Ora / Öra

Image copyright © Christina Andersson, 2004

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design element - motifs - moulding - parallel - 2

Scene Description: towards the bottom of the base; it is the only decoration visible on this font; is it related to a font cover anchoring?

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christina Andersson, 2004

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 April 2004 by Christina Andersson, in the Riksantikvarieämbetet [www.bebyggelseregistret.raa.se/bbr2/byggnad/visaSelectedByggnadFoto.raa?fotoId=21500001640044] [accessed 18 August 2020]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bergsven, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 August 2011 by Bergsven [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Öra_kyrka.png] [accessed 18 August 2020]

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view of church exterior - southwest end

Scene Description: Source caption: "Öra kyrka [...] Kyrkan från syd med västtorn och klockstapel."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]

Image Source: digital image [2502-003.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Öra_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000011733.jpg] [accessed 18 August 2020]

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Öra kyrka [...] Kyrkans exteriör. Tryck efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad, 1894."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]

Image Source: digital image [2502-002.tif] of a 21 August 1894 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Öra_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000011730.jpg] [accessed 18 August 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: notice the top of the baptismal font, on the left [north] side, next to the pulpit -- Source caption: "Öra kyrka [...] Interiör mot altaret. Innertak välvt. Altare av trä, prydd med enkelt träkors."

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Image Source: digital image [2502-006.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Öra_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000011736.jpg] [accessed 18 August 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: the top of the medieval font is discernible at the far back [east], right [south] side, by the psalm board

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Image Source: digital image [2502-008.tif] of a 1963 B&W photograph by Adolf Niklasson in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Öra_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000011738.jpg] [accessed 18 August 2020]

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view of church interior - statue - Madonna and Child

Scene Description: Source caption: "Öra kyrka [...] En medeltida skulptur, en madonna, finns bevarad. Både madonnan och barnet bär krona. Troligtvis från 1200-talet."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]

Image Source: digital image [2502-023.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Öra_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000011761.jpg] [accessed 18 August 2020]

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view of church interior - statue - St. Olav [aka Olof]

Scene Description: Source caption: "Öra kyrka [...] En medeltida skulptur finns bevarad som föreställer Sankt Olof. Troligtvis från 1200-talet."

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Image Source: digital image [2502-022.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Öra_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000011760.jpg] [accessed 18 August 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Västergötland. Öra sn. Kyrka, dopfunt. Foto: Anders Roland. 1914"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]

Image Source: digital image [1M16-B145110 1288] of a 1914 B&W photograph by Anders Roland in the VGM Foto collection, Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017207827/1m16-b145110-1288-3] [accessed 18 August 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: in August 2019 -- notice that the 13thC Madonna and Child statue has been restored to its earlier location

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Carl-Johan Ivarsson, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph August 2019 by Carl-Johan Ivarsson in Kyrkokatyan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/056453/images/56453_19832241] [accessed 18 August 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: in April 2004 -- notice that the 13thC Madonna and Child statue has been restored to its earlier location -- Source caption: "Dopfunt i Öra kyrka."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christina Andersson, 2004

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 April 2004 by Christina Andersson, in the Riksantikvarieämbetet [www.bebyggelseregistret.raa.se/bbr2/byggnad/visaSelectedByggnadFoto.raa?fotoId=21500001640044] [accessed 18 August 2020]

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view of font in context - southwest side

Scene Description: the font seen here at the southeast corner of the nave, by the wall drawing of the missing 13thC statue of the Madonna and Child -- Source caption: "Öra kyrka [...] Teckning över var en medeltida skulptur, en madonna, haft sin plats."

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Image Source: digital image [2502-025.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Öra_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000011763.jpg] [accessed 18 August 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22856ORA
Church/Chapel: Öra Kyrka
Church Location: Öra kyrkby, 524 96 Ljung, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 513 201 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located 15-20 km E of Ljung, in the municipality and about 25 km ESE of Herrljunga
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Gäsene härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the SE corner of the nave [cf. FontNotes]
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: 13thC stone church; modified and expanded 18th-20thC; renovated 1956-1957
Noted and illustrated in Hallbäck (1966) as a baptismal font made of sandstone ca. 1200; it consists of a roughly cylindrical basin with a tapering underbowl chamfer, all plain; centre drain in basin; circular pedestal base with a pair of parallel mouldings as only decoration. No font cover present. No entry found for this font in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.982647, 13.335386
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 58′ 57.53″ N, 13° 20′ 7.39″ E
UTM: 33V 401564 6427991

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Font Height (less Plinth): 86.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Hallbäck (1966)

REFERENCES

Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Sjuhäradsbygden", Från Borås och de sju häradena 1966, 1966