Sjogestad nr. Linköping No. 1 / Sjogesta / Sjögesta / Sjögestad

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view of church exterior - northeast view

the modern church
Scene Description: the modern church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Håkan Svensson (Xauxa), 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 December 2004 by Håkan Svensson (Xauxa) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjogestakyrkan_abside1.jpg] [accessed 14 May 2020]
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

the modern church
Scene Description: the modern church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © L.G.foto, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 April 2011 by L.G.foto [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjögestads_kyrka_från_luften.jpg] [accessed 14 May 2020]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east

the modern church
Scene Description: the modern church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Håkan Svensson (Xauxa), 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 December 2004 by Håkan Svensson (Xauxa) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjogestakyrkan_nave1.jpg] [accessed 14 May 2020]
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information

Font image
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Roosval (1917: 70, fig. 96)
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view of base

drawing by E. Ericson in Roosval (1917)
Scene Description: drawing by E. Ericson in Roosval (1917)
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Roosval (1917: 70, fig. 96)
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view of base

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2876-017.tif] of a 1916 drawing by A. Ericson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjogerstads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200165020.jpG] [accessed 14 May 2020]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 22658SJO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, base only
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Museum: Statens Historisk Museum, Stockholm, inv. nr. 15124a
Church / Chapel Name: [originally from Sjögestads kyrka / Sjögesta kyrka]
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Church Address: Lunnevadsvägen 2, 590 48 Vikingstad, Sweden
Site Location: Östergötland, Östergötlands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located at the confluence of the E628-E630-E636-E639, S of the E4, 4 km WSW of Vikingstad, about 20 km WSW of Linköping
Ecclesiastic Region: Linköpings stift
Historical Region: Gudhems härad
Additional Comments: altered font (missing basin)
Font Notes:
Roosval (1917) lists the surviving base of a baptismal font of sandstone found about 2 km west of the modern church at Sjögestad [NB: Roosval uses the spelling "Sjögesta" in the title but "Sjögestad" in the body of the entry -- other sources appear to use both spellings interchangeably].
***THERE MAY BE AN ERROR IN THE LISTING OF THIS BASE -- AN ILLUSTRATION [2876-017.tif] IN THE Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjogerstads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200165020.jpg] [accessed 14 May 2020] IDENTIFIES IT AS BEING FROM "Sjogerstads kyrka" IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SKöVDE [cf. BSI entry for Sjogerstad]

COORDINATES

UTM: 33V 521770 6469621
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 58.366908, 15.372125
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 58° 22′ 0.87″ N, 15° 22′ 19.65″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Drainage System: centre hole in base
Height of Base: 28 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 58 cm* [outer diameter of the circular base]
Notes on Measurements: * Roosval (1917: 70)

REFERENCES

  • Mehling, Franz N., Spain: a Phaidon Cultural Guide, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1985, p. 70, fig. 96