Norra Kyrketorp No. 2

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design element - motifs - flat moulding

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920707F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920707F3] [accessed 15 May 2020]

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design element - motifs - flat moulding

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920707F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920707F3] [accessed 15 May 2020]

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design element - motifs - foliage

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920707F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920707F3] [accessed 15 May 2020]

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design element - motifs - foliage - 4

Scene Description: of different shapes, set at 90-degree angles on the lower base

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920707F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920707F3] [accessed 15 May 2020]

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design element - motifs - leaf - varied

Scene Description: some are trefoiled, others palmette-shaped -- in the upper and lower spandrels of the vine

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920707F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920707F3] [accessed 15 May 2020]

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920707F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920707F3] [accessed 15 May 2020]

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design element - motifs - roll moulding - parallel - 2

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920707F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920707F3] [accessed 15 May 2020]

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design element - motifs - vine - palmette

Scene Description: a thin vine with large palmette-shaped leaves

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920707F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920707F3] [accessed 15 May 2020]

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view of font

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Image Source: digital image [2882-020.tif] of a 1880 drawing by Eric Uggla [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norra_Kyrketorps_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200163092.jpg] [accessed 15 May 2020]

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Image Source: digital image [2882-018.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Otto Janse, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norra_Kyrketorps_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200163090.jpg] [accessed 15 May 2020]

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view of font

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Image Source: digital image [2882-022.tif] of an undated B&W photograph, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norra_Kyrketorps_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200163094.jpg] [accessed 15 May 2020]

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view of font

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920707F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920707F3] [accessed 15 May 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: its west side seen here with the chancel in the background

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Image Source: digital image [2882-021.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Otto Janse, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norra_Kyrketorps_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200163093.jpg] [accessed 15 May 2020]

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Scene Description: notice the thickness of the walls of the medieval church

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 September 2015 by Jan Ainali [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norra_Kyrketorps_gamla_kyrka_11.jpg] [accessed 15 May 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22662KYR
Church/Chapel: Norra Kyrketorps gamla kyrka
Church Location: Norra Kyrketorps Gamla Kyrka, S, Skövde, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off (W) road 26, S of 49, 1-2 km NNE of Skultorp, 3 km S of Skövde and in its municipality, about 20 km ESE of Skara
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Kåkinds härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Illustrated in a 1880 drawing by Eric Uggla, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [cf. ImagesArea]. Noted and illustrated in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920707F3] as a baptismal font made of sandstone by a regional hand ca. 1200. The font consists of three parts: a cylindrical basin with a tall concave underbowl chamfer, both decorated with leaf motif and flat mouldings; a middle section that is round and moulded; and a lower base, also round, decorated with four small palmette-like motifs set at 90-degree angles. No cover present. [cf. BSI entry Norra Kyrketorp No. 1 for the medieval font from this church in the SHM]. [NB: the new church at Norra Kyrketorp was built in the 1920s; its baptismal font, octagonal and made of "kolmårdsmarmor" is also of that period].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.355533, 13.845069
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 21′ 19.92″ N, 13° 50′ 42.25″ E
UTM: 33V 432413 6468874

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Diameter (includes rim): 61.214 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 92.71 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * in ft/in in Eric Uggla (1880)