Varing / Väring / Währing

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Results: 25 records

animal - mammal - deer or gazelle - passant

passant to the right
Scene Description: passant to the right
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920627F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920627F5#] [accessed 23 June 2020]
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animal - reptile - snake

the one on this side has a fully visible head -- the carver may have played with the vertical division, which in this case makes the body of the snake resemble a Viking ship
Scene Description: the one on this side has a fully visible head -- the carver may have played with the vertical division, which in this case makes the body of the snake resemble a Viking ship
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920627F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920627F5#] [accessed 23 June 2020]
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animal - reptile - snake - rope patterned body

the head on the right end
Scene Description: the head on the right end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920627F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920627F5#] [accessed 23 June 2020]
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design element - motifs - rock

about a dozen of them clustered on the upper left side of the panel
Scene Description: about a dozen of them clustered on the upper left side of the panel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920627F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920627F5#] [accessed 23 June 2020]
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design element - motifs - rope

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920627F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920627F5#] [accessed 23 June 2020]
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design element - motifs - rope

framing the panel
Scene Description: framing the panel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920627F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920627F5#] [accessed 23 June 2020]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding

much damaged and worn
Scene Description: much damaged and worn
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lars Hasselberg, 1981
Image Source: detail of a digital image [1M16-D6952] of 1981 photograph by Lars Hasselberg [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017229725/1m16-d6952] [accessed 23 June 2020]
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design element - motifs - sawtooth

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920627F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920627F5#] [accessed 23 June 2020]
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design element - motifs - scroll or vine

below the rocks, on the left side
Scene Description: below the rocks, on the left side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920627F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920627F5#] [accessed 23 June 2020]
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design element - motifs - varied

in the upper left corner of the image: a crude interlace -if the is what the carver intended- with two other motifs below that may have been a not very successful attempt at nested chevrons
Scene Description: in the upper left corner of the image: a crude interlace -if the is what the carver intended- with two other motifs below that may have been a not very successful attempt at nested chevrons
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920627F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920627F5#] [accessed 23 June 2020]
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design element - motifs - vine

the incised vine appears to be only on this side of the basin -- the head of the snake is clearly visible here
Scene Description: the incised vine appears to be only on this side of the basin -- the head of the snake is clearly visible here
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920627F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920627F5#] [accessed 23 June 2020]
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design element - patterns - X-motif

on the bar above the cross
Scene Description: on the bar above the cross
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920627F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920627F5#] [accessed 23 June 2020]
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symbol - cross - Greek - Maltese - ball, bead or circle motif

the circle in the centre appears to be crossed
Scene Description: the circle in the centre appears to be crossed
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920627F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920627F5#] [accessed 23 June 2020]
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symbol - cross - Greek - Maltese - ball, bead or circle motif

almost identical to the one on the previous panel
Scene Description: almost identical to the one on the previous panel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920627F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920627F5#] [accessed 23 June 2020]
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symbol - cross - Greek - in a circle - concentric circle

Only the upper half has the concentric semi-circle; the cross is actually not inscribed but pasted on the circles.
Scene Description: Only the upper half has the concentric semi-circle; the cross is actually not inscribed but pasted on the circles.
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920627F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920627F5#] [accessed 23 June 2020]
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view of basin

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lars Hasselberg, 1981
Image Source: detail of a digital image [1M16-D6952] of 1981 photograph by Lars Hasselberg [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017229725/1m16-d6952] [accessed 23 June 2020]
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view of church exterior - northeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © DegaZ, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 21 August 2011 by DegaZ [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Värings_kyrka.JPG] [accessed 23 June 2020]
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view of church exterior - southeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2812-008.tif] of a late-17thC drawing in Peringskiöld's Monumenta, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Värings_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000008328.jpg] [accessed 23 June 2020]
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view of church exterior - southeast view

Source caption: "Kyrka, äldre, teckning ur Peringskiölds Monumenta, avfotograferad i färg. [...] End of the 17th century [...] Kungl. Biblioteket Peringskiöld, Johan, Monumenta Sveo-Gothorum. 9 : Monumenta per Westrogothiam, Scaniam, Hallandiam, Blekingiam"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kyrka, äldre, teckning ur Peringskiölds Monumenta, avfotograferad i färg. [...] End of the 17th century [...] Kungl. Biblioteket Peringskiöld, Johan, Monumenta Sveo-Gothorum. 9 : Monumenta per Westrogothiam, Scaniam, Hallandiam, Blekingiam"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of a late-17thC drawing in Peringskiöld's Monumenta, in the Kungl. Biblioteket [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Värings_kyrka_-_Peringskiöld.jpg] [accessed 23 June 2020]
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view of church interior - chancel and east end

the medieval font is partially visible beneath the right [south] window
Scene Description: the medieval font is partially visible beneath the right [south] window
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2812-012.tif] of a 1948 B&W photograph by Svensson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Värings_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000008332.jpg] [accessed 23 June 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east

the font in use at the time, seen here in the centre aisle, was not the medieval one
Scene Description: the font in use at the time, seen here in the centre aisle, was not the medieval one
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2812-010.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Ludvig Ericson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Värings_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000008330.jpg] [accessed 23 June 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east

the medieval font is partially visible at the far [east] end, right [south] side
Scene Description: the medieval font is partially visible at the far [east] end, right [south] side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kent Olsson, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2015 by Kent Olsson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:4DSC_0679_Väringe_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 23 June 2020]
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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lars Hasselberg, 1981
Image Source: digital image [1M16-D6952] of 1981 photograph by Lars Hasselberg [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017229725/1m16-d6952] [accessed 23 June 2020]
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view of font

the base is said to be a 1957 replacement
Scene Description: the base is said to be a 1957 replacement
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920627F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920627F5#] [accessed 23 June 2020]
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view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kent Olsson, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2015 by Kent Olsson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:4DSC_0683_Väringe_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 23 June 2020]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 22752VAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Värings kyrka
Church Location: Väringsvägen 26 / Kyrkogatan, 541 76 Väring, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 500 44 02 70
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the O2740-200 crossroads, in the municipality of Skövde and about 20 km NNE of it
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, S side
Century and Period: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Roglinusgruppen [SHM]
Church Notes: present church 1811-1813 was built on the site of its medieval predecessor; modified since
Font Notes:
Noted in Hallbäck (1971). Illustrated in a 1981 photograph by Lars Hasselberg [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017229725/1m16-d6952] [accessed 23 June 2020]. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920627F5] as a baptismal font of the Roglinusgruppen made of sandstone in the mid-12th century; the base is a later replacement. Square cushion-capital shape basin with deep-set carvings on the sides; on three of the sides the curved side has been carved as a snake, all three tiny heads on the upper left side; one of the sides has a partition above the body of the snake, which makes it look like a viking ship, probably intentionally; on that side, to the left of the 'mast' is a pattern of rocks and interlaced scrolls, with a Greek cross and three saw-teeth on the right side; another side has a Greek cross in a circles above the snake body; the side of the right of that has an ibis passant to the right, with some unfinished(?) crude pattern on the upper-left corner and nested chevrons below; the decoration on the fourth side varies: the side is framed in a rope moulding delineating the panel; an additional curved rope moulding appears to have a head and tail of a snake, while the bar across the top has X motif along it; at the centre is another Greek cross; the centre ring moulding, also rope patterned, is badly eroded or damaged; it is part of the basin block; raised now on square truncated-pyramid base with rounded corners, said to have been added in 1957. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.510592, 13.967389
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 30′ 38.13″ N, 13° 58′ 2.6″ E
UTM: 33V 439836 6486021

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage Notes: no lining
Font Height (less Plinth): 94 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 62 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920627F5]

REFERENCES

Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Skaraborg", 1971-1972, Västergötlands Fornminnesförenings Tidskrift, 1971-1972, pp. 39-357; p. 351