Norra Vanga / Norra Vånga
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animal - bird - eagle - wings spread
Scene Description: looking rather heraldic
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920428F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920428F1#] [accessed 1 July 2020]
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animal - mammal - lion - passant
Scene Description: passant to the left
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Västergötlands museum, 2017
Image Source: digital image [1M16-B145154:288] of a 1935 B&W photograph by Sanfrid Welin, in the VGM Foto collection, in the Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017213299/i-vastergotlands-museums-samlingar-inv-nr-7-796] [accessed 1 July 2020]
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design element - motifs - floral or foliage
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Image Source: detail of a digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920428F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920428F1#] [accessed 1 July 2020]
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design element - motifs - plant or tree - acanthus
Scene Description: seen here on the right, behind the lion
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Västergötlands museum, 2017
Image Source: digital image [1M16-B145154:288] of a 1935 B&W photograph by Sanfrid Welin, in the VGM Foto collection, in the Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017213299/i-vastergotlands-museums-samlingar-inv-nr-7-796] [accessed 1 July 2020]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: just below the upper neck of the base block
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920428F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920428F1#] [accessed 1 July 2020]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920428F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920428F1#] [accessed 1 July 2020]
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human figure - male - crowned - right arm akimbo - left arm holding object - passant - 2
Scene Description: the two figures wear crowns; the one on the left appears to hold a money bag (?)
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920428F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920428F1#] [accessed 1 July 2020]
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scene [unidentified]
Scene Description: only the lower parts of the bodies are visible in the remaing fragment -- by the position of the feet it appears that two figures face each other, the arm of the one on the left reaching towards the other; at the extreme right the hind quarters of a quadruped
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Image Source: digital image [2898-019.tif] of an undated B&W photograph, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norra_Vånga_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200163263.jpg] [accessed 1 July 2020]
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view of church exterior - south view
![Source caption: "Norra Vånga kyrka [...] Kyrkan från söder, efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad, 1893."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0200701007_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Norra Vånga kyrka [...] Kyrkan från söder, efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad, 1893."
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Image Source: digital image [2898-001.tif] of a 20 February 1893 by Ernst Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norra_Vånga_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200163221.jpg] [accessed 1 July 2020]
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view of church exterior - south view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Norra Vånga kyrka i Skånings härad och sydväst om Skara i norra Västergötland."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © D.O.G.A., 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 August 2014 by D.O.G.A. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norra_Vånga_kyrka_01.jpg] [accessed 1 July 2020]
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view of church exterior in context - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joel Grafström, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 June 2018 by Joel Grafström [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norra_Vanga_kyrka_20180627.jpg] [accessed 1 July 2020]
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view of font
Scene Description: the damaged medieval font
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Image Source: digital image [2898-019.tif] of an undated B&W photograph, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norra_Vånga_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200163263.jpg] [accessed 1 July 2020]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Västergötlands museum, 2017
Image Source: digital image [1M16-B145154:456 ] of a 1935 B&W photograph by Sanfrid Welin. in the VGM Foto collection, in the Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017213486/i-vastergotlands-museums-samlingar-inv-nr-7-796] [accessed 1 July 2020]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Västergötlands museum, 2017
Image Source: digital image [1M16-B145154:288] of a 1935 B&W photograph by Sanfrid Welin, in the VGM Foto collection, in the Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017213299/i-vastergotlands-museums-samlingar-inv-nr-7-796] [accessed 1 July 2020]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Västergötlands museum, 2017
Image Source: digital image [1M16-B145154:265] of a 1922 B&W photograph by Sanfrid Welin, in the VGM Foto collection, in the Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017213274/i-vastergotlands-museums-samlingar-inv-nr-7796] [accessed 1 July 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.: 920428F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920428F1#] [accessed 1 July 2020]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: the later font seen here inside the church, looking north
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Image Source: digital image [2898-015.tif] of a 1955 B&W photograph by Adolf Niklasson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norra_Vånga_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200163248.jpg] [accessed 1 July 2020]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 22775VAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Museum and Inventory Number: Västergötlands museum, Skara
Church/Chapel: Norra Vånga kyrka
Church Location: Norra Vånga 2, 535 93 Kvänum, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located 7-8 km SE of Kvänum, 14-15 km E of Vara and in its municipality
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Skånings härad
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Date: ca. 1300?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: medieval [12th-13thC?] church demolished; present church 1876
Font Notes:
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In Hallbäck (1971) . Noted and illustrated in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920428F1] as a baptismal font made of sandstone ca. 1300, now [2003] in the Västergötlands museum, Skara; the SHM entry does not assign a workshop or group but remarks on the similarities with some of the Fröjelgruppen fonts. Almost the whole upper half of the cylindrical basin has disappeared; around the sides of the remaining fragment can be seen a lion (?) passant to the left, a number of acanthus plants or trees, a possible scene involving two facing persons, and one quadruped passant to the right; by contrast the round-to-square base has survived practically intact; it is decorated with large floral or foliage motifs at the angles; one side of the four has a large heraldic-looking eagle, while a pair of crowned (?) male figures follow each other, one arm akimbo, the other holding what looks like a money bag.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.2675, 13.270278
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 16′ 3″ N, 13° 16′ 13″ E
UTM: 33V 398528 6459795
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): 67 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 79 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920428F1]
REFERENCES
Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Skaraborg", 1971-1972, Västergötlands Fornminnesförenings Tidskrift, 1971-1972, pp. 39-357; p. 310