Friggeraker No. 1 / Friggeråker

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design element - architectural - arch-head - round

a row of at the top
Scene Description: a row of at the top
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920428F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920428F2] [accessed 2 June 2020]
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design element - motifs - foliage - palmette - 2

two large ones on this side of the basin
Scene Description: two large ones on this side of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [9934-026.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Friggeråkers_kyrkoruin_-_KMB_-_16000200155331.jpg] [accessed 2 June 2020]
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design element - patterns - reticular

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920428F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920428F2] [accessed 2 June 2020]
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human figure - male - grotesque or fantastic - Green Man or woodwoose - foliage stemming from the mouth

captioned "Silvanusmask" in the SHM entry
Scene Description: captioned "Silvanusmask" in the SHM entry
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920428F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920428F2] [accessed 2 June 2020]
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view of basin

Source caption: "Museets samlingar. Cuppan till dopfunt av sandsten från Friggeråkers gamla kyrka. 1100-tal."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Museets samlingar. Cuppan till dopfunt av sandsten från Friggeråkers gamla kyrka. 1100-tal."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Västergötlands museum, 2017
Image Source: digital image [1M16-B145154:474] of an undated B&W photograph in the VGM Foto collection, Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017213506/1m16-b145154-474] [accessed 30 June 2020]
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view of basin

Source caption: "Museets samlingar. Cuppan till dopfunt av sandsten från Friggeråkers gamla kyrka. 1100-tal."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Museets samlingar. Cuppan till dopfunt av sandsten från Friggeråkers gamla kyrka. 1100-tal."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Västergötlands museum, 2017
Image Source: digital image [1M16-B145154:475] of an undated B&W photograph in the VGM Foto collection, Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017213507/1m16-b145154-475] [accessed 30 June 2020]
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view of basin

as displayed in the Västergötlands museum at the time
Scene Description: as displayed in the Västergötlands museum at the time
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920428F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920428F2] [accessed 2 June 2020]
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view of basin in context

as displayed in the Västergötlands museum at the time
Scene Description: as displayed in the Västergötlands museum at the time
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [9934-025.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Friggeråkers_kyrkoruin_-_KMB_-_16000200155330.jpg] [accessed 2 June 2020]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of basin in context

as displayed in the Västergötlands museum at the time
Scene Description: as displayed in the Västergötlands museum at the time
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [9934-026.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Friggeråkers_kyrkoruin_-_KMB_-_16000200155331.jpg] [accessed 2 June 2020]
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view of basin in context

as displayed in the Västergötlands museum at the time
Scene Description: as displayed in the Västergötlands museum at the time
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [9934-027.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Friggeråkers_kyrkoruin_-_KMB_-_16000200155332.jpg] [accessed 2 June 2020]
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view of basin in context

as displayed in the Västergötlands museum at the time
Scene Description: as displayed in the Västergötlands museum at the time
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [9934-029.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Friggeråkers_kyrkoruin_-_KMB_-_16000200155335.jpg] [accessed 2 June 2020]
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view of basin in context

as displayed in the Västergötlands museum at the time
Scene Description: as displayed in the Västergötlands museum at the time
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [1M16-A32608] of a 1922 B&W photograph by Sanfrid Welin, in the VGM Foto collections, Västergötlands museums samlingar. Inv.nr. 7583 [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021018251220/nu-i-vastergotlands-museums-samlingar-inv-nr-7583] [accessed 2 June 2020]
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view of church exterior - bell-cote

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 June 2010 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Friggeråkers_kyrka_Västergötland_Sweden_3.JPG] [accessed 2 June 2020]
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view of church exterior - fragment

from the medieval church here
Scene Description: from the medieval church here
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: detail of a digital image [9934-024.tif] of an unadted B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Friggeråkers_kyrkoruin_-_KMB_-_16000200155327.jpg] [accessed 2 June 2020]
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view of church exterior - ruins

Source caption: "Friggeråkers kyrka är en kyrka uppförd 1955 och är belägen i Friggeråker i Falköpings kommun. Intill den moderna kyrkan finns en ruin av en medeltida kyrka."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Friggeråkers kyrka är en kyrka uppförd 1955 och är belägen i Friggeråker i Falköpings kommun. Intill den moderna kyrkan finns en ruin av en medeltida kyrka."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 June 2010 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Friggeråkers_kyrka_Västergötland_Sweden_2.JPG] [accessed 2 June 2020]
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view of church exterior - southeast view

the drawing on the right is a tombstone
Scene Description: the drawing on the right is a tombstone
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digtal image [9934-007.tif] ofa late-17thC drawing in Peringskiöld's Monumenta, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Friggeråkers_kyrkoruin_-_KMB_-_16000200155301.jpg] [accessed 2 June 2020]
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view of church exterior - tombstone

Source caption: "Stavkorshäll inmurad i stigluckan på Friggeråkers kyrka, Falköping. Motivet har stora likheter med vapenbilden för den andliga "Svärdsriddarorden", en riddarorden som var verksam i Baltikum 1204-1237." [NB; the symbols on the stone resemble indeed the arms of the autonomous brand of the Teutonic Order; they are described in the Britannica as "Order of the Brothers of the Sword, Latin Fratres Militiae Christi, German Schwertbrüderorden, byname Knights Of The Sword, Livonian Order, or Livonian Knights, organization of crusading knights that began the successful conquest and Christianization of Livonia (most of modern Latvia and Estonia) between 1202 and 1237" [www.britannica.com/topic/Order-of-the-Brothers-of-the-Sword] [accessed 2 June 2020]]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Stavkorshäll inmurad i stigluckan på Friggeråkers kyrka, Falköping. Motivet har stora likheter med vapenbilden för den andliga "Svärdsriddarorden", en riddarorden som var verksam i Baltikum 1204-1237." [NB; the symbols on the stone resemble indeed the arms of the autonomous brand of the Teutonic Order; they are described in the Britannica as "Order of the Brothers of the Sword, Latin Fratres Militiae Christi, German Schwertbrüderorden, byname Knights Of The Sword, Livonian Order, or Livonian Knights, organization of crusading knights that began the successful conquest and Christianization of Livonia (most of modern Latvia and Estonia) between 1202 and 1237" [www.britannica.com/topic/Order-of-the-Brothers-of-the-Sword] [accessed 2 June 2020]]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dagjoh, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 July 2012 by Dagjoh [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Friggeraker1.jpg] [accessed 2 June 2020]
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view of church exterior in context

the modern church was built in 1955 by the remaining ruins of the old one
Scene Description: the modern church was built in 1955 by the remaining ruins of the old one
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 June 2010 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Friggeråkers_kyrka_Västergötland_Sweden_1.JPG] [accessed 2 June 2020]
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view of church interior - crucifix

Source caption: "Kristusfigur från 1200-talet från Friggeråkers gamla kyrka, Friggeråkers socken, Gudhems härad, Falköpings kommun, f.d. Skaraborgs län, Skara stift, Västergötland, Västra Götalands län, Sverige. Kristusfiguren ingår i en samling fornsaker från Västergötland, vilken tillhört fornforskaren Hilder Werner (1841-1913). Samlingen är sedan 1924 deponerad på Statens historiska museum och kristusfiguren har där inventarienumret SHM 4840:21. Kristusfiguren finns utställd i basutställingen ... och tusen år till på Falbygdens museum i Falköping sedan 2000."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kristusfigur från 1200-talet från Friggeråkers gamla kyrka, Friggeråkers socken, Gudhems härad, Falköpings kommun, f.d. Skaraborgs län, Skara stift, Västergötland, Västra Götalands län, Sverige. Kristusfiguren ingår i en samling fornsaker från Västergötland, vilken tillhört fornforskaren Hilder Werner (1841-1913). Samlingen är sedan 1924 deponerad på Statens historiska museum och kristusfiguren har där inventarienumret SHM 4840:21. Kristusfiguren finns utställd i basutställingen ... och tusen år till på Falbygdens museum i Falköping sedan 2000."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gunnar Creutz, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 April 2012 by Gunnar Creutz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Friggeråkers_kyrka_Kristusfigur_1200-talet_6465.jpg] [accessed 2 June 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east

inside the 1955 church
Scene Description: inside the 1955 church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 June 2010 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Friggeråkers_kyrka_Västergötland_Sweden_4.JPG] [accessed 2 June 2020]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 22692FRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (basin only)
Museum and Inventory Number: Västergötlands museum
Church/Chapel: [originally from the old Friggeråkers kyrka demolished in 1891]
Church Location: Friggeråkers kyrkby, 521 96 Falköping, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 515 77 63 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off (W) highway 46, N of the 184, 4 km NNE of Falköping and in its municipality
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Gudhems härad
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Bolumgruppen [Hallbäck]
Cognate Fonts: very similar to the basin at Utvängstorp
Church Notes: original church 12thC; church burnt down 16thC; re-built; demolished 1871; new church built 1950s right next to the ruined remains of the demolished church; some remnants of the old church transferred to the new one, including the font
Font Notes:
Baptismal font noted in Hallbäck (1971), who attributes it to the Bolumgruppen. Noted and illustrated in the Västergötlands museums samlingar. Inv.nr. 7583 [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021018251220/nu-i-vastergotlands-museums-samlingar-inv-nr-7583] [accessed 2 June 2020]. Noted and illustrated in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920428F2] as the surviving basin of a baptismal font made of sandstone ca. 1200; the SHM entry for this font mentions Hallbäck's attribution but refers to it as a provincial work [="provinsiellt arbete"] instead; the SHM entry for the font at Utvängstorp remarks on the similarity between these two basins. The surviving basin is a much-damaged quadrangular monolith with tall chamfer; the chamfer is plain but the sides are decorated with varied motifs: one side has a large human face with vegetation stemming from the mouth, an early Green Man? ["Silvanusmask" in the SHM caption]; at the top is a row of round arch heads; another side has a reticular pattern on it; another side has a quadruped [a lion?] passant to the left; the fourth side has a pair of large palmettes(?) on it; the inner well is round; all sides are damaged to one degree or another; crude workmanship; the base is missing. No cover present. [NB: a secnd and plainer font for the demolished church here is illustrated in a 1989 B&W photograph in the Falbygdens museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021016038151/friggerakers-kyrka-dopfuntens-cuppa] [accessed 28 October 2023]]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.197389, 13.579175
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 11′ 50.6″ N, 13° 34′ 45.03″ E
UTM: 33V 416483 6451567

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 1
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage Notes: no lining
Basin Total Height: 60 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 64 x 64 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920428F2]

REFERENCES

Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Skaraborg", 1971-1972, Västergötlands Fornminnesförenings Tidskrift, 1971-1972, pp. 39-357; p. 59ff, 270