Skara No. 1 / Scara
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Scene Description: a medieval font from Skara cathedral in the storage facilities of the Västergötlands museum
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © D.O.G.A., 2012
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 11 August 2012 by D.O.G.A. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Västergötlands_museum_kapitäl_05.JPG] [accessed 9 October 2020]
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![Source caption: "Olika kapitäl och valvkonsoler från Skara domkyrka på Västergötlands museum. De återanvändes inte vid Helgo Zettervalls restaurering 1886-1894 på grund av skador på dem. Därför deponerades de istället i museet. För att ersätta dem höggs nya kapitäl under restaureringen." [NB: the caption does not mention the font seen here in the bottom left corner, but refers to the other stones as a mixed variety from the earlier church not re-used in the 19thC restoration by Helgo Zettervall, all of them shown in the storage fecility at the Västergötlands museum -- the relief partially visible in the bottom-right corner appears to be the offerings by Cain and Abel]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1201009022_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Olika kapitäl och valvkonsoler från Skara domkyrka på Västergötlands museum. De återanvändes inte vid Helgo Zettervalls restaurering 1886-1894 på grund av skador på dem. Därför deponerades de istället i museet. För att ersätta dem höggs nya kapitäl under restaureringen." [NB: the caption does not mention the font seen here in the bottom left corner, but refers to the other stones as a mixed variety from the earlier church not re-used in the 19thC restoration by Helgo Zettervall, all of them shown in the storage fecility at the Västergötlands museum -- the relief partially visible in the bottom-right corner appears to be the offerings by Cain and Abel]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © D.O.G.A., 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 August 2012 by D.O.G.A. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Västergötlands_museum_kapitäl_05.JPG] [accessed 9 October 2020]
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scene? [unidentified]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © D.O.G.A., 2012
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 11 August 2012 by D.O.G.A. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Västergötlands_museum_kapitäl_05.JPG] [accessed 9 October 2020]
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animal - mammal - lion? - passant
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © D.O.G.A., 2012
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 11 August 2012 by D.O.G.A. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Västergötlands_museum_kapitäl_05.JPG] [accessed 9 October 2020]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © D.O.G.A., 2012
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 11 August 2012 by D.O.G.A. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Västergötlands_museum_kapitäl_05.JPG] [accessed 9 October 2020]
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unidentified
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © D.O.G.A., 2012
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 11 August 2012 by D.O.G.A. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Västergötlands_museum_kapitäl_05.JPG] [accessed 9 October 2020]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 22944SKA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Museum: Västergötlands museum, Skara
Church / Chapel Name: Skara domkyrka / Sankta Maria kyrka
Font Location in Church: in museum
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Biblioteksgatan, 532 30 Skara, Sweden
Site Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (NW) the E20, about 20 km SE of Lidköping
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Additional Comments: disused font (in a museum) [e-mail sent to the VGM requesting information on this font, images, etc. 10 October 2020 / mt]
Font Notes:
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A photograph taken inside the storage area of the Västergötlands museum shows a series of stone fragments identified in the source as originally from Skara cathedral, but not used in the 19th-century restoration of that church; on the bottom is a baptismal font consisting of a roughly cylindrical basin raised on a round-to-square base; the sides of the basin appears to be decorated with scenes involving animals and perhaps humans(?); the basin has no decoration around the upper rim but has a rope moulding around the lower one; there is another rope moulding around the top of the round-to-square pedestal base; the sides of the base are also carved with [???] but in a much shallower relief. This font appears not to be listed in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld under Skara itself or under the museum.
COORDINATES
UTM: 33V 408741 6472788
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 58.386389, 13.439167
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 58° 23′ 11″ N, 13° 26′ 21″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining