Algutstorp

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design element - motifs - flat moulding - parallel - 2

Scene Description: with a palmette vine in between

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920611F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920611F2] [accessed 2 August 2020]

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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.: 920611F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920611F2] [accessed 2 August 2020]

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920611F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920611F2] [accessed 2 August 2020]

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design element - motifs - vine - palmette

Scene Description: this side of the basin has retained its raw stone colour

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920611F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920611F2] [accessed 2 August 2020]

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view of basin

Scene Description: the repainted side of the basin

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Image Source: detail of a digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920611F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920611F2] [accessed 2 August 2020]

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Algutstorps kyrka utanför Vårgårda, Sverige"

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 April 2011 by Höstblomma [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Algutstorps_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 2 August 2020]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Algustorps kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst. Teckning ur Ernst Wennerblads "Skara stifts kyrkor"."

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Image Source: digital image [2451-001.tif] of a 10 July 1888 drawing by Ernst Wennerbald, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Algutstorps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200151580.jpg] [accessed 2 August 2020]

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view of church interior

Scene Description: the medieval font is semi-hidden here on the left [north] side, by the pulpit stairs; the photograph was probably taken before the 1950 restoration of the church

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Image Source: digital image [2451-021.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Sölve Gardell, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Algutstorps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200151618.jpg] [accessed 2 August 2020]

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view of church interior - looking west

Scene Description: the medieval font seen here after the 1950 restoration of the church, at the east end, just right [south] of the communion railing -- Source caption: "Algutstorps kyrka [...] Interiör mot väster. Efter restaurering."

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Image Source: digital image [2451-009.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Axel Forssén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Algutstorps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200151595.jpg] [accessed 2 August 2020]

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view of font

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Image Source: digital image [2451-033.tif] of a 1917 B&W photograph by Anders Rolan, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Algutstorps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200151638.jpg] [accessed 2 August 2020]

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view of font

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Image Source: digital image [2451-034.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Sölve Gardell, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Algutstorps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200151639.jpg] [accessed 2 August 2020]

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view of font

Scene Description: the SHM entry notes that this side of the basin has been repainted

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920611F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920611F2] [accessed 2 August 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the medieval font seen here after the 1950 restoration of the church, at the east end, just right [south] of the communion railing -- Source caption: "Algutstorps kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster och koret. Efter restaurering."

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Image Source: digital image [2451-010.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Axel Forssén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Algutstorps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200151596.jpg] [accessed 2 August 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the medieval font seen here after the 1950 restoration of the church, at the east end, just right [south] of the communion railing -- Source caption: "Algutstorps kyrka [...] Interiör mot sydöst. Efter restaurering."

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Image Source: digital image [2451-013.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Axel Forssén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Algutstorps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200151607.jpg] [accessed 2 August 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22825ALG
Church/Chapel: Algutstorps kyrka
Church Location: Algutstorps kyrkby, 447 94 Vårgårda, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off (E) road 42, E of highway E20, in the municipality and about 1 km S of Vårgårda, about 30 km N of Borås
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Kullings härad
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: ca. 1200(?) church; re-built mid-18thC; restored 1950
Noted in Hallbäck (1963). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920611F2] as a baptismal font made of sandstone ca. 1200 by a regional hand; the SHM remarks that a side of the basin has been repainted [="den del av cuppan som vänder ut mot kyrkan är sekundärt målad i en murrig jugendfärgskala"]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.017861, 12.817722
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 1′ 4.3″ N, 12° 49′ 3.8″ E
UTM: 33V 371085 6432781

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): 68 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 78 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920611F2]

REFERENCES

Hallbäck, Sven Axel, Medeltida dopfuntar i Älvsborgs läns norra Västgötadel: Medeltida dopfuntar i Älvsborgs läns norra Västgötadel, 1963