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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches

Scene Description: very simplified arcade; alternating the arches with support and those without

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920520F1] [accessed 9 August 2020]

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: much eroded now

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920520F1] [accessed 9 August 2020]

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Strö kyrka [...] Kyrkan från söder, efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad, 1888."

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Image Source: digital image [2742-001.tif] of a 13 September 1888 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strö_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200167464.jpg] [accessed 9 August 2020]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Strö kyrka [...] Kyrkan från söder, teckning i Peringskiölds Monumenta, avfotograferad."

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Image Source: digital image [2742-004.tif] of a drawing in Peringskiöld's Monumenta, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strö_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200167467.jpg] [accessed 9 August 2020]

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view of church exterior - west façade

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Wigulf, 2006

Image Source: digital photograph 21 July 2006 by Wigulf [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strö_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 10 August 2020]

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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Strö kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bengt A Lundberg / Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph [D206290] taken 7 May 2008 by Bengt A Lundberg, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strö_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000033844.jpg] [accessed 9 August 2020]

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view of church exterior in context -- southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Strö kyrka i bildens nedre del."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jan Norrman / Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet, 1993

Image Source: digital image [dee18084] of a 18 May 1993 photograph by Jan Norman, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strö_-_KMB_-_16000300023443.jpg] [accessed 9 August 2020]

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view of church interior - chancel

Scene Description: the medieval font is partially visible on the left [south] side

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Image Source: digital image [2742-033.tif] of a September 1921 B&W photograph by G.S. Ander, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strö_-_KMB_-_16000200167501.jpg] [accessed 9 August 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Strö kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster [...] between 1 September 1921 and 30 September 1921"

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Image Source: digital image [2742-032.tif] of a September 1921 B&W photograph by G.S. Ander, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strö_-_KMB_-_16000200167498.jpg] [accessed 9 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.: 920520F1] [accessed 9 August 2020]

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view of font - elevation and section

Scene Description: Source caption: "Strö kyrka [...] Dopfunt, medeltida, uppmätning av Anders Roland, 1911."

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Image Source: digital image [2742-043.tif] of a 1911 drawing by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strö_-_KMB_-_16000200167548.jpg] [accessed 9 August 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Strö kyrka [...] Dopfunt, medeltida."

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Image Source: digital image [2742-044.tif] of a 1911 B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strö_-_KMB_-_16000200167550.jpg] [accessed 9 August 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22842STR
Church/Chapel: Strö kyrka
Church Location: Strö kyrkby, N, Lidköping, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 510 48 40 80
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off (W) local road O2578, on the Kålland peninsula, 14-15 km NW of Lidköping and in its municipality
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Kållands härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, S side [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 13th century (early?), Late Romanesque / Transitional?
Church Notes: late-12thC church; much modified since; burned down 1 April 1919; restored thereafter
Ernst Fischer's entry in Sveriges kyrkor (Västergötland, Bd. 1, 1922: 95) reports it in the churchyard at the time and gives some measurements, as well as a 1911 photograph by Anders Roland. Noted in Hallbäck (1971). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920520F1] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the first half of the 13th century by a regional hand. The font consists of a roughly cylindrical basin with a simplified arcade of round arches, alternating those with support and those without; plain underbowl chamfer; round-to-square lower base, the roll moulding atop much worn now. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.581936, 13.070958
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 34′ 54.97″ N, 13° 4′ 15.45″ E
UTM: 33V 387841 6495113

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): 69 cm* / 70 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 73 cm* / 79 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Fischer (Västergötland, Bd. 1, 1922) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920520F1]

REFERENCES

Fischer, Ernst, Sveriges kyrkor: Västergötland, Stockholm: G. Tisell, 1922-1975
Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Skaraborg", 1971-1972, Västergötlands Fornminnesförenings Tidskrift, 1971-1972, pp. 39-357; r["References"]