For nr. Sjuntorp

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design element - architectural - arch-head - round

Scene Description: all around, with trefoiled motifs instead of supports

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920701F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920701F5#]

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design element - motifs - floral or foliage - trefoiled

Scene Description: all around

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920701F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920701F5#]

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inscription - partial view

Scene Description: visible just below the upper rim is part of the inscription: "[...]XANDER ME FECIT+ [...]" [cf. Inscription field]

inscription - partial view

Scene Description: visible just below the upper rim is part of the inscription: "[...] ALEXANDER ME FECIT [...]" [cf. Inscription field]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920701F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920701F5#]

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Scene Description: view of the church; it had been much altered and expanded in 1900 -- Source caption: "Fors Kyrka i sv:Sjuntorp, sv:Trollhättans kommun."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 April 2005 by Tubaist [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fors_Kyrka_Sjuntorp.jpg] [accessed 16 September 2020]

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: view of the church; it had been much altered and expanded in 1900 -- Source caption: "Fors kyrka i Sjuntorp i södra Trollhättans kommun"

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 7 June 2013 by Astridx [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fors_kyrka,_Sjuntorp_2013.JPG] [accessed 16 September 2020]

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view of church exterior in context - belfry

Image Source: digital image [2686-024.tif] of a 1946 B&W photograph by Adolf Niklasson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fors_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200154653.jpg] [accessed 16 September 2020]

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view of church exterior in context - northwest view

Scene Description: view of the church before the 1900 expansion and modifications -- Source caption; "Fors kyrka [...] Kyrkan och klockstapeln från nordväst."

Image Source: digital image [2686-002.tif] of a 1895 B&W photograph by Sanfrid Welin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fors_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200154604.jpg] [accessed 16 September 2020]

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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Scene Description: view of the church before the 1900 expansion and modifications -- Source caption; "Fors kyrka [...] Kyrkan och klockstapeln från sydöst."

Image Source: digital image [2686-001.tif] of a 1895 B&W photograph by Sanfrid Welin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fors_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200154602.jpg] [accessed 16 September 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: view of the church interior before the expansion and modifications of 1900

Image Source: digital image [2686-027.tif] of a 1895 B&W photograph by Sanfrid Welin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fors_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200154664.jpg] [accessed 16 September 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: view of the church interior in 1905; the church had been much altered and expanded in 1900 -- the top of the medieval baptismal font is visible at the far [east] end, left [north] side

Image Source: digital image [2686-032.tif] of a 1905 B&W photograph by A. Nilsson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fors_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200154673.jpg] [accessed 16 September 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: view of the church interior; the church had been much altered and expanded in 1900 -- the top of the medieval baptismal font is visible here at the far [east] end, right [south] side [NB: the photograph must have been taken between 1905, when the font was on the opposite side of the nave, and before 1950, when a restoration took place]

Image Source: digital image [2686-039.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Härne, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fors_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200154684.jpg] [accessed 16 September 2020]

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view of church interior - looking west

Scene Description: view of the church before the 1900 expansion and modifications; the upper end of the basin of the medieval font is visible in the bottom-right corner of the image, in the north side of the nave, east end

Image Source: digital image [2686-029.tif] of a 1895 B&W photograph by Sanfrid Welin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fors_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200154667.jpg] [accessed 16 September 2020]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Fors kyrka [...] Dopfunt, signerad Alexander, 1200-talet."

Image Source: digital image [2686-061.tif] of a 1895 B&W photograph by Sanfrid Welin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fors_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200154730.jpg] [accessed 16 September 2020]

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view of font

Scene Description: visible just below the upper rim is part of the inscription: "[...] LAPIS ISTE : ALEXANDER+ [...]" [cf. Inscription field]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920701F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920701F5#]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Fors kyrka [...] Interiör mot väster. Efter renovering 1952."

Image Source: digital image [2686-035.tif] of an undated [1952+] B&W photograph by Olle Hellström, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fors_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200154680.jpg] [accessed 16 September 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Fors kyrka [...] Dopfunt, signerad Alexander, 1200-talet, samt diverse träskulpturer. Efter renovering 1952."

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22901FOR

Church/Chapel: Fors kyrka

Church Location: Fors kyrka [tidigare kyrkbyn Fors], Torpavägen 10, 461 78 Sjuntorp, Sweden

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län

Directions to Site: Located off Torpavägen, just S of Sjuntorp, E of the E45, in the municipality and about 8 km SSW of Trollhättan [since 1971]

Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift

Historical Region: Flundre härad

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, S side [cf. FontNotes]

Date: ca. 1200?

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Alexander [SHM]

Church Notes: medieval church first documented 1338; much altered since; modified and expanded ca. 1900; altered again 1950;

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Noted in Hallbäck (1963). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920701F5] as a baptismal font made of sandstone by Alexander ca. 1200; the SHM entry gives the transcription of the Latin inscription that inlcudes the name of the maker on it [cf. Inscription field]. The font consists of a roughly hemispherical basin devorated with a band of round arch-heads that have trefoiled motifs instead of supports; above this band is an inscription with the name of the maker, Alexander [cf. Inscriptions field]; there appears to be a moulding that is part of the underbowl, not the base; the base is the style of the 'mussel' font bases, a plain pedestal, round in shape, gently splaying towards the bottom. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.193681, 12.229944

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 11′ 37.25″ N, 12° 13′ 47.8″ E

UTM: 33V 337177 6453619

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): 74 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 92 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920701F5]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin

Inscription Notes: Ns flipped horizontally [cf. FontNotes]

Inscription Location: all around just below the upper rim of the basin

Inscription Text: "ORA TOUS CRISTE : BENEDICTUS SIT LAPIS ISTE : ALEXANDER ME FECIT+"

Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Hallbäck, Sven Axel, Medeltida dopfuntar i Älvsborgs läns norra Västgötadel: Medeltida dopfuntar i Älvsborgs läns norra Västgötadel, 1963