Molltorp / Mölltorp

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design element - motifs - flat moulding - parellel - 2

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920509F2] [ http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920509F2#] [accessed 2 August 2020]

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design element - motifs - plant or tree - 8

Scene Description: described in the SHM entry as eight highly-stylised Trees of Life [=åtta starkt stiliserade livsträd"]

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920509F2] [ http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920509F2#] [accessed 2 August 2020]

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920509F2] [ http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920509F2#] [accessed 2 August 2020]

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920509F2] [ http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920509F2#] [accessed 2 August 2020]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Mölltorps kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst. Tryck efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad 1899."

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Image Source: digital image [2918-001.tif] of a 24 May 1899 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mölltorps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200162729.jpg] [accessed 2 August 2020]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 July 2009 by Ulf Klingström [Ulkl] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mölltorps_kyrka_ext4.jpg] [accessed 2 August 2020]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 July 2009 by Ulf Klingström [Ulkl] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mölltorps_kyrka_ext1.jpg] [accessed 2 August 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: the top of the painted font can be discerned among the benches on the left [north] side, beneath the painting and scutcheons on that wall

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Image Source: digital image [2918-030.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mölltorps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200162792.jpg] [accessed 2 August 2020]

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view of font

Scene Description: the painted medieval font; photograph taken before the 1938-1943 renovation, when the paint was removed

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Image Source: digital image [2918-046.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Otto Janse, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mölltorps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200162808.jpg] [accessed 2 August 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.: 920509F2] [ http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920509F2#] [accessed 2 August 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: at this time the font was painted all over -- Source caption: "Mölltorps kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, 1200-talet, målad i vitt och grönt."

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Image Source: digital image [2918-033.tif] of a 1916(?) B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mölltorps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200162795.jpg] [accessed 2 August 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the font must have been cleaned of the earlier paint during the 1938-1942 renovation of the church

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Image Source: digital image [2918-044.tif] of a 1943 B&W photograph by Olle Hellström, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mölltorps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200162806.jpg] [accessed 2 August 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the painted medieval font about half-way down the north side of the nave; photograph taken before the 1938-1943 renovation, when the paint was removed

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Image Source: digital image [2918-045.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mölltorps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200162805.jpg] [accessed 2 August 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22824MOL
Church/Chapel: Mölltorps kyrka
Church Location: Kyrkvägen 25, 546 72 Mölltorp, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 505 174 50
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off local road O3037, N of highway 49, in the municipality and 7-8 km SW of Karlsborg
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Vadsbo härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the southeast end of the nave [for a time in the nave, north side]
Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque / Transitional?
Church Notes: late-13thC(?) church; modified 15th, 17th, 18thC; restored 19thC and 1938-1942
Noted in Hallbäck (1971). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920509F2] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the 13th century by a regional hand; it is decorated with eight plants or trees around the basin sides; on a round pedestal base with mouldings; at the time the SHM reported no traces of paint on it, even though the font appears painted all over in a 1916 photograph of the interior by Anders Roland [cf. ImagesArea]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.494292, 14.406458
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 29′ 39.45″ N, 14° 24′ 23.25″ E
UTM: 33V 465401 6483896

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): 60 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 96 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920509F2]

REFERENCES

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