Alboga

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view of font

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920612F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920612F5#]
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view of font in context

the font still outside the church
Scene Description: the font still outside the church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [1M16-B145046:2954] of a pre-1954 B&W photograph by Sanfrid Welin, in the VGM Foto collection, Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017201794/alboga-socken-dopfunt] [accessed 27 September 2020]
Copyright Instructions: Public domain mark (CC pdm)

design element - patterns - interlace - linked circles - 2-strand

all around the basin sides
Scene Description: all around the basin sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920612F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920612F5#]
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view of church exterior in context - south view

the new church on a new site to the north of the demolished medieval church
Scene Description: the new church on a new site to the north of the demolished medieval church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © An-de, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 September 2011 by An-d [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alboga2.jpg] [accessed 27 September 2020]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of font in context

although the photograph is not dated it shows the font outside the church, so it may have been taken in the 1890s, the time when the olf church was demolished and the new one built
Scene Description: although the photograph is not dated it shows the font outside the church, so it may have been taken in the 1890s, the time when the olf church was demolished and the new one built
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [15095-005.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Otto Janse, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alboga_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200151457.jpg] [accessed 27 September 2020]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of church exterior - southwest view

Source caption: "Alboga gamla kyrka [...] Kyrkan från söder. Tryck av teckning av Ernst Wennerblad, 1892. Kyrkan är riven." [NB: the old church is said to have been demolished just around that time]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Alboga gamla kyrka [...] Kyrkan från söder. Tryck av teckning av Ernst Wennerblad, 1892. Kyrkan är riven." [NB: the old church is said to have been demolished just around that time]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [15095-001.tif] of a 5 July 1892 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alboga_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200159003.jpg] [accessed 27 September 2020]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of church exterior in context

Source caption: "Alboga gamla kyrka [...] Kyrkan från söder. Kyrkan är riven." -- the old church was demolished after July 1892
Scene Description: Source caption: "Alboga gamla kyrka [...] Kyrkan från söder. Kyrkan är riven." -- the old church was demolished after July 1892
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [15095-004.tif] of an undated [pre-1891] B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alboga_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200159008.jpg] [accessed 27 September 2020]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of church interior - looking east

the top of the medieval font is partly visible on the right [south] side, far [east] end
Scene Description: the top of the medieval font is partly visible on the right [south] side, far [east] end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Carl-Johan Ivarsson, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken in July 2017 by Carl-Johan Ivarsson, in Kyrkokartan. se [www.kyrkokartan.se/056451/images/56451_53839739] [accessed 27 September 2020]
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view of font in context

inside the new church, at the east end of the nave, south side
Scene Description: inside the new church, at the east end of the nave, south side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2422-002.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alboga_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200151439.jpg] [accessed 27 September 2020]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

design element - motifs - groove - parallel - graded

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920612F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920612F5#]
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design element - motifs - moulding

it may have been originally a rope moulding but it is too worn to discern any pattern on it
Scene Description: it may have been originally a rope moulding but it is too worn to discern any pattern on it
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920612F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920612F5#]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 22923ALB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Workshop/Group/Artisan: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Alboga [nya] kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church, at the E end, S side
Church Notes: medieval [ca. 1200?] stone church demolished 1891/ 1892 [Wennerblad's drawing of the old church is dated 5 July 1892]; new church built on a new site to the north of the old one
Church Address: Kyrkberget, Alboga, 524 96 Ljung, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 513 201 00
Site Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 10 km ESE of Ljung, in the municipality of Herrljunga and about 20 km SE of it
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Gäsene härad
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in Hallbäck (1966 and 1971): baptismal font of sandstone by master Andreas, maker of two signed fonts (Gällstad and Finnekumla); it consists of a roughly cylindrical basin decorated with a band of two-strand linked-circle interlace; round pedestal base decorated with parallel grooves and a worn rope moulding atop; central drain hole. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920612F5], which mentions Hallbäck's attribution to master Andreas but suggests instead it is the work of a regional hand.

COORDINATES

UTM: 33V 395411 6427043
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.972731, 13.231807
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 58′ 21.83″ N, 13° 13′ 54.5″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 72 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 85 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920612F5]

REFERENCES

  • Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Sjuhäradsbygden", Från Borås och de sju häradena 1966, 1966, p. 140
  • Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Skaraborg", 1971-1972, Västergötlands Fornminnesförenings Tidskrift, 1971-1972, pp. 39-357; p. 83