As / Ås in Kalmar
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view of font in context
Scene Description: the modern stone font of 1938 [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 August 2019 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Ås_kyrka,Öland_Interiör_008.jpg] [accessed 25 September 2020]
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view
Scene Description: The tower, dated to the earlier 12thC church is at the east end of the building; the 'lantern' atop the old tower is 19thC.
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 August 2019 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Ås_kyrka,Öland_Exteriör_004.jpg] [accessed 25 September 2020]
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view of font in context
![the modern stone font of 1938 [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1200925010_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the modern stone font of 1938 [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 August 2019 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Ås_kyrka,Öland_Interiör_004.jpg] [accessed 25 September 2020]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church interior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 August 2019 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Ås_kyrka,Öland_Interiör_001.jpg] [accessed 25 September 2020]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 22915ASS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Ås Kyrka
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Notes: confusing church; the 12thC tower is on the east side of the building, but the interior arrangement is as if the tower were at the west end
Church Address: Ås kyrkby, Ottenby 101, 380 65 Degerhamn, Sweden
Site Location: Öland, Kalmar län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (N) highway 136, in the municipality of Mörbylånga, on the S of the island
Ecclesiastic Region: Växjö stift
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the original 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
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No entry for a font at this Ås found in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld. The font in this church is modern, made by M. Åkerberg, of Grönhögen, in 1938. [NB: we have no information on the font of the 12th-century church here].
COORDINATES
UTM: 33V 589803 6233550
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 56.238333, 16.448889
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 56° 14′ 18″ N, 16° 26′ 56″ E