Asbracka / Åsbräcka

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design element - motifs - floral and/or foliage

Scene Description: all around the cross

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Image Source: digital image [1M16-B145110 1289] of a 1913 B&W photograph by Abders Roland in the VGM Foto collection, Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017207828/asbracka-sn-kyrkan-dopfunt-foto-anders-roland-1913] [accessed 18 August 2020]

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symbol - cross - Greek - pattée

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Image Source: digital image [1M16-B145110 1289] of a 1913 B&W photograph by Abders Roland in the VGM Foto collection, Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017207828/asbracka-sn-kyrkan-dopfunt-foto-anders-roland-1913] [accessed 18 August 2020]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Åsbräcka kyrka [...] Kyrkan och stiglucka från väst. Tornet tillkom vid en restaurering 1915. Kyrkan är uppförd 1714 [...] Efter renovering 1947."

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Image Source: digital image [2687-008.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Olle Hellström, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Åsbräcka_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000010766.jpg] [accessed 18 August 2020]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 July 2011 by Ulkl [Ulf Klingström] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Åsbräcka_kyrka_ext1.jpg] [accessed 18 August 2020]

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view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Åsbräcka kyrka [...] Kyrkan, liten och enskeppig, klockstapeln och kyrkogårdsmuren med stiglucka."

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Image Source: digital image [2687-002.tif] of a 1895 B&W photograph by Sanfrid Welin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Åsbräcka_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000010752.jpg] [accessed 18 August 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: the top of the 18thC baptismal font is visible here to the right of the pulpit and the heating stove -- Source caption: "Åsbräcka kyrka [...] Interiör mot altaret. Bänkkvarter. Fotot taget uppifrån."

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Image Source: digital image [2687-012.tif] of an undated B&W photograph, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Åsbräcka_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000010782.jpg] [accessed 18 August 2020]

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view of font

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Image Source: digital image [1M16-B145110 1289] of a 1913 B&W photograph by Abders Roland in the VGM Foto collection, Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017207828/asbracka-sn-kyrkan-dopfunt-foto-anders-roland-1913] [accessed 18 August 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the 18thC baptismal font at the northeast end of the nave, by the pulpit stairs -- Source caption: "Åsbräcka kyrka [...] Dopfunt. Trä. Utförd 1719. Skaftet ornerat med skurna vinklasar och lövverk. Skålen med lodräta svartmålade räfflor. Marmorerad i svart och rött."

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Image Source: digital image [2687-028.tif] of a 1893 B&W photograph by Sanfrid Welin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Åsbräcka_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000010830.jpg] [accessed 18 August 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22859ASB
Church/Chapel: Åsbräcka kyrka
Church Patron Saints: [originally dedicated to St. John]
Church Location: Åsbräcka 367, 463 94 Lilla Edet, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off (E) highway E45, in the municipality and 8-10 km N of Lilla Edet, 15-20 km SW of Trollhättan
Ecclesiastic Region: Göteborgs stift
Historical Region: formerly in Älvsborgs län
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: a church may have existed here in the 13thC; one was destroyed in the mid-17thC; current church built 1714-1716 on the foundations of an earlier building of 1669; re-built 1915
There is a 1913 photograph by Anders Roland of a medieval stone font at Åsbräcka; it shows a crudely made object consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a large cross on one side surrounded by vegetation, and raised on an irregular circular base. No cover present. The present oak font in use is dated 1719. [NB: we have no information on the present whereabouts of the medieval font].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.196167, 12.161806
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 11′ 46.2″ N, 12° 9′ 42.5″ E
UTM: 33V 333185 6454063

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining