Amneharad / Amnehärad

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: the pedestal base is in the right position, with the roll moulding atop

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 940614F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=940614F1] [accessed 10 October 2020]

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design element - motifs - vine - acanthus

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 940614F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=940614F1] [accessed 10 October 2020]

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view of church exterior - northeast view

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:Amnehärads_kyrka_18.JPG] [accessed 10 October 2020]

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Amnehärads kyrka [...] Kyrkan från söder. Tryck ur Ernst Wennerblads Skara stifts kyrkor, 1895."

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Image Source: digital image [3179-002.tif] of a 29 August 1895 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amnehärads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200151481.jpg] [accessed 10 October 2020]

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view of church exterior - south view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nasko, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 June 2020 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amnehärads_kyrka_01.jpg] [accessed 10 October 2020]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Amnehärads kyrka. [...] Kyrka, äldre, teckning ur Peringskiölds Monumenta, avfotograferad i färg.[...] circa 1700"

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Image Source: digital image of a late-17thC drawing in Peringskiöld's Monumenta, in the Kungl. Biblioteket Peringskiöld, Johan, Monumenta Sveo-Gothorum. 9 : Monumenta per Westrogothiam, Scaniam, Hallandiam, Blekingiam [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amnehärads_kyrka_-_Peringskiöld.jpg] [accessed 10 October 2020]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Amnehärads kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, 1200-talet. Foten vänd upp och ner." [NB: as indicated in the capyion, the stem of the base is upside down here]

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Image Source: digital image [3179-016.tif] of a 1912 B&W photograph by Helge Kjellin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amnehärads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200151536.jpg] [accessed 10 October 2020]

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view of font

Scene Description: the pedestal base is in the right position, with the roll moulding atop

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 940614F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=940614F1] [accessed 10 October 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Doprummet i Amnehärads kyrka." [NB: notice that the base of the font is correctly placed hare, with the roll moulding atop]

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Image Source: digital image [1M16-A145055:89] of a 1958 B&W photograph by AB Flygtrafik in the VGM Foto collection, Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017162273/1m16-a145055-89] [accessed 10 October 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22945AMN
Church/Chapel: Amnehärads kyrka
Church Location: Amnehärads kyrkby, 547 92 Gullspång, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off local road O2999, W of highway 26, in the municipality and just W of Gullspång, about 15 km NNW of Hoya, 25 km NNE of Mariestad
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Vadsbo härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery
Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church Notes: 13thC church; wooden church tower of 1666 replacing an earlier tower
Noted in Hallbäck (1971). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 940614F1] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the 13th century. The basin is cylindrical, with a well-rendered acanthus vine all around in low relief; the very tall chamfer is plain; the pedestal base is slightly splaying towards the bottom and has a roll moulding atop. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.990083, 14.0855
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 59′ 24.3″ N, 14° 5′ 7.8″ E
UTM: 33V 447446 6539307

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 65 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 94 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 940614F1]