Kungslena / Lena

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design element - motifs - moulding

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920630F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920630F1#] [accessed 11 July 2020]

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design element - motifs - moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920630F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920630F1#] [accessed 11 July 2020]

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design element - motifs - palmette - fan palmette

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920630F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920630F1#] [accessed 11 July 2020]

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design element - motifs - rope moulding - parallel - 2

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920630F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920630F1#] [accessed 11 July 2020]

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view of basin

Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt, 1100-talet. Foto efter teckning av Gustaf Brusewitz."

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Image Source: digital image [2866-114.tif] of an undated drawing by Gustaf Brusewitz, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kungslena_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200160586.jpg] [accessed 11 July 2020]

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Harri Blomberg, 2006

Image Source: digital photograph 23 August 2006 by Harri Blomberg [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kungslena_kyrka,_den_23_aug_2006,_bild_12.jpg] [accessed 11 July 2020]

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view of church exterior - portal - detail

Scene Description: remains of the medieval church?

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Harri Blomberg, 2006

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 23 August 2006 by Harri Blomberg [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kungslena_kyrka,_den_23_aug_2006,_bild_2.jpg] [accessed 11 July 2020]

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view of church exterior - south view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Strummer, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 June 2011 by Strummer [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kungslena.jpg] [accessed 11 July 2020]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kungslena kyrka. Kyrka, äldre, teckning ur Peringskiölds Monumenta, avfotograferad i färg."

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Image Source: digital image of a late-17thC drawing in Peringskiöld's Monumenta, in the Kungl. Biblioteket Peringskiöld, Johan, Monumenta Sveo-Gothorum. 9 : Monumenta per Westrogothiam, Scaniam, Hallandiam, Blekingiam [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kungslena_kyrka_-_Peringskiöld.jpg] [accessed 11 July 2020]

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view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kungslena kyrka 1874"

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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Märkligare svenska kyrkor (Kjellberg & Åström, 1874), in Umeå universitetsbibliotek 2012 [http://libris.kb.se/bib/12755382?vw=full] [accessed 11 July 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: showing some of the mid-18th and mid-19thC paintings

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Image Source: digital image [2866-056.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Samuel Lindskog, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kungslena_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200160422.jpg] [accessed 11 July 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 May 2011 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kungslena_kyrka_Västergötland_Sweden_1.jpg] [accessed 11 July 2020]

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view of church interior - painting - detail

Scene Description: Risbergh was commissioned to paint the interior of the church in the mid-18thC

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 May 2011 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kungslena_kyrka_Västergötland_Sweden_3.jpg] [accessed 11 July 2020]

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view of church interior - painting - detail

Scene Description: unfortunately most of the the late-15thC mural paintings were covered by the later ones of the mid-18th and mid-19thC

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Harri Blomberg, 2006

Image Source: digital photograph 23 August 2006 by Harri Blomberg [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kungslena_kyrka,_den_23_aug_2006,_bild_7.jpg] [accessed 11 July 2020]

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view of church interior - sacristy - door

Scene Description: the 13thC(?) door into the sacristy -- Source caption: "Sakristians dörr har ett vackert handtag i järnsmide som föreställer Sankt Göran och draken. Utifrån modellen på riddarens hätta har man daterat dörren till sent 1200-tal. Nyckelskyltens övre spets är omformad till ett krönt huvud - prinsessans"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Harri Blomberg, 2006

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 23 August 2006 by Harri Blomberg [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kungslena_kyrka,_den_23_aug_2006,_bild_4.jpg] [accessed 11 July 2020]

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view of church interior - sacristy - door - lock - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Beslag av järn på sakristiedörren, föreställande S:t Göran och draken."

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Image Source: digital image [2866-039.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Samuel Lindskog, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kungslena_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200160402.jpg] [accessed 11 July 2020]

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view of church interior - sacristy - door - lock - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Beslag av järn på sakristiedörren, föreställande S:t Göran och draken."

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Image Source: digital image [2866-042.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by E. Lundberg, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kungslena_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200160405.jpg] [accessed 11 July 2020]

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view of church interior - sacristy - door - lock - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Beslag av järn på sakristiedörren, föreställande S:t Göran och draken."

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Image Source: digital image [2866-045.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Iwar Anderson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kungslena_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200160408.jpg] [accessed 11 July 2020]

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view of font

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Image Source: digital image [2866-012.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kungslena_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200160582.jpg] [accessed 11 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 the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920630F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920630F1#] [accessed 11 July 2020]

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view of font in context

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Image Source: digital image [2866-113.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Iwar Anderson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kungslena_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200160584.jpg] [accessed 11 July 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22795KUN
Church/Chapel: Kungslena kyrka
Church Location: Kungslena kyrkby, V, Tidaholm, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off local road O2878, W of highway 26, in the municipality and about 10 km NW of Tidaholm, 15 km SSW of Skövde
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Vartofta härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, E end, S side
Date: ca. 1170?
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Mäster Harald? / Skaragruppen [SHM] / Skalundagruppen
Church Notes: 12th-13thC much expanded and modified since; late-15thC mural paintings; additional paintings mid-18th and mid-19thC;
Noted in Hallbäck (1971). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920630F1] as a Skaragruppen baptismal font made of sandstone in the second half of the 12th century. The font consists of a cylindrical basin with a plain tall chamfer, raised on a moulded circular base; the sides of the basin are decorated with a band of fan-palmette motif framed by two parallel rope mouldings. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.2275, 13.805278
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 13′ 39″ N, 13° 48′ 19″ E
UTM: 33V 429832 6454661

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: rp
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 71 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 76 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920630F1]

REFERENCES

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