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design element - motifs - moulding or piping

Scene Description: one is visible here as an arris on the angle of the base [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital image [3149-013.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eks_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200153790.jpg] [accessed 23 May 2020]

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

design element - motifs - roll moulding

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

design element - patterns - geometric and vegetal

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920426F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920426F3] [accessed 23 May 2020]

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view of basin and baptismal dish - upper view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 May 2013 by D.O.G.A. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eks_kyrka_23.JPG] [accessed 23 May 2020]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: a late-17thC rendering of the church and its detached bell tower

Image Source: digital image of a ca.1700 drawing in Johan Peringskiöld, Monumenta Sveo-Gothorum. 9 : Monumenta per Westrogothiam, Scaniam, Hallandiam, Blekingiam, in the Kungl. Biblioteket [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eks_kyrka_-_Peringskiöld.jpg] [accessed 23 May 2020]

Copyright Instructions: CC-PD-Mark / PD Old / PD-1996

view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken in July 2006 by Harri Blomberg [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eks_kyrka,_den_17_juli_2006,_bild_1.JPG] [accessed 23 May 2020]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Eks kyrka i södra Mariestads kommun i Västergötland. Precis norr om kyrkan ligger Stora Eks herrgård och kyrkan har troligen varit dess patronatskyrka."

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 9 May 2013 by D.O.G.A. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eks_kyrka_07.JPG] [accessed 23 May 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 May 2013 by D.O.G.A. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eks_kyrka_12.JPG] [accessed 23 May 2020]

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view of church interior - looking west

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 May 2013 by D.O.G.A. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eks_kyrka_20.JPG] [accessed 23 May 2020]

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view of font

Scene Description: notice the large damaged area at the upper rim, left side

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of font

Scene Description: the large damaged area -at the back, upper rim- now repaired

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920426F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920426F3] [accessed 23 May 2020]

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view of font and baptismal dish

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 9 May 2013 by D.O.G.A. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eks_kyrka_24.JPG] [accessed 23 May 2020]

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view of font and baptismal dish in context

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 9 May 2013 by D.O.G.A. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eks_kyrka_21.JPG] [accessed 23 May 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22680EKK

Church/Chapel: Eks kyrka

Church Location: Eks 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 O2764, betwen highway 26 (W) and the Tidan river (E), in the municipality and about 9 km S of Mariestad

Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift

Historical Region: Vadsbo härad

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, N side

Date: ca. 1200?

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Noted in Hallbäck (1971). Noted and illustrated in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920426F3] as baptismal font made of sandstone ca. 1200 by a local hand. The font consists of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a band of vegetal and geometric pattern all around, raised on a round-to-square pedestal base with a roll moulding atop; there appears to be some piping or moulding on [some of?] the sides of the base. No cover present. The font had damage to a large area of the upper rim but has been repaired.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.614972, 13.815944

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 36′ 53.9″ N, 13° 48′ 57.4″ E

UTM: 33V 431218 6497787

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone

Number of Pieces: 2

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

Diameter (includes rim): 73 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 80 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920426F3]

REFERENCES

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