Norra Åsarp / Åsarp-Smula
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design element - motifs - flat moulding
Scene Description: at the very bottom of the stem
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Image Source: digital image [2511-010.tif] of a 1924 B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Åsarp-Smula_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200163294.jpg] [accessed 3 August 2020]
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design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: much damaged / eroded now
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Image Source: digital image [2511-010.tif] of a 1924 B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Åsarp-Smula_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200163294.jpg] [accessed 3 August 2020]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
Scene Description: about halfway down the stem
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Image Source: digital image [2511-010.tif] of a 1924 B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Åsarp-Smula_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200163294.jpg] [accessed 3 August 2020]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding - parallel - 2
Scene Description: like the whole font, very irregular work
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Image Source: digital image [2511-010.tif] of a 1924 B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Åsarp-Smula_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200163294.jpg] [accessed 3 August 2020]
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view of church exterior - northeast view
![Source caption: "Åsarp-Smula kyrka [...] Kyrkan från nordöst, efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad, 1897."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0200803005_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Åsarp-Smula kyrka [...] Kyrkan från nordöst, efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad, 1897."
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Image Source: digital image [2511-001.tif] of a 2 November 1897 drawing by Ernst Wemmerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Åsarp-Smula_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200163285.jpg] [accessed 3 August 2020]
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view of church exterior - northwest view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 August 2010 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Åsarp-Smula_kyrka_Västergötland_Sweden_2.JPG] [accessed 3 August 2020]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © An-d, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 September 2011 by An-d [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Åsarp-Smula_kyrka3.jpg] [accessed 3 August 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east
![the top of the medieval font is discernible on the left [north] side, by the stairs to the pulpit](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1200803010_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the top of the medieval font is discernible on the left [north] side, by the stairs to the pulpit
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 August 2010 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Åsarp-Smula_kyrka_Västergötland_Sweden_4.JPG] [accessed 3 August 2020]
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view of font
Scene Description: the large repair to the basin side is visible here
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Image Source: digital image [2511-011.tif] of a 1941 B&W photograph by Lars-Erik Bergström, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Åsarp-Smula_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200163295.jpg] [accessed 3 August 2020]
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view of font and baptismal dish in context
Scene Description: the small round plinth is modern; the large repair to the basin is visible here -- Source caption; "1200-talsdopfunten som tillhört Smula kyrka"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Barbro Thörn in Kyrkokartan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/056606/images/56606_91348519] [accessed 3 August 2020]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: the large repair to the basin side is visible here
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2511-010.tif] of a 1924 B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Åsarp-Smula_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200163294.jpg] [accessed 3 August 2020]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 22826ASA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Norra Åsarps kyrka [aka Åsarp-Smula kyrka] [font originally from Smula demolished church]
Church Location: [NB: address & coordinates are for the new church] 521 70 Åsarp, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off highway 46, in the municipality and 15-20 km S of Falköping
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: original church 12thC; demolished 1829; new church 1830; demolished; present church 1883; renovated 1939-1940
Font Notes:
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The present font in this modern church is medieval, said to be originally from the demolished church at nearby Smula; it was badly damaged and shows now extensive repairs, whole sections of the basin are new stone replacements; believed to have had a centre drain originally. No cover present. [NB: we have no information on the medieval font from the demolished 12th-century church at Norra Åsarp]. No entry found in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld for Norra Åsarp, Smula or Åsarp
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.0215, 13.5725
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 1′ 17.4″ N, 13° 34′ 21″ E
UTM: 33V 415676 6431995
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: [cf. FontNotes]