Stravalla No. 1 / Stråvalla
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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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view of font
![the medieval font from Stråvalla photographed in the Hallands kulturhistoriska museum, Varberg [on loan from the Statens historiska museum (SHM), Stockholm]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1200513019_compressed.png)
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
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 on display at the museum -- Source caption: "Dopfunt av ljusgrå kalksten, med stiliserade uthuggna bladmönster. Omkring 1300."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
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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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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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 - 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 - 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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view of basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
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 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 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 - 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 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 - 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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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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INFORMATION
Font ID: 22656STR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Starrkärrskolan / Starrkärrsgruppen [SHM]
Museum: The font belongs to the Statens historiska museum (SHM), but is on loan to the Hallands kulturhistoriska museum of Varberg, SHM inv. nr. 6608
Church / Chapel Name: [originally from Stråvalla kyrka]
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Church Notes: late-13thC church; modified 16th, 17th, 18thC, with detached tower of 1739; restored 1964
Church Address: Stråvalla kyrka, V, Varberg, Sweden
Site Location: Halland, Hallands län, Sweden, Europe
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
Additional Comments: painted font (raised carving details on the basin are painted with a golden-greenish oil paint, and the depressed areas in white; the base shows the stone unpainted)
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 33V 332359 6354075
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.298808, 12.217583
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 17′ 55.71″ N, 12° 13′ 3.3″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, soapstone
Number of Pieces: two
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, p. 64
- Mehling, Franz N., Spain: a Phaidon Cultural Guide, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1985, p. 69, fig. 95