Algaras / Älgarås

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design element - motifs - moulding

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920425F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920425F1#] [accessed 2 October 2020]

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920425F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920425F1#] [accessed 2 October 2020]

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Älgarås kyrka [...] Kyrkan från syd. Tryck efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad, 1895."

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Image Source: digital image [3193-001.tif] of a 28 August 1895 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Älgarås_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000011355.jpg] [accessed 2 October 2020]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janee, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 November 2014 by Janee [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Älgaråskyrka7.JPG] [accessed 2 October 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: the photograph was taken before the 1929 renovation of the church interior; it shows the baptismal font standing in the centre of the chancel, just west of the communion railing

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Image Source: digital image [3193-014.tif] of an undated [pre-1929?] B&W photograph by H. Hendin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Älgarås_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000011372.jpg] [accessed 2 October 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Interiör av Älgarås träkyrka i Västergötland. Långhuset är från medeltiden. Takmålningarna med motiv från Bibeln är målade 1750-52 av Mäster Anders Broddesson från Fredsberg." -- the medieval font is partially visible at the far [east] end, right [south] side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lihagen, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 July 2014 by Lihagen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Älgarås_int.JPG] [accessed 2 October 2020]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Älgarås kyrka [...] Dopfunt på gamla postamentet. Huggen i täljsten. Cylindrisk cuppa i nedre kanten prydd med repstav. Fot överst rund i flera avsatser, nedtill fyrsidig platta." -- the font, made of single block of soapstone, needs a tall plinth to raise it to a functional height

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Image Source: digital image [3193-050.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Älgarås_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000011408.jpg] [accessed 2 October 2020]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Älgarås kyrka [...] Dopfunt på gamla postamentet. Huggen i täljsten. Cylindrisk cuppa i nedre kanten prydd med repstav. Fot överst rund i flera avsatser, nedtill fyrsidig platta." -- the font, made of single block of soapstone, needs a tall plinth to raise it to a functional height; the irregularity of the work is clearly noticeable in this photograph

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Image Source: digital image [3193-051.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Älgarås_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000011409.jpg] [accessed 2 October 2020]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Älgarås socken. Västergötland. Kyrkan, dopfunten."

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Image Source: digital image [1M16-A9590] of a 1894 B&W photograph by Sanfrid Welin in the VGM Foto collection, Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017193086/1m16-a9590] [accessed 2 October 2020]

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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920425F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920425F1#] [accessed 2 October 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Älgarås kyrka [...] Dopfunt på gamla postamentet. Huggen i täljsten. Cylindrisk cuppa i nedre kanten prydd med repstav. Fot överst rund i flera avsatser, nedtill fyrsidig platta." -- the font, made of single block of soapstone, needs a tall plinth to raise it to a functional height; the irregularity of the work is clearly noticeable in this photograph

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Image Source: digital image [3193-052.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Älgarås_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000011410.jpg] [accessed 2 October 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Älgarås kyrka [...] Dopfunt på gamla postamentet. Huggen i täljsten. Cylindrisk cuppa i nedre kanten prydd med repstav. Fot överst rund i flera avsatser, nedtill fyrsidig platta." -- the irregularity of the work is clearly noticeable in this photograph

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Image Source: digital image [3193-053.tif] of a 1944 B&W photograph by Eric von Rosen, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Älgarås_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000011411.jpg] [accessed 2 October 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22929ALG
Church/Chapel: Älgarås kyrka
Church Location: Älgarås Prästgården 2, 545 92 Älgarås, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 506 400 85
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off local road O3056 [aka Tivedsvägen], E of road 200 and the E20 highway, in the municipality of Töreboda, 30-40 km NE of Mariestad
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Vadsbo härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, S side
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Dalslandsgruppen [SHM]
Church Notes: small wooden medieval church replaced by the present wooden [pine wood] building in the late 15thC; modified thereafter
Noted in Hallbäck (1971). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920425F1] as a Dalslandsgruppen baptismal font made of soapstone ca. 1200. The font consists of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a roll moulding just below the upper rim and a rope moulding around the underbowl; short and plain cylindrical stem and short round-to-square lower base; its size is rather abnormal, as the total height is only 54 cm, so it must have been made to be raised on another block to raise it to a functional height. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.800792, 14.256889
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 48′ 2.85″ N, 14° 15′ 24.8″ E
UTM: 33V 457061 6518109

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, soapstone
Number of Pieces: 1
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 50 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 54 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920425F1]

REFERENCES

Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Skaraborg", 1971-1972, Västergötlands Fornminnesförenings Tidskrift, 1971-1972, pp. 39-357; r["References"]