Suntak

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design element - motifs - arris

Scene Description: eight (?) sharp arrises betwenn the broad ribs

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920629F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920629F3#] [accessed 9 August 2020]

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: mouldings here serve as moulded bases for the added outed columns

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 18 July 2011 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suntaks_nya_kyrka_kyrka_Sweden_10.JPG] [accessed 9 August 2020]

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: mouldings here serve as moulded capitals for the added outed columns

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 18 July 2011 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suntaks_nya_kyrka_kyrka_Sweden_10.JPG] [accessed 9 August 2020]

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design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: eight (?) ribs, very broad at the top, tapering in towards the bottom

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Source caption: "En romansk kyrka, Suntaks gamla kyrka i Suntaks socken, f.d. Dimbo landskommun, Tidaholms kommun, Vartofta härad, f.d. Skaraborgs län, Skara stift, Västergötland, Västra Götalands län, Sverige."

Scene Description: Source caption: "En romansk kyrka, Suntaks gamla kyrka i Suntaks socken, f.d. Dimbo landskommun, Tidaholms kommun, Vartofta härad, f.d. Skaraborgs län, Skara stift, Västergötland, Västra Götalands län, Sverige."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 July 2012 by Achird [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suntaks_gamla_kyrka_6967.jpg] [accessed 9 August 2020]

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view of church exterior - south portal

Scene Description: Source caption: "Suntaks gamla kyrka [...] Sudportalen [...] 1948"

Image Source: digital image [9922-026.tif] of a 1948 B&W photograph taken by Iwar Anderson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suntaks_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200167526.jpg] [accessed 9 August 2020]

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Suntak's gamla kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst. Tryck efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad, 1894."

Image Source: digital image [9922-006.tif] of a 27 June 1894 drawing by Ernt Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suntaks_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200167502.jpg] [accessed 9 August 2020]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Suntaks gamla kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst [...] 1948"

Image Source: digital image [9922-016.tif] of a 1948 B&W photograph taken by Iwar Anderson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suntaks_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200167512.jpg] [accessed 9 August 2020]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Suntaks gamla kyrka"

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 April 2008 by Tor Svensson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suntaks_gamla_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 9 August 2020]

Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated

view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Suntaks gamla kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster [...] 1899"

Image Source: digital image [9922-042.tif] of a 1899 B&W photograph taken by Ludgig Ericson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suntaks_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200167547.jpg] [accessed 9 August 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Suntaks gamla kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster. Före restaurering [...] 1947"

Image Source: digital image [9922-051.tif] of a 1947 B&W photograph taken by Olle Hellström, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suntaks_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200167558.jpg] [accessed 9 August 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

the interior of the new church; the font is visble, covered with a white cloth, near the heating stove, in the southeast corner -- Source caption: "Suntaks [nya] kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster, från läktaren."

Scene Description: the interior of the new church; the font is visble, covered with a white cloth, near the heating stove, in the southeast corner -- Source caption: "Suntaks [nya] kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster, från läktaren."

Image Source: digital image [2496-003.tif] of an undated B&W photograph, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suntaks_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200167615.jpg] [accessed 9 August 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

Source caption: "Interiör i Suntaks gamla kyrka i Suntaks socken i Tidaholms kommun i Vartofta härad i f.d. Skaraborgs län i Skara stift i Västergötland i Sverige."

Scene Description: Source caption: "Interiör i Suntaks gamla kyrka i Suntaks socken i Tidaholms kommun i Vartofta härad i f.d. Skaraborgs län i Skara stift i Västergötland i Sverige."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 August 2009 by Gunnar Creutz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suntaks_gamla_kyrka_Interior_2009-08-01_Bild_1.jpg] [accessed 9 August 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

the top of the medieval font can be seen here, at the far [east] end of the nave of the new church, tight [south] side -- Source caption: "Suntaks nya kyrka i Tidaholms kommun (Skara stift)."

Scene Description: the top of the medieval font can be seen here, at the far [east] end of the nave of the new church, tight [south] side -- Source caption: "Suntaks nya kyrka i Tidaholms kommun (Skara stift)."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2011 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suntaks_nya_kyrka_kyrka_Sweden_07.JPG] [accessed 9 August 2020]

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view of church interior - looking west

Source caption: "Suntaks gamla kyrka är en kyrkobyggnad från mitten av 1100-talet som tillhör Valstads församling tidigare Suntaks församling i Skara stift. Kyrkan är belägen i Tidaholms kommun."

Scene Description: Source caption: "Suntaks gamla kyrka är en kyrkobyggnad från mitten av 1100-talet som tillhör Valstads församling tidigare Suntaks församling i Skara stift. Kyrkan är belägen i Tidaholms kommun."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 August 2016 by Helen Simonsson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suntaks_gamla_kyrka_interiör_2016_Sverige.jpg] [accessed 9 August 2020]

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view of font

the medieval font photographed in the old church, before its removal to the new church after 1902 -- Source caption: "Suntaks kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten(?), 1100-talet.[...] 1891"

Scene Description: the medieval font photographed in the old church, before its removal to the new church after 1902 -- Source caption: "Suntaks kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten(?), 1100-talet.[...] 1891"

Image Source: digital image [2496-012.tif] of a 1891 B&W photograph by Sanfrid Welin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suntaks_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200167629.jpg] [accessed 9 August 2020]

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of font

Scene Description: the medieval font photographed in the old church, before its removal to the new church after 1902 -- Source caption: "Suntaks kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten(?), 1100-talet"

Image Source: digital image [2496-013.tif] of an undated B&W photograph, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suntaks_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200167630.jpg] [accessed 9 August 2020]

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of font

Scene Description: the medieval font in the new church -- Source caption: "Suntaks nya kyrka i Tidaholms kommun (Skara stift)."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2011 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suntaks_nya_kyrka_kyrka_Sweden_10.JPG] [accessed 9 August 2020]

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view of font

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view of font in context

the medieval font already located in the new church that had been consecrated in 1902; the font and the heating stove seen here next to it were located in the southeast corner of the nave -- Source caption: "Suntak [...] Interiör [...] I nya kyrkan [...] 1918 Fotograf Roland, Anders"

Scene Description: the medieval font already located in the new church that had been consecrated in 1902; the font and the heating stove seen here next to it were located in the southeast corner of the nave -- Source caption: "Suntak [...] Interiör [...] I nya kyrkan [...] 1918 Fotograf Roland, Anders"

Image Source: digital image [1M16-B145110 229] of a 1918 photograph by Anders Roland, in the VGM Foto collection, Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017208038/1m16-b145110-229] [accessed 9 August 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22841SUN

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Suntaks gamla kyrka

Church Location: [NB: address and coordinates given are for the old church] Suntak Sofiero 2, 522 92 Tidaholm, Sweden

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län

Directions to Site: Located off (S) road 193, E of highway 26, 7 km SW of Tidaholm and in its municipality [NB: the old church is about 300 yards N of the new church]

Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift

Historical Region: Vartofta härad, Skaraborgs län

Font Location in Church: [now in the new church]

Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque

Church Notes: mid-12thC(?) church; oldest mural paintings probably late-15thC; planned for demolition at the time of the new 1902 church building, it was saved and has remained in use, but the old font was restored and transferred to the new church, where it is still in use

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted in Hallbäck (1971) where it appears illustrated as it did in previous sources, without the columnar extensions [cf. infra]. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920629F3] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the 13th century, a font, rematks the SHN entry, without parallel in Sweden fonts ["funtens form helt unik i det svenska materialet"]; the SHN entry cites Hallbäck [cf. supra] and further notes the difference between the earlier appearance of the font and the present reconstruction. Late-19th century photographs show the medieval font still in use in the old parish church [the new one was condecrated in 1902]; the font appears to consist of a basin resting directly on a lower base; the basin is round and tapering, with very broad rib-like protrusions, also tapering in toward the bottom and ending in roll mouldings; between the ribs are sharp arris-like protrusions; ; these mouldings rested on similar mouldings on the lower base, which was also multi-lobed shaped. The reconstructed font, however, has had cylindrical columns fitted between the upper and lower mouldings, plus a broad central shaft beneath the underbowl; it is not clear whether the outer columns were recovered or newly made, but the central shaft is clearly modern. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.1288, 13.8687

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 7′ 43.68″ N, 13° 52′ 7.32″ E

UTM: 33V 433372 6443609

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone

Number of Pieces: [cf. FontNotes]

Font Shape: multi-lobed (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: multi-lobed

Drainage Notes: no lining

Diameter (includes rim): 67 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 84 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920629F3] [height includes later additions [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Skaraborg", 1971-1972, Västergötlands Fornminnesförenings Tidskrift, 1971-1972, pp. 39-357; p. 332