Hudene
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view of font in context
Scene Description: the medieval font in 1917; it would be badly damaged in the 1927 fire that practically destroyed the church; fifteen fragments are said to have survived [cf. FontNotes]
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Image Source: digital image [2427-011.tif] of a [1917] B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hudene_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200158368.jpg] [accessed 17 August 2020]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: this 1929 building was the fourth in the history of Hudene church, said to have been originally a wooden building of ca. 1050
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rikard Ågren, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 May 2014 by Rikard Ågren [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hudene_kyrka.JPG] [accessed 17 August 2020]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
![Source caption: "Hudene kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst. Tryck av teckning av Ernst Wennerblad, 1888."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0200817008_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Hudene kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst. Tryck av teckning av Ernst Wennerblad, 1888."
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Image Source: digital image [2427-001.tif] of a 25 July 1888 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hudene_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200158352.jpg] [accessed 17 August 2020]
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design element - motifs - moulding - parallel
Scene Description: as seen in the surviving 1917 photograph
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Image Source: digital image [2427-011.tif] of a [1917] B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hudene_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200158368.jpg] [accessed 17 August 2020]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 22853HUD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Font Date: ca. 1200?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Hudene kyrka
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: wooden church ca. 1050 (?) replaced early-14thC by stone building; old church demolished and new one built 1856; renovated 1914; burned down 1927; new church 1929; restored 1983
Church Address: Hudene Stommen 1, 524 92 Herrljunga, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 513 201 00
Site Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off local road O1933, in the municipality and 4-5 km SE of Herrljunga, about 50 km NNE of Borås
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Gäsene härad
Additional Comments: damaged font (in the 1927 fire; survived in 15 fragments [cf. FontNotes]) -- disappeared font? (there could have been another font in the ca. 1050 wooden church here)
Font Notes:
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Noted in Hallbäck (1966) as a baptismal font made of sandstone ca. 1200; plain cylindrical basin raised on a circular base; the base decorated with parallel mouldingsbadly damaged in the 1927 fire that destroyed the church; survived in 15 fragments. No entry for this font found in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld. [NB: we have no information on the whereabouts or any other details of the surviving font fragments]
COORDINATES
UTM: 33V 387438 6436148
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 58.052528, 13.09275
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 58° 3′ 9.1″ N, 13° 5′ 33.9″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Sjuhäradsbygden", Från Borås och de sju häradena 1966, 1966, p. 99, 157