Holsljunga

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design element - motifs - braid - 2-strand

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920705F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920705F5#] [accessed 14 September 2020]

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920705F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920705F5#] [accessed 14 September 2020]

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design element - patterns - interlace - linked circles - 4-strand - 11

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920705F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920705F5#] [accessed 14 September 2020]

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Holsljunga kyrka i Svenljunga kommun i Västergötland"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gösta Imberg/lin208, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph 2011 by Gösta Imberg/lin208, 2011 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holsljunga_kyrka_ext.jpg] [accessed 14 September 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Holsljunga kyrka i Svenljunga kommun i Västergötland"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gösta Imberg/lin208, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph 2011 by Gösta Imberg/lin208, 2011 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holsljunga_kyrka_int.jpg] [accessed 14 September 2020]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Holsljunga kyrka. Dopfunt"

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Image Source: digital image of a 1966 B&W photograph by Clas Claesson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holsljunga_kyrka._Dopfunt.jpg] [accessed 14 September 2020]

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view of font

Scene Description: restored and raised on a wooden plinth

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920705F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920705F5#] [accessed 14 September 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Holsjunga kyrka. Dopfunt på kyrkogården." [NB: this 1891 photograph shows the medieval font outside, in the churchyard, where it had probably been, badly damaged and disused, for many years; it was eventually restored and returned to the church interior]

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Image Source: digital image [1M16-B145046:3154 ] of a 1891 B&W photograph by Sanfrid Wekin, in the VGM Foto collection, Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017201932/holsjunga-kyrka-dopfunt-pa-kyrkogarden] [accessed 14 September 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22899HOL
Church/Chapel: Holsljunga kyrka
Church Location: Holsljunga kyrka 1520, 512 64 Holsljunga, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 325 61 20 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off local road O153 [aka Torestopsvägen], W of highway 154, in the municipality and about 10 km SW of Svenljunga, 20 km ESE of Kinna, about 50 km S of Borås
Ecclesiastic Region: Göteborgs stift
Historical Region: Kinds härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, S side
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: medieval church replaced 1732; re-built 1804; re-built 1835; restored 1865, 1892, 1932, 1966 and 1995
Noted and illustrated in Hallbäck (1966) as a baptismal made of sandstone in the 12th-13th century, much damaged; it consists of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with linked-circle interlace and a round base with a roll moulding atop and braided pattern on the sides. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920705F5] as a baptismal font made of sandstone ca, 1200 by a regional hand; it is covered in a dark, glossy lacquer, and decorated with eleven linked rings around the basin sides; the base decorated with a braided pattern;; cement repairs. No font cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.419867, 12.961494
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 25′ 11.52″ N, 12° 57′ 41.38″ E
UTM: 33V 377574 6365961

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 61 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 86 cm* / 67 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Hallbäck (1966) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920705F5] [NB: did Hallbäck include a plinth in his measurements?]

REFERENCES

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