Fridhem No. 3

Results: 12 records

Apostle or saint - St. Michael - with scales in his left hand

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920616F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920616F3] [accessed 27 September 2020]

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Christ - Christ in Majesty? - orant pose

Scene Description: as per identification in Nordström (1984) [cf. FontNotes]

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920616F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920616F3] [accessed 27 September 2020]

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New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation - Mary to the right, Gabriel to the left - Gabriel holds processional cross

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920616F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920616F3] [accessed 27 September 2020]

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New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation - detail - Gabriel holds processional cross

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920616F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920616F3] [accessed 27 September 2020]

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New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation - detail - Mary reclines her head

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920616F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920616F3] [accessed 27 September 2020]

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cleric - bishop - holding flower in right hand - holding book in left hand

Scene Description: identified in the SHM entry as "Antonius" [cf. FontNotes]

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920616F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920616F3] [accessed 27 September 2020]

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cleric - holding book - right hand raised in benediction - offering?

Scene Description: the scene spread over two arches: on the left a caped figure with a small animal that faces right; on the right a cleric holds an open book in the left arm and raises the right in benediction

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920616F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920616F3] [accessed 27 September 2020]

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cleric - seated - holding book and pointer

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920616F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920616F3] [accessed 27 September 2020]

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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - 9 - columns - columns with capitals

Scene Description: the arches are almost flat

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920616F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920616F3] [accessed 27 September 2020]

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devil(s) and demons - four-legged devil? - in a trap

Scene Description: its four legs appear to be caught in a tall U-shaped trap

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920616F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920616F3] [accessed 27 September 2020]

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view of basin

Scene Description: Source caption: "Längnum, Fridhems kyrka [...] Dopfuntscuppa, granit, romansk. Snabbinv. (Ursprungligen från Malma kyrka, Västergötland.)"

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Image Source: digital image [2793-010.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Längnum,_Fridhems_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200155173.jpg] [accessed 27 September 2020]

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view of font

Scene Description: the font is a composite of two superimposed basins, one from Malma, serving as basin, and the other from Längnum, now serving as base

INFORMATION

FontID: 22921FRI
Church/Chapel: Fridhems kyrka [originally from Malma?]
Church Location: Fridhem kyrkby, 467 95 Grästorp, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off (SE) the O2537-O2551 crossroads, S of highway 47, in the municiality and 9-10 km SE of Grästorp, 15-20 km WNW of Vara
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Viste härad
Century and Period: , Romanesque
Nordström (1984) reports a depiction of Christ in Majesty on a font at Fridhem [NB: the basin on which a throned figure appears was originally from Malma, later moved to Frdhem [cf. infra]]. The combine font is noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920616F3 and 920616F4] as a composite font consisting of two superimposed basins, one from Malma, serving as basin, and the other from Längnum, now serving as base; the Malma basin has an arcade of nine arches all around its sides, on which the SHM identifies: a possible Annunciation with Gabriel carrying a processional cross and a reclining Mary, a male figure enthroned in an orant position, a figure holding a flower and a book [identified in the SHM as "Antonius"], a scribe at work with a stylus, a possible offering in which a figure on the left presents a small animal [a sheep?] which is being blessed by the clerical figure on the right, and a four-legged devil caught in a trap.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.276914, 12.748908
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 16′ 36.89″ N, 12° 44′ 56.07″ E
UTM: 33V 367984 6461747

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 61 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 91 cm* [combined height]
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920616F3]

REFERENCES

Nordström, Folke, Mediaeval Baptismal Fonts: An Iconographical Study, Stockholm: Universitetet i Umeå, 1984