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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Ås kyrka [...] Kyrkan från söder. Tryck efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad, 1895." -- the church had been modified a few tears earlier and the belfry added in 1818

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Image Source: digital image [2746-001.tif] of a 23 September 1895 by Ernst Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ås_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000010626.jpg] [accessed 25 September 2020]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Ås kyrka [...] Äldre bild av kyrkans exteriör. Foto efter teckning ur Peringskiölds monumenta."

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Image Source: digital image [2746-006.tif] of a late-17thC drawing in Peringskiöld's Monumenta, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ås_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000010667.jpg] [accessed 25 September 2020]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption; "The 1200th century stone church "Ås kyrka" in Västergötland, Sweden."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Västgöten, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 January 2008 by Västgöten [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ås_kyrka_i_Grästorps_kommun,_den_10_januari_2008,_bild_5.jpg] [accessed 25 September 2020]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Ås socken, dopfunt [...] Fotografering 1954 (Före) Fotograf Welin, Sanfrid" -- [NB: the font is showing the un-repaired damage and still in the pre-renovation interior]

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Image Source: digital image [1M16-B145046:2966] of an undated [pre-1954] B&W photograph by Sanfrid Welin, in the VGM Foto collection, Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017201806/as-socken-dopfunt] [accessed 25 September 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Ås kyrka [...] Dopfunt. Cuppan är cylindrisk och av rödartad sandsten. Utan avtappningshål och oornerad." -- [NB: the font appears to have been already restored and the context is that of a renovated interior, therefore the photograph was likely taken in 1954 or later]

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Image Source: digital image [2746-032.tif] of an undated [1954+] B&W photograph, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ås_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000010706.jpg] [accessed 25 September 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: at the east end of the nave, south side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph by Barbro Thörn in Kyrkokartan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/057561/images/57561_22352543] [accessed 25 September 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22913ASS
Church/Chapel: Ås kyrka
Church Location: Ås kyrkby 1, 467 96 Grästorp, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off (N) highway 44, in the municipality and about 5 km N of Grästorp, on the W shores of the Dättern
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Åse härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, S side
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church Notes: original church probably 12thC; re-built 1745; renovated 19thC with belfry added 1818;
No entry for a font at this Ås found in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld. The stone baptismal font in this church consists of a plain, roughly cylindrical basin with a chamfered underbowl, raised on a round-to-square base decorated with a moulding atop. No font cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.374069, 12.660417
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 22′ 26.65″ N, 12° 39′ 37.5″ E
UTM: 33V 363171 6472737

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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