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view of base

Scene Description: Source caption: "Fors kyrka (Eskilstuna Fors) [...] Dopfuntsfot av granit, 1100-talet." -- showing the damaged base of the medieval font of this church

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Image Source: digital image [3415-041.TIF] of a 1943 B&W photograph by Ivar Schnell, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fors_kyrka_(Eskilstuna_Fors)_-_KMB_-_16000200093923.jpg] [accessed 15 September 2020]

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view of church exterior - gravestone - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Fors kyrka (Eskilstuna Fors) [...] Fragment av gavelhäll i en eskilstunakista. 1000-talet." -- now wall-mounted somewhere in the church

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Siniper Zeta, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 December 2014 by Sniper Zeta [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fors_kyrka_December_2014_04.jpg] [accessed 15 September 2020]

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Fors kyrka (Eskilstuna Fors) [...] Kyrkan mot söder. Teckning av Johan Peringskiöld 1686. Avfotograferad."

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Image Source: digital image [3415-014.TIF] of a 1947 photograph of a 1686 drawing in Peringskiöld, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fors_kyrka_(Eskilstuna_Fors)_-_KMB_-_16000200093876.jpg] [accessed 15 September 2020]

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Fors kyrka (Eskilstuna Fors) [...] Karta över omgivningarna 1641. Avfotograferad."

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Image Source: digital image [3415-016.TIF] of a 1641 map in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fors_kyrka_(Eskilstuna_Fors)_-_KMB_-_16000200093883.jpg] [accessed 15 September 2020]

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view of church exterior in context - northwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © OldEskilstuna, 2013

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 25 February 2013 by OldEskilstuna [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fors_kyrka_i_vinterskrud.jpg] [accessed 15 September 2020]

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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Fors kyrka (Eskilstuna Fors) [...] Kyrkan mot söder."

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Image Source: digital image [3415-001.TIF] of a 1944 B&W photograph by Ivar Schnell, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fors_kyrka_(Eskilstuna_Fors)_-_KMB_-_16000200093844.jpg] [accessed 15 September 2020]

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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Fors kyrka. Eskilstuna, Sverige "

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Siniper Zeta, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 December 2014 by Sniper Zeta [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fors_kyrka_December_2014_04.jpg] [accessed 15 September 2020]

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view of church interior - baptistery

Scene Description: Source caption: "Fors kyrka (Eskilstuna Fors) [...] Interiör mot norra korsarmen, Loheska gravkoret 1600-talets slut, nu dopkapell." -- showing the modern font in the baptismal chapel, north arm of the transept

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Image Source: digital image [3415-022.TIF] of a 1943 B&W photograph by Ivar Schnell, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fors_kyrka_(Eskilstuna_Fors)_-_KMB_-_16000200093904.jpg] [accessed 15 September 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22900FOR
Church/Chapel: Fors kyrka
Church Location: Fors kyrkby, Eskilstuna, 632 20 Eskilstuna, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Södermanland, Södermanlands län
Directions to Site: Eskilstuna is located off (SW) the E20-53 crossroads, 40-50 km W of Strängnäs -- Fors kyrka is located in Eskilstuna, between Kyrkogatan and the Eskilstuna river, on the W bank, S of the Kungsgatan bridge.
Ecclesiastic Region: Strängnäs stift
Historical Region: Västerrekarne härad
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century [base only], Medieval / composite
Church Notes: Stone church said to have been built here by St Eskil, the English monk, and to have been related to the Johanniter monastery; modified 14th, 15th (tower added),16th and 17thC
The present baptismal font in this church is modern, located in the baptismal chapel in the north arm of the transept. A 1943 B&W photograph by Ivar Schnell shows the base of a medieval baptismal font in an open space; the photograph is captioned: "Fors kyrka (Eskilstuna Fors) [...] Dopfuntsfot av granit, 1100-talet"; it shows a block of granit in the shape of a hemisphere with a very thick rope moulding atop and a much thinner roll moulding around the bottom edge; the latter is much damaged; there is a large drainage hole that would have connected with one in the now missing basin. [NB: we have not been able to ascertain the whereabouts of this piece].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 59.367333, 16.516233
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 59° 22′ 2.4″ N, 16° 30′ 58.44″ E
UTM: 33V 586177 6581937

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Drainage Notes: the missing basin would have had a matching drain hole