Sjogerstad in Skövde No. 1

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

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Image Source: digital image [2876-018.tif] of an undated B&W photograph, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjogerstads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200165021.jpg] [accessed 14 May 2020]

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920507F6] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920507F6]

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920507F6] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920507F6]

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: built 1866 about 5 km from the site of the demolished medieval church

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 July 2010 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjogerstads_kyrka_Västergötland_Sweden_1.JPG] [accessed 14 May 2020]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: the medieval church; it was demolished in the 19thC

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Image Source: digital image of a late-17thC drawing in Kungl. Biblioteket Peringskiöld, Johan, Monumenta Sveo-Gothorum. 9 : Monumenta per Westrogothiam, Scaniam, Hallandiam, Blekingiam [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjogerstads_kyrka_-_Peringskiöld.jpg] [accessed 14 May 2020]

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view of church interior - detail

Scene Description: the former tympanum from the church at Rådene was installed as an ornament inside the new church at Sogerstad, on the south wall of the nave

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: the medieval font is partially visible at the far [east] end of the nave, right [south] side -- also visible here is the former tympanum from the church at Rådene, now installed in tghis new church, on the right [south] wall, just east of the south doorway

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 July 2010 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjogerstads_kyrka_Västergötland_Sweden_3.JPG] [accessed 14 May 2020]

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view of font

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920507F6] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920507F6]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the old font seen here in the foreground, right [south] side

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 26 July 2010 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjogerstads_kyrka_Västergötland_Sweden_4.JPG] [accessed 14 May 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22659SJO
Church/Chapel: Sjogerstads kyrka
Church Location: V, Skövde, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off (W) road 26, S of Skultorp, 7-8 km SSW of Skövde and in its municipality, about 20 km ESE of Skara
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Gudhems härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end of the nave, S side
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Romanesque
Church Notes: medieval church was about 5 km away, to the southeast; demolished and only the old cemetery remains; present church 1866
Two fonts are reported in this church. The earlier one is noted in Hallbäck (1971). It is noted and illustrated in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920507F6] as a baptismal font made of sandstone by a regional workshop in the late-12th century.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.319722, 13.801944
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 19′ 11″ N, 13° 48′ 7″ E
UTM: 33V 429818 6464931

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 63 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 80 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920507F6]

REFERENCES

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