30 km N of Vardberg and in its municipality, about 50 km S of Göteborg
Ecclesiastic Region: Göteborgs stift
Historical Region: Viske harad
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Starrkärrskolan / Starrkärrsgruppen [SHM]
Church Notes: late-13thC church; modified 16th, 17th, 18thC, with detached tower of 1739; restored 1964
Noted in Hallbäck (1969) with total height of 78 cm. The font belongs to the Statens historiska museum (SHM), but is on loan to the Hallands kulturhistoriska museum of Varberg. The font is described and its programme partially illustrated by Helge Kjellin in Roosval (1917). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950517F4] as a "Starrkärrsgruppen" baptismal font made of soapstone in the late 13th century.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.298808, 12.217583
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 17′ 55.71″ N, 12° 13′ 3.3″ E
UTM: 33V 332359 6354075

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, soapstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 51 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 61 cm* / **
Basin Depth: 24 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 75 cm* / **
Notes on Measurements: * Roosval (1917: 69) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950517F4]

REFERENCES

Hallbäck, Sven Axel, Medeltida dopfuntar i Halland, 1969
Mehling, Franz N., Spain: a Phaidon Cultural Guide, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1985