Hovby / Hofby

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design element - motifs - flat moulding

Scene Description: a very tall one

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920518F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920518F2#] [accessed 8 July 2020]

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design element - motifs - knob or spur - 4

Scene Description: at the corners of the square lower base

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920518F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920518F2#] [accessed 8 July 2020]

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design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: it is actually a separte piece from the basin and lower base [cf. FontNotes]

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920518F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920518F2#] [accessed 8 July 2020]

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view of church exterior - churchyard, cemetery - gravestone

Scene Description: Source caption: "Gravmonument av sandsten, 1100-talet, gavel med kors."

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Image Source: digital image [2724-039.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hovby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200158425.jpg] [accessed 8 July 2020]

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view of church exterior - churchyard, cemetery - gravestone - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Gravmonument av sandsten, 1100-talet, gavelkors, teckning av Sanfrid Welin, 1896."

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Image Source: digital image [2724-037.tif] of a 1896 drawing by Sanfrid Welin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hovby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200158420.jpg] [accessed 8 July 2020]

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view of church exterior - churchyard, cemetery - gravestone - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Gravmonument av sandsten, 1100-talet, gavelkors, teckning av Sanfrid Welin, 1896."

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Image Source: digital image [2724-036.tif] of a 1896 drawing by Sanfrid Welin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hovby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200158419.jpg] [accessed 8 July 2020]

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view of church exterior - churchyard, cemetery - tomb

Scene Description: Source caption: "Gravmonument av sandsten, 1100-talet."

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Image Source: digital image [2724-038.tif] of a 1896 B&W photograph by Sanfrid Welin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hovby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200158422.jpg] [accessed 8 July 2020]

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view of church exterior - churchyard, cemetery - tombstone - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Gravmonument av sandsten, 1100-talet, lockhäll, teckning av Sanfrid Welin, 1896."

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Image Source: digital image [2724-035.tif] of a 1896 drawing by Sanfrid Welin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hovby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200158416.jpg] [accessed 8 July 2020]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kyrkan från söder, teckning ur Peringskiölds Monumenta, avfotograferad."

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Image Source: digital image [2724-011.tif] of a late-17thC drawing in Peringskiöld's Monumenta [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hovby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200158369.jpg] [accessed 8 July 2020]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kyrkan från söder, efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad, 1895."

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Image Source: digital image [2724-002.tif] of a 8 July 1895 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hovby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200158349.jpg] [accessed 8 July 2020]

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view of church exterior - west portal

Scene Description: with a partial view of the interior -- photograph probably early 20thC

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Image Source: digital image [2724-014.tif] of an undated [early-20thC?] B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hovby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200158374.jpg] [accessed 8 July 2020]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100- eller 1200-talet."

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Image Source: digital image [2724-027.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hovby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200158404.jpg] [accessed 8 July 2020]

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view of font

Scene Description: notice a piece of the centre-ring standing on its own to the right of the font; it appears to be only about half of the whole -- Source caption: "Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100- eller 1200-talet."

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Image Source: digital image [2724-028.tif] of a 1897 B&W photograph by Sanfrid Welin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hovby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200158405.jpg] [accessed 8 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.: 920518F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920518F2#] [accessed 8 July 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: at the southeast end

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph by Barbro Thörn in Kyrkokartan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/058187/images/58187_33867012] [accessed 8 July 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22790HOV
Church/Chapel: Hovby kyrka
Church Location: Hovby kyrby, 531 92 Lidköping, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off (W) roads 187 and 44, in the municipality of Lidköping and 7 km SW of it
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SE corner
Century and Period: 13th century (early?), Late Romanesque
Church Notes: medieval [12thC?] church much modified later
Noted in Hallbäck (1971). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920518F2] as a baptismal font of sandastone made in the first half of the 13th century by a regional hand; made of three pieces. The font consists of a roughly hemispherical basin with a centre drain, a centre ring and a lower base of round-to-square shape. No font cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.4514, 13.1233
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 27′ 5.04″ N, 13° 7′ 23.88″ E
UTM: 33V 390478 6480496

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 3
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 73 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 91 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920518F2]

REFERENCES

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