Stora Mellby
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design element - motifs - chevron or zigzag - nested
Scene Description: very irregularly rendered
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920702F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920702F2#] [accessed 4 July 2020]
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design element - motifs - flat moulding
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920702F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920702F2#] [accessed 4 July 2020]
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design element - motifs - groove - parallel - 2
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920702F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920702F2#] [accessed 4 July 2020]
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design element - motifs - varied
Scene Description: geometric, nested scallops, crude interlace, etc.
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920702F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920702F2#] [accessed 4 July 2020]
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design element - motifs - varied
Scene Description: rope, geometric, nested lozaenges, etc.
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920702F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920702F2#] [accessed 4 July 2020]
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design element - motifs - vine
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920702F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920702F2#] [accessed 4 July 2020]
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symbol - cross - Greek - pattée - in a circle
Scene Description: seen here surrounded by a variety of motifs
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920702F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920702F2#] [accessed 4 July 2020]
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symbol - cross - Greek - pattée - in a circle
Scene Description: seen here to the roight of a Latin cross
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920702F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920702F2#] [accessed 4 July 2020]
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symbol - cross - Latin - pattée
Scene Description: seen here to the left of an inscribed Greek cross
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920702F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920702F2#] [accessed 4 July 2020]
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view of basin
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt av sandsten, omkring 1100."
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Image Source: digital image [2780-020.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stora_Mellby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200167397.jpg] [accessed 4 July 2020]
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view of basin
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt av sandsten, omkring 1100."
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Image Source: digital image [2780-021.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stora_Mellby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200167398.jpg] [accessed 4 July 2020]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kyrkan från söder. Tryck av teckning av Ernst Wennerblad, 1887."
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Image Source: digital image [2780-002.tif] of a 14 July 1887 drawing by Ernst Wnnerbald, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stora_Mellby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200167372.jpg] [accessed 4 July 2020]
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view of church exterior in context - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © AB Flygtrafik / Kurt Olofsson, Åke Holmsten, Vänersborgs museum, 2014
Image Source: digital image [VMOL07083] of a 1973 photograph by AB Flygtrafik, in the VM Foto collection, Vänersborgs museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021015615830/stora-mellby-kyrka] [accessed 4 July 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east
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Image Source: digital image [2780-008.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stora_Mellby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200167381.jpg] [accessed 4 July 2020]
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view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt av sandsten, omkring 1100."
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Image Source: digital image [2780-019.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stora_Mellby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200167396.jpg] [accessed 4 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.: 920702F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920702F2#] [accessed 4 July 2020]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 22781MEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Stora Mellby kyrka
Church Location: Stora Mellby kyrby, Prästvägen, 466 94 Sollebrunn, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 322 837 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off (N) road 190, 4-5 km NE of Sollebrunn, in the municipality and 35-40 km N of Alingsås [part in Trollhättan]
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Bjärke härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the SE end of the nave
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: original church 12thC; much modified since, chiefly in the 18th and 19thC
Font Notes:
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Noted in Hallbäck (1963). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920702F2] as a baptismal font made of sandstone ca. 1200. The font consists of a roughly hemispherical basin on a round splaying base, also round; the basin has a broad flat moulding around the top, decorated with a vine; the sides are covered by a multitude of varied motifs and symbols (at least three crosses, two of them inscribed incircles), all around; the underbowl is patterned with nested chevrons; the lower base has a double groove incised all around; the workmanship is rather crude. No cover present.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.146111, 12.576667
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 8′ 46″ N, 12° 34′ 36″ E
UTM: 33V 357361 6447540
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 74 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 88 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920702F2]
REFERENCES
Hallbäck, Sven Axel, Medeltida dopfuntar i Älvsborgs läns norra Västgötadel: Medeltida dopfuntar i Älvsborgs läns norra Västgötadel, 1963