Forsby

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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Image Source: digital image [2803-104.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Otto Janse, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forsby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200155214.jpg] [accessed 20 July 2020]

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Scene Description: the church sits atop an Iron Age mound [storhög] 40-45 m in diameter and over three meters tall

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Harri Blomberg, 2006

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2006 by Harri Blomberg [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forsby_kyrka,_den_9_juni_2006,_bild_2.JPG] [accessed 20 July 2020]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Forsby kyrka. Kyrka, äldre, teckning ur Peringskiölds Monumenta, avfotograferad i färg. [...] End of the 17th century"

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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:Forsby_kyrka_-_Peringskiöld.jpg] [accessed 20 July 2020]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Forsby kyrka [...] Kyrkan och klockstapeln från sydöst, efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad, 1893."

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Image Source: digital image [2803-003.tif] of a 22 March 1893 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forsby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200154987.jpg] [accessed 20 July 2020]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © CTHOE, 2009

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 11 September 2009 by CTHOE [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schweden-Kirche_von_Forsby.jpg] [accessed 20 July 2020]

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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

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Image Source: digital image [2803-019.tif] of a 1936 B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forsby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200155060.jpg] [accessed 20 July 2020]

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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Forsby kyrka och sockenmagasin"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jan Norrman / Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet, 1990

Image Source: digital image [dhd12113] of a 12 April 1990 photograph by Jan Norman, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forsby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000300023475.jpg] [accessed 20 July 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: the top of the font is visible at the far [east] end of the nave, right [south] side, beneath the psalm board

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christian91, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph by Christian91, in Kyrkokartan.sve [www.kyrkokartan.se/057637/images/57637_17442031] [accessed 20 July 2020]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Västergötland. Forsby kyrka. Dopfunt."

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Image Source: digital image [1M16-B145110:717] of a 1913 B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the VGM Collection, Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017208686/1m16-b145110-717] [accessed 20 July 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the font photographed probably at the time of the renovation of the church -- Source caption: "Dopfunt av sandsten, från omkring 1200."

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Image Source: digital image [2803-104.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Otto Janse, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forsby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200155214.jpg] [accessed 20 July 2020]

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view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christian91, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph by Christian91, in Kyrkokartan.sve [www.kyrkokartan.se/057637/images/57637_17442031] [accessed 20 July 2020]

Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing

INFORMATION

FontID: 22809FOR
Church/Chapel: Forsby kyrka
Church Location: Forsby kyrkby, 541 92 Skövde, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 500 42 50 09
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off (NW) the O2898-194 crossroads, S of highway 49, in the municipality and about 5 km E of Skövde town centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Kåkinds härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, S side
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church Notes: consecrated 13 August 1135 according to an inscription ["i kyrkans korputs"]; re-built later in the medieval period; abandoned in the Reformation; restored in the 17thC; belfry added 1704; ceiling paintings by Johan Risberg, 1745;
No entry found for Forsby in Hildebrand (1864). Not listed in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld. Baptismal font of sandstome dated ca. 1200 in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forsby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200155214.jpg] [accessed 20 July 2020]; the font consists of a cylndrical basin with plain sides and curved underbowl, also plain, raised on a circular splaying base with a broad roll moulding at the top. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.3899, 13.937
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 23′ 23.64″ N, 13° 56′ 13.2″ E
UTM: 33V 437853 6472611

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