Ekby / Egby

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: although not visible in this image one side of the moulding is cut and appears to be the exit of the basin drain, not an uncommon occurrence on northern medieval fonts

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, 2020

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph by Barbro Thörn in Kyrkokartan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/056552/images/56552_97649067] [accessed 22 May 2020]

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, 2020

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph by Barbro Thörn in Kyrkokartan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/056552/images/56552_97649067] [accessed 22 May 2020]

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, 2020

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph by Barbro Thörn in Kyrkokartan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/056552/images/56552_97649067] [accessed 22 May 2020]

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © D.O.G.A., 2015

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 16 August 2015 by D.O.G.A. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ekby_kyrka_och_kyrkogård_09.jpg] [accessed 22 May 2020]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kyrkan och klockstapeln från sydöst. Foto efter teckning ur Peringskiölds Monumenta."

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Image Source: digital image [3150-004.tif] of a late-17thC drawing in Peringskiölds Monumenta, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ekby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200153809.jpg] [accessed 22 May 2020]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © D.O.G.A., 2015

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 16 August 2015 by D.O.G.A. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ekby_kyrka_och_kyrkogård_04.jpg] [accessed 22 May 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: the photograph must have been taken shortly before the old church collapsed ca. 1900 -- if the medieval font was inside the church it may have been located at the west end at the time

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Image Source: digital image [3150-008.tif] of a 1899 B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ekby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200153813.jpg] [accessed 22 May 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: the re-built church after its collapse ca. 1200 -- the medieval baptismal font is right beneath the chancel arch, in the centre

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Image Source: digital image [3150-011.tif] of a B&W postcard in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ekby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200153816.jpg] [accessed 22 May 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: the font is partially visible at the east end of th nave, south side, near the piano and the window

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph by Barbro Thörn in Kyrkokartan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/056552/images/56552_97649067] [accessed 22 May 2020]

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view of font

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Image Source: digital image [1M16-A8747] of a 1894 B&W photograph by Sanfrid Welin in the Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021018254047/1m16-a8747] [accessed 22 May 2020]

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view of font and baptismal dish

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, 2020

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph by Barbro Thörn in Kyrkokartan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/056552/images/56552_97649067] [accessed 22 May 2020]

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view of font and baptismal dish in context

Scene Description: seen here at the east end of the nave, south side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph by Barbro Thörn in Kyrkokartan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/056552/images/56552_97649067] [accessed 22 May 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22679EKB
Church/Chapel: Ekby kyrka
Church Location: Ekby kyrkby, 542 93 Mariestad, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 501 351 81
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off local road O2955, E of the Tidan river, road 26 and highway E20, in the municipality and about 10 km SSE of Mariestad
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Vadsbo härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the re-built church, beneath the chancel arch
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: medieval church modified several times in the 19thC until its collapse ca. 1900; new church built but old tower retained
Baptimal font of stone consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with two parallel rope mouldings framing the basi sides, raised on a round pedestal base with a thick roll moulding atop; the drain appears to exit out of a cut in the moulding of the base. The font did not show in an 1899 photograph of the east end; when the church was re-built after its collaps ca. 1900 the font appeared located beneath the new chancel arch, in the centre; now [ca. 2010] the font is located at the east end of the nave, near the south wall.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.613117, 13.866931
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 36′ 47.22″ N, 13° 52′ 0.95″
UTM: 33V 434176 6497529

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: [cf. FontNotes]