Berg / Berg in Hallstahammar
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930824F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=930824F1] [accessed 29 May 2020]
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design element - motifs - scotia
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930824F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=930824F1] [accessed 29 May 2020]
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design element - patterns - ribbed
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930824F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=930824F1] [accessed 29 May 2020]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Olof Grau (1722-1774) published his 'Beskrifning öfwer Wästmanland' in 1754; a later facsimile edition was published by Wästerås in 1904
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Image Source: digital image [1142-001.tif] of an mid-18thC drawing by Olof Grau in 'Beskrivning över Västmanland', in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bergs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000015300.jpg] [accessed 29 May 2020]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 September 2010 by Zejo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bergs_kyrka_1.jpg] [accessed 29 May 2020]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930824F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=930824F1] [accessed 29 May 2020]
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view of font in context - northwest side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Barbro Thörn in Kyrkokartan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/058308/images/58308_54193370] [accessed 29 May 2020]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 22684BER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Berks kyrka
Church Location: Vänstavägen, 734 91 Hallstahammar, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västmanland, Västmanlands län
Directions to Site: Located about 1 km N of the E18, 4 km SWW of Hallstahammar town centre and in its municipality, 25-30 km W of Västerås
Ecclesiastic Region: Västerås stift
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, S side
Century and Period: 13th century (late?), Transitional? / Early Gothic?
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Paradise font / Paradisenfunten / Baegerbladsfonte / Muschelcuppen / Musselcuppor / Musselcuppstyp [SHM]
Church Notes: iriginal church ca. 1300; modified late-15thC; renovated with modifications mid-19thC;
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930824F1] as a 'musselcuppstyp' baptismal font made of limestone in the late-13th century. Noted and illustrated in Svenska Kyrkan [https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/Sve/Binärfiler/Filer/4062573c-eb90-4b62-a32b-60bb82ab27dc.pdf] [accessed 29 May 2020]. The font, like most of its type, consists of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a scotia below the rim, followed down by a pattern of broad ribs all around; raised on a round pedestal base with a roll moulting at the top, and a circular splaying lower base. No cover present.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 59.596225, 16.161303
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 59° 35′ 46.41″ N, 16° 9′ 40.69″ E
UTM: 33V 565560 6607018
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: 3
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining