Borstig / Boerstig / Börstig

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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - 7 - columns - columns with capitals and bases

Scene Description: some columns are double; a few arches lack the columns; the arch-heads are rounded but almost flat

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Image Source: detail of a digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920524F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920524F2#] [accessed 24 June 2020]

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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - up-and-down

Scene Description: two arcades of round arches are partially visible here in the right arch; the one at top is upside down

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Image Source: detail of a digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920524F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920524F2#] [accessed 24 June 2020]

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design element - motifs - floral or foliage

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920524F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920524F2#] [accessed 24 June 2020]

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design element - motifs - geometric - varied

Scene Description: seen here in the centre arch

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Image Source: detail of a digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920524F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920524F2#] [accessed 24 June 2020]

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design element - motifs - interlace - linked rings - concentric circles

Scene Description: mixing 2- and 3-strand

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920524F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920524F2#] [accessed 24 June 2020]

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

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Image Source: detail of a digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920524F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920524F2#] [accessed 24 June 2020]

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design element - patterns - ribbed - flat

Scene Description: all around

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Image Source: detail of a digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920524F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920524F2#] [accessed 24 June 2020]

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design element - patterns - sawtooth

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Image Source: detail of a digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920524F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920524F2#] [accessed 24 June 2020]

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design element - patterns - sawtooth

Scene Description: this pattern turns to scalloped on the other side of the basin

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920524F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920524F2#] [accessed 24 June 2020]

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design element - patterns - scalloped

Scene Description: this pattern turns to saw-tooth on the other side of the basin

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Image Source: detail of a digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920524F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920524F2#] [accessed 24 June 2020]

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symbol - cross - Greek - pattée

Scene Description: with a circle centre

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920524F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920524F2#] [accessed 24 June 2020]

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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Scene Description: the present church was built in 1823 to replace a medieval church on the same site

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bruno Grolander / Vänersborgs museum, 2014

Image Source: digital image [VMRG01629(01)] of an undated B&W photograph by Bruno Grolander in the VM Foto collection, Vänersborgs museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021015654049/borstig-kyrka] [accessed 24 June 2020]

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view of font

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920524F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920524F2#] [accessed 24 June 2020]

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view of font in context - northeast view

Scene Description: the medieval font inside the 19thC church, at the east end, south side of the nave

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lars Hasselberg / Västergötlands museum, 1982

Image Source: digital image [1M16-D30206] of a 1982 photograph by Lars Hasselberg, in the VGM Foto collection, Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017226489/1m16-d30206] [accessed 24 June 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22755BOR
Church/Chapel: Börstigs kyrka
Church Location: Börstigs kyrkby, 523 77 Falköping, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 515 72 38 80
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off local road O1859, W of Trädet and road 46, 30-35 km S of Falköping
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Frökinds härad [with an earlier small part in Redvägs härad]
Font Location in Church: Inside the 19thC church, E end, S side
Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque / Transitional?
Church Notes: four medieval churches are said to have existed in the area, including this one and those at Mussla, Kringlarp and Döve [aka Döfve]; the last three were abandoned in the 16thC; ruins of the Mussla church still visible [www.murberg.se/Sidor/Borstigs Kyrka/Borstigs Kyrka.htm] [accessed 24 June 2020]; the medieval church at Börstig was demolished and replaced by a new 1823 building [www.murberg.se/Sidor/Borstigs Kyrka/Borstigs Kyrka.htm] [accessed 24 June 2020]
Noted in Hallbäck (1971). Noted and illustrated in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920524F2] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the 13th century, a provincial work [NB: 'provincial' refers to a work of rather crude workmanship]. The Murberg.se site [www.murberg.se/Sidor/Borstigs Kyrka/Borstigs Kyrka.htm] [accessed 24 June 2020] informs: "Dopfunten i sandsten i romansk stil härrör från den medeltida kyrkan." The font consists of a roughly cylindrical shape decorated with a row of scallops and saw-tooh below the upper rim; the side is divided into seven arches containing linked-circle pattern, arches, floral and geometric motifs and a potent cross; band of zig-zag around the lower rim; on a conical base with a roll moulding at the upper end and flat ribs all around. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.9928, 13.4672
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 0' 0" N, 13° 28' 0" E

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): 76 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 82 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920524F2]

REFERENCES

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