Liared
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: the medieval font is monolithic; the circular lower basin is a modern addition to bring the font to a functional height
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920526F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920526F2] [accessed 22 Augst 2020]
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view of church exterior - north view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nasko, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 August 2011 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Liareds_kyrka_03.jpg] [accessed 22 August 2020]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
![Source caption: "Liareds kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst. Tryck av teckning av Ernst Wennerblad, 1895." [NB: as Wennerblad's drawing records, this was built in 1845 to replace the medieval church here]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0200822001_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Liareds kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst. Tryck av teckning av Ernst Wennerblad, 1895." [NB: as Wennerblad's drawing records, this was built in 1845 to replace the medieval church here]
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Image Source: digital image [2538-001.tif] of a 2 August 1895 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Liareds_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200161578.jpg] [accessed 22 August 2020]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nasko, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 August 2011 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Liareds_kyrka_01.jpg] [accessed 22 August 2020]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nasko, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 August 2011 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Liareds_kyrka_02.jpg] [accessed 22 August 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: showing the medieval font in the southeast corner of the nave, near the communion railing
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Image Source: digital image [2538-006.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Hanna Eggertz-Hegardt, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Liareds_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200161583.jpg] [accessed 22 August 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: the top of the medieval font is visible on the right, in front of the east bank of pews, by the southeast chancel window
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © AB Flygtrafik, Vänersborgs museum, 2014
Image Source: digital image [VMOL03463] of a 1968 photograph by AB Flygtrafik, Vänersborgs museum [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Liareds_kyrka_Interiör_1968.jpg] [accessed 22 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.: 920526F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920526F2] [accessed 22 Augst 2020]
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view of font and baptismal dish - in context
![Source caption: "Liareds kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, 1200-talets mitt."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0200822006_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Liareds kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, 1200-talets mitt."
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Image Source: digital image [2538-013.tif] of a [1923] B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Liareds_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200161590.jpg] [accessed 22 August 2020]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 22870LIA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Liareds kyrka
Church Location: Liared 151, 523 91 Ulricehamn, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off local road O1876, in the municipality and 20-25 km WSW of Ulricehamn
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Redvägs härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, inthe SE corner of the nave
Century and Period: 13th century (mid?), Romanesque
Church Notes: we have no information on the medieval church here but both the baptismal font and the rood are from ca. 1300; present stone church 1843-1845; restored 1956; renovated 1976
Font Notes:
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Hallbäck (1966) notes a monolithic stone font made of sandstone in the 13th century; it has no drain and is mounted on a modern block of granite. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920526F2] as a monolithic baptismal font made of sandstone ca. 1200 by a regional hand; the granit lower base is modern; the SHM entry cites Hallbäck [cf. supra]. No cover present.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.839244, 13.647372
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 50′ 21.28″ N, 13° 38′ 50.54″ E
UTM: 33V 419692 6411616
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 68 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 69 cm* / 69 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Hallbäck (1966) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920526F2] [NB: the height does not include the granit addition]
REFERENCES
Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Sjuhäradsbygden", Från Borås och de sju häradena 1966, 1966