Bjarklunda No. 1 / Bjarka / Bjärka / Bjärklunda / Bjerka / Bjerklunda / Harlunda / Härlunda
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Christ - Agnus Dei - with cross - passant
![passant to the right [NB: as with many of these animal representations the identification of it as a lamb could be a stretch]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1200630051_compressed.png)
Scene Description: passant to the right [NB: as with many of these animal representations the identification of it as a lamb could be a stretch]
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920528F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920528F2#]
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animal - fabulous animal or monster - dragon - passant
Scene Description: passant to the left
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Image Source: detail of a digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920528F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920528F2#]
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animal - mammal - lion - foliated tail - passant-gardant
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Image Source: detail of a digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920528F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920528F2#]
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animal - reptile - snake - intertwined
Scene Description: perhaps a dragon?
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920528F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920528F2#]
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design element - motifs - fret - 2
Scene Description: the side of the basin below is blank
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Västergötlands museum, 2017
Image Source: detail of a digital image [1M16-B145154:464] of an undated B&W photograph in the VGM Foto collection, Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017213495/1m16-b145154-464] [accessed 30 June 2020]
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design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: cery eroded; was it patterned originally?
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920528F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920528F2#]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: all around the top of the inner basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Västergötlands museum, 2017
Image Source: detail of a digital image [1M16-B145154:464] of an undated B&W photograph in the VGM Foto collection, Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017213495/1m16-b145154-464] [accessed 30 June 2020]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: at the top of the base
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920528F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920528F2#]
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design element - motifs - vine
Scene Description: an interlaced vine above the Agnus Dei
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920528F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920528F2#]
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design element - patterns - interlace - linked circles
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920528F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920528F2#]
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view of base in context
Scene Description: the base of the old carved font is visible here on the right, during the 2005-2007 excavations; it would be later re-united with its basin in the new church at Bjärklunda -- the source caption "Här låg flera individer begravda" refers to the human remains found in graves unearthed here, some of which are visible in the photograph.
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kontrastfoto / Catharina Henriksson / Västergötlands museum, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2018 by Kontrastfoto, Ljungby, in Catharina Henriksson's Härlunda ödekyrkoplats, RAÄ nr 1Härlunda socken, Skara kommun, Västergötlands museum Rapport 2018:5 https://shfstor.blob.core.windows.net/harlunda-bjarka/uploads/file/Rapport_2018_5.pdf [accessed 30 June 2020]
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view of base in context
![the base of the medieval font of Härlunda kyrka shown at the time of the excavation of the gamla kyrka ruins in 2005-2007; it would later re-united with its basin inside the new Bjärklunda kyrka [source: https://shfstor.blob.core.windows.net/harlunda-bjarka/uploads/file/Rapport_2018_5.pdf [accessed 30 June 2020]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1200630099_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the base of the medieval font of Härlunda kyrka shown at the time of the excavation of the gamla kyrka ruins in 2005-2007; it would later re-united with its basin inside the new Bjärklunda kyrka [source: https://shfstor.blob.core.windows.net/harlunda-bjarka/uploads/file/Rapport_2018_5.pdf [accessed 30 June 2020]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kontrastfoto / Catharina Henriksson / Västergötlands museum, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2018 by Kontrastfoto, Ljungby, in Catharina Henriksson's Härlunda ödekyrkoplats, RAÄ nr 1Härlunda socken, Skara kommun, Västergötlands museum Rapport 2018:5 https://shfstor.blob.core.windows.net/harlunda-bjarka/uploads/file/Rapport_2018_5.pdf [accessed 30 June 2020]
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view of basin
Scene Description: Source caption: "Västergötland. Museets samlingar. Skål till dopfunt från Härlunda kyrka. Återlämnad 1933."
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Image Source: detail of a digital image [1M16-B145154:464] of an undated B&W photograph in the VGM Foto collection, Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017213495/1m16-b145154-464] [accessed 30 June 2020]
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view of basin
Scene Description: Source caption: "Västergötland. Museets samlingar. Skål till dopfunt från Härlunda kyrka. Återlämnad 1933."
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Image Source: detail of a digital image [1M16-B145154:465] of an undated B&W photograph in the VGM Foto collection, Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017213495/1m16-b145154-465] [accessed 30 June 2020]
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view of basin
Scene Description: Source caption: "Västergötland. Museets samlingar. Skål till dopfunt från Härlunda kyrka. Återlämnad 1933."
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Image Source: detail of a digital image [1M16-B145154:466] of an undated B&W photograph in the VGM Foto collection, Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017213495/1m16-b145154-466] [accessed 30 June 2020]
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view of basin
Scene Description: Source caption: "Västergötland. Museets samlingar. Skål till dopfunt från Härlunda kyrka. Återlämnad 1933."
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Image Source: detail of a digital image [1M16-B145154:467] of an undated B&W photograph in the VGM Foto collection, Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017213495/1m16-b145154-467] [accessed 30 June 2020]
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view of basin in context
![Source caption: "Dopfunt, medeltida (ursprungligen från Härlunda kyrka). Foto av teckning ur P.A. Säves Berättelse 1863." [NB: the text by the drawing in the source informs that the basin is made of soapstone and that it measures 17 inches [=tumm] tall and 21 inches across]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0200630040_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt, medeltida (ursprungligen från Härlunda kyrka). Foto av teckning ur P.A. Säves Berättelse 1863." [NB: the text by the drawing in the source informs that the basin is made of soapstone and that it measures 17 inches [=tumm] tall and 21 inches across]
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Image Source: digital image [2902-017.tif] of a 1863 drawing by P.A. Säves, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Härlunda,_Bjärklunda_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200152355.jpg] [accessed 30 June 2020]
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view of church exterior - northwest view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 August 2011 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bjärklunda_kyrka_Sweden_02.jpg] [accessed 30 June 2020]
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view of church exterior - south view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kyrkan från söder. Tryck av teckning av Ernst Wennerblad. 1881."
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Image Source: digital image [2902-001.tif] of a 22 July 1881 drawing by Ernst Wnnerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Härlunda,_Bjärklunda_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200152302.jpg] [accessed 30 June 2020]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 August 2011 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bjärklunda_kyrka_Sweden_01.jpg] [accessed 30 June 2020]
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view of church exterior in context - southwest view
Scene Description: the ruins of Härlunda gamla kyrka excavated in 2005-2007
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Image Source: digital photograph taken ca. 2018 by Kontrastfoto, Ljungby, in Catharina Henriksson's Härlunda ödekyrkoplats, RAÄ nr 1Härlunda socken, Skara kommun, Västergötlands museum Rapport 2018:5 https://shfstor.blob.core.windows.net/harlunda-bjarka/uploads/file/Rapport_2018_5.pdf [accessed 30 June 2020]
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view of church interior
![the square font originally from Härlunda kyrka is partially visible at the far [east] end, [right] south side](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1200630046_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the square font originally from Härlunda kyrka is partially visible at the far [east] end, [right] south side
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 August 2011 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bjärklunda_kyrka_Sweden_10.jpg] [accessed 30 June 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east
![Source caption: "Interiör mot väster. Före restaurering." [NB: looking east in the interior of Bjärklunda kyrka before the [????] restoration; the font partially visible in the foreground is the second of two fonts from Härlunda gamla kyrka [cf. FontNotes]]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0200630045_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Interiör mot väster. Före restaurering." [NB: looking east in the interior of Bjärklunda kyrka before the [????] restoration; the font partially visible in the foreground is the second of two fonts from Härlunda gamla kyrka [cf. FontNotes]]
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Image Source: digital image [2902-014.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Axel Forssén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Härlunda,_Bjärklunda_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200152338.jpg] [accessed 30 June 2020]
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view of church interior - looking west
![Source caption: "Interiör mot väster. Före restaurering." [NB: looking west in the interior of Bjärklunda kyrka before the [????] restoration; the font partially visible in the foreground is the second of two fonts from Härlunda gamla kyrka [cf. FontNotes]]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0200630044_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Interiör mot väster. Före restaurering." [NB: looking west in the interior of Bjärklunda kyrka before the [????] restoration; the font partially visible in the foreground is the second of two fonts from Härlunda gamla kyrka [cf. FontNotes]]
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Image Source: digital image [2902-010.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Axel Forssén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Härlunda,_Bjärklunda_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200152332.jpg] [accessed 30 June 2020]
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view of font
Scene Description: the square font originally from Härlunda kyrka seen here in Bjärklunda kyrka
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nasko, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 August 2011 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bjärklunda_kyrka_Sweden_07.jpg] [accessed 30 June 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.: 920528F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920528F2#]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: the square font originally from Härlunda kyrka is partially visible here in the foreground
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nasko, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 7 August 2011 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bjärklunda_kyrka_Sweden_10.jpg] [accessed 30 June 2020]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 22772HAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Bjärklunda kyrka [originally from Härlunda kyrka]
Church Location: [NB: address and coordinates are for the later church at Bjärklunda] Bjärklunda kyrby, Skara V, 532 94 Skara, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 511 265 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Skaraborgs län
Directions to Site: Bjärklunda is located off road 184, in the municipality of Skara and about 10 km S of it and of the E20
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Skånings härad [for Härlunda and Bjärklunda]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes and ImagesArea]
Century and Period: 12th century (mid?), Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Bolumgruppen [SHM]
Cognate Fonts: the font at Bolum
Church Notes: original churches at Härlunda and Bjärka 12thC; both were demolished when new church was built in the late-18thC at Bjärklunda with materials from the two medieval churches it replaced; the site of the demolished old church was excavated in 2005-2007
Font Notes:
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When the two hamlets of Bjärka and Härlunda merged into one village named Bjärklunda in the 1780s their two medieval churches were demolished and a new one was built for Bjärklunda using some of the materials; the medieval font originally from Härlunda was installed in the chancel of the new church; the second medieval font, a plain hemispherical basin, went into the 'vapenhuset' of the new church. An 1863 drawing of the basin originally from Härlunda by P.A. Säves [cf. ImagesArea] includes text which identifies the material as soapstone [cf. infra] and gives some measurements of the basin. That carved medieval font originally from Härlunda is notd and illustrated in Hallbäck (1971). It is also noted and illustrated in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920528F2] as a Bolumgruppen baptismal font made of sandstone [cf. supra] in the mid-12th century. A report on the excavation of the demolished medieval church of Härlunda is available at https://shfstor.blob.core.windows.net/harlunda-bjarka/uploads/file/Rapport_2018_5.pdf [accessed 30 June 2020]; among other findings the report notes that the base of the medieval font was found in the ruins, towards the east end of the nave, by the chancel, south side, and that the base was eventually moved to the new church [="Ett fundament till en dopfunt hittades i övergången mellan långhuset och koret på den södra sidan (se fig. 23). Överdelen har måtten 45 x 45 cm ochuttömningshålet är cirka 9 cm stort. Basen är cirka 85 cm. Fundamentet är något skadat på överdelen. Gyllenhaal har en avbildning i sina anteckningar (se fig. 25). Sannolikt är det fråga om det här fundamentet. Varför den läm-nats här kan kanske bero på att den är skadad. Under medeltiden bör den ha stått i långhusets västra del, framför ingången. I mitten av långhusets västra del ligger ett flertal stenar i en samling som kan ha varit den ursprungligaplatsen för dopfunten. Enligt Holmberg var det vanligt att dopfunten var pla-cerad på det viset i den romanska kyrkan (Holmberg s. 30). Det påträffade fundamentet har flyttats till Bjärklunda kyrka"]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.314, 13.442
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 18′ 50.4″ N, 13° 26′ 31.2″ E
UTM: 33V 408720 6464726
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone? / soapstone?
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage Notes: no lining
Basin Total Height: 43.18 cm* / 41 cm***
Height of Base: [cf. FontNotes]
Font Height (less Plinth): 76 cm**
Square Base Dimensions: [cf. FontNotes]
Trapezoidal Basin: 53.34 cm* / 52 cm** / 50 x 50 cm***
Notes on Measurements: * in inches in P.A. Säves, 1863 [cf. ImagesArea] / ** Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920528F2] / *** Catharina Henriksson's Härlunda ödekyrkoplats, RAÄ nr 1Härlunda socken, Skara kommun, Västergötlands museum Rapport 2018:5 https://shfstor.blob.core.windows.net/harlunda-bjarka/uploads/file/Rapport_2018_5.pdf [accessed 30 June 2020]