Slota / Slöta
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: the moulding is part of the medieval basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920629F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920629F5] [accessed 13 October 2020]
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design element - motifs - vine - acanthus
Scene Description: a beautifully-rendered and stylised acanthus vine all around the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920629F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920629F5] [accessed 13 October 2020]
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view of basin
![Source caption: "Slöta kyrka [...] Dopfunt, 1200-talet, teckning ur P. A. Säve Berättelse för år 1863, avfotograferad."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201013004_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Slöta kyrka [...] Dopfunt, 1200-talet, teckning ur P. A. Säve Berättelse för år 1863, avfotograferad."
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Image Source: digital image [2521-019.tif] of a drawing in P. A. Säve's Berättelse (1863), in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Slöta_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200167018.jpg] [accessed 13 October 2020]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Slöta kyrka. Kyrka, äldre, teckning ur Peringskiölds Monumenta, avfotograferad i färg."
view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Slöta kyrka i Falköpings kommun (Skara stift)."
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 July 2010 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Slöta_kyrka_Västergötland_Sweden_2.JPG] [accessed 13 October 2020]
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view of church interior - looking northeast
![both the font (right side] and the pulpit, with its replacement support, are visible here](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1201013007_compressed.png)
Scene Description: both the font (right side] and the pulpit, with its replacement support, are visible here
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 July 2010 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Slöta_kyrka_Västergötland_Sweden_5.JPG] [accessed 13 October 2020]
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view of church interior - pulpit
![Source caption: "Slöta kyrka [...] Interiör, norra väggen, med predikstol. Efter restaurering 1929."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201013002_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Slöta kyrka [...] Interiör, norra väggen, med predikstol. Efter restaurering 1929."
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Image Source: digital image [2521-007.tif] of an undated [1929+] B&W photograph by Axel Forssén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Slöta_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200166962.jpg] [accessed 13 October 2020]
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view of font
Scene Description: the medieval basin on a modern replacement base
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 July 2010 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Slöta_kyrka_Västergötland_Sweden_6.JPG] [accessed 13 October 2020]
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view of font
Scene Description: the medieval basin on a modern replacement base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920629F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920629F5] [accessed 13 October 2020]
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view of font in context
![Source caption: "Slöta kyrka [...] Dopfunt (stöd under predikstolen), 1200-talet."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201013003_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Slöta kyrka [...] Dopfunt (stöd under predikstolen), 1200-talet."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2521-018.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Ingeborg Wilcke, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Slöta_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200167016.jpg] [accessed 13 October 2020]
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view of font in context
![Source caption: "Slöta kyrka [...] Dopfunt, 1200-talet."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201013005_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Slöta kyrka [...] Dopfunt, 1200-talet."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2521-02018.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Slöta_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200167019.jpg] [accessed 13 October 2020]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 22951SLO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (basin only)
Church/Chapel: Slöta kyrka
Church Location: Slöta kyrkby, 521 97 Vartofta, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 515 77 63 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off (W) highway 47, 2 km N of Vartofta, 6-7 km SE of Falköping and in its municipality
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Vartofta härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SE corner of the nave [cf. FontNotes]
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: medieval church suffered several fires, some of which at the time of Danish attacks in in 1278, 1450 and 1566; lightning fire in 1754; medieval church demolished 1787 and new church built; tower added 1794 and new church completed 1820; modified and extended 1857; restored 1929
Font Notes:
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Noted in Hallbäck (1971). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920629F5] as a baptismal font made of sandstone by a regional hand ca. 1200, of which only the restored basin ramains; a new pedestal base now supports the medieval basin. No cover present.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.114028, 13.625583
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 6′ 50.5″ N, 13° 37′ 32.1″ E
UTM: 33V 419021 6442230
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): 73 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm* [includes modern base]
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920629F5]
REFERENCES
Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Skaraborg", 1971-1972, Västergötlands Fornminnesförenings Tidskrift, 1971-1972, pp. 39-357; p. 329