Friel / Frigel
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animal - mammal - lion - facing lions - passant - 2
Scene Description: the floriated tails and tongues of the Bestiarius workshop greatly simplified here
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920521F4] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920521F4] [accessed 31 May 2020]
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symbol - tree - Tree of life?
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920521F4] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920521F4] [accessed 31 May 2020]
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view of church exterior - north view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tubaist, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 August 2015 by Tubaist [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Friel_kyrka_001.jpg] [accessed 31 May 2020]
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view of church exterior - south view
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Image Source: digital image [2751-003] of a late-17thC drawing in Peringskiöld's Monumenta, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Friels_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200155239.jpg] [accessed 31 May 2020]
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view of font
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Image Source: digital image [2751-023.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Friels_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200155265.jpg] [accessed 31 May 2020]
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view of font
Scene Description: with damage showing; the 1894 photograph appears to have been taken outside the church
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Image Source: digital image [1M16-A398 ] of a B&W photograph taken in 1894 by Sanfrid Welin, in the VGM Foto Colection, Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021018251287/1m16-a398] [accessed 31 May 2020]
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view of font
Scene Description: the base is much-eroded now but may have had a more pronounced roll moulding atop
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920521F4] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920521F4] [accessed 31 May 2020]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt, 1100-talet. Äldre altaruppsats med kopia av Thorvaldsens Kristus-staty uppsatt som dopaltare."
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Image Source: digital image [2751-024.tif] of an undated B&W photograph, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Friels_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200155266.jpg] [accessed 31 May 2020]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 22690FRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Friels kyrka
Church Location: Tunvägen, Friel kyrkby, 530 30 Tun, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off local road O2559 [aka Tunvägen], N of highway 44, in the municipality and 25-30 km WSW of Lidköping
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
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: original church ca. 1200; burned down 1612; new bell tower 1746; modified with new tower 19thC; renovated 1930s, 1950s
Font Notes:
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Noted in Hallbäck (1971). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920521F4] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the late-12th century by a regional hand. The font consists of a roughly cylindrical basin decorated with lions and Tree-of-life synbols, the underbowl chamfer appearing plain now; on a much-eroded round-to-square base that may have had a roll moulding atop. No cover present.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.45, 12.7788
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 27′ 0″ N, 12° 46′ 43.68″ E
UTM: 33V 370372 6480953
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 71 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 81 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920521F4]
REFERENCES
Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Skaraborg", 1971-1972, Västergötlands Fornminnesförenings Tidskrift, 1971-1972, pp. 39-357; p. 270