Kymbo

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920629F4] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920629F4] [accessed 13 October 2020]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920629F4] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920629F4] [accessed 13 October 2020]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding - patterned - sawtooth

a broad moulding with saw-toothe pattern around the top
Scene Description: a broad moulding with saw-toothe pattern around the top
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920629F4] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920629F4] [accessed 13 October 2020]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920629F4] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920629F4] [accessed 13 October 2020]
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symbol - floral - fleur-de-lis

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920629F4] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920629F4] [accessed 13 October 2020]
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view of church exterior - east view

Source caption; "Kymbo gamla kyrka [...] Kyrkan från öster." [NB: the old church would be demolished in 1898]
Scene Description: Source caption; "Kymbo gamla kyrka [...] Kyrkan från öster." [NB: the old church would be demolished in 1898]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [15131-003.tif] of a 1892 B&W photograph by Knut Pettersson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kymbo_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200164670.jpg] [accessed 13 October 2020]
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view of church exterior - north view

Source caption; "Kymbo gamla kyrka [...] Kyrkan från norr." [NB: the old church would be demolished in 1898]
Scene Description: Source caption; "Kymbo gamla kyrka [...] Kyrkan från norr." [NB: the old church would be demolished in 1898]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [15131-007.tif] of a 1892 B&W photograph by Knut Pettersson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kymbo_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200164674.jpg] [accessed 13 October 2020]
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view of church exterior - south view

Source caption; "Kymbo gamla kyrka [...] Kyrkan från söder." [NB: the old church would be demolished in 1898]
Scene Description: Source caption; "Kymbo gamla kyrka [...] Kyrkan från söder." [NB: the old church would be demolished in 1898]
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Image Source: digital image [15131-006.tif] of a 1892 B&W photograph by Knut Pettersson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kymbo_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200164673.jpg] [accessed 13 October 2020]
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view of church exterior - southeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bengt Oberger, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 May 2012 by Bengt Oberger [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kymbo_kyrka_02.JPG] [accessed 13 October 2020]
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view of church exterior - southwest end

Source caption; "Kymbo gamla kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydväst, vapenhuset." [NB: the old church would be demolished in 1898]
Scene Description: Source caption; "Kymbo gamla kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydväst, vapenhuset." [NB: the old church would be demolished in 1898]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [15131-005.tif] of a 1892 B&W photograph by Knut Pettersson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kymbo_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200164672.jpg] [accessed 13 October 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east

Source caption; "Kymbo gamla kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster." [NB: the old church would be demolished in 1898]
Scene Description: Source caption; "Kymbo gamla kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster." [NB: the old church would be demolished in 1898]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [15131-010.tif] of a 1892 B&W photograph by Knut Pettersson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kymbo_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200164677.jpg] [accessed 13 October 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east

Source caption: "Kymbo [nya] kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster. Efter renovering." [NB: the medieval font is partially visible in the far [east] right [south] corner of the nave, by the psalm board, beneath the floating angel
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kymbo [nya] kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster. Efter renovering." [NB: the medieval font is partially visible in the far [east] right [south] corner of the nave, by the psalm board, beneath the floating angel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2487-017.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Axel Forssén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kymbo_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200160836.jpg] [accessed 13 October 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east

Source caption: "Kymbo kyrka i Tidaholms kommun (Skara stift)." [NB: the medieval fot is in the southeast corner]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kymbo kyrka i Tidaholms kommun (Skara stift)." [NB: the medieval fot is in the southeast corner]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2011 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kymbo_kyrka_Sweden_04.JPG] [accessed 13 October 2020]
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view of font

Source caption: "Kymbo kyrka [...] dopfunt medeltida." [NB: the photograph was probably taken in the old church before 1898]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kymbo kyrka [...] dopfunt medeltida." [NB: the photograph was probably taken in the old church before 1898]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2487-018.tif] of an undated [pre-1899?] B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kymbo_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200160837.jpg] [accessed 13 October 2020]
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view of font

photographed in the old church in 1891, just a few years before the church was demolished and the font moved to the new building
Scene Description: photographed in the old church in 1891, just a few years before the church was demolished and the font moved to the new building
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [1M16-A10343] of a 1891 photograph by Sanfrid Welin in the VGM Foto collection, Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017155701/1m16-a10343] [accessed 13 October 2020]
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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 18 July 2011 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kymbo_kyrka_Sweden_07.JPG] [accessed 13 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.: 920629F4] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920629F4] [accessed 13 October 2020]
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view of font in context

Source caption: "Kymbo kyrka [...] dopfunt medeltida." [NB: the photograph was taken in the old church in 1890]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kymbo kyrka [...] dopfunt medeltida." [NB: the photograph was taken in the old church in 1890]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2487-019.tif] of a 1890 B&W photograph by Sanfrid Welin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kymbo_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200160838.jpg] [accessed 13 October 2020]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 22952KYM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Kymbo [nya] kyrka [originally from the old demolished church]
Church Location: Kymbo kyrkby, 521 91 Kättilstorp, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off local road O2845, just N of highway 47, 7 km NNE of Kättilstorp, in the municipality and about 20 km SW of Tydaholm
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Vartofta härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Romanesque
Church Notes: medieval [11thC?] church abandoned 1898; new church built 1898-1899 using some of the materials from the old church, which was demolished at the time;
Font Notes:
Noted in Hallbäck (1971). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920629F4] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the latter-half of the 12th century by a regional hand; as the SHM suggests, the base may include parts of two different fonts [="fyrsidig fot - sannolikt delar från två olika funtar"].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.0821, 13.7775
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 4′ 55.56″ N, 13° 46′ 39″ E
UTM: 33V 427907 6438504

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2? / 3?
Font Shape: tub-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 67 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 85 cm* [cf. FontNotes]
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920629F4]

REFERENCES

Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Skaraborg", 1971-1972, Västergötlands Fornminnesförenings Tidskrift, 1971-1972, pp. 39-357; p. 295