Sodra Sam / Södra Säm / Gällstad och Södra Säm
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view of church exterior - looking east
![Source caption: "Gällstad, Södra Säms kyrkoruin [...] Kyrkoruinen från väster. Murarna torvade." -- the photograph, probably early-20thC, shows the foundations excavated and the lower part of the walls re-built; the covering on top is turf](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201016016_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Gällstad, Södra Säms kyrkoruin [...] Kyrkoruinen från väster. Murarna torvade." -- the photograph, probably early-20thC, shows the foundations excavated and the lower part of the walls re-built; the covering on top is turf
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [10087-006.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Erik B. Lundberg, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gällstad,_Södra_Säms_kyrkoruin_-_KMB_-_16000200167915.jpg] [accessed 16 October 2020]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden
view of church exterior - looking west
![Source caption: "Gällstad, Södra Säms kyrkoruin [...] Kyrkoruinen från öster" -- the photograph, probably early-20thC, shows the foundations excavated and the lower part of the walls re-built](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201016017_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Gällstad, Södra Säms kyrkoruin [...] Kyrkoruinen från öster" -- the photograph, probably early-20thC, shows the foundations excavated and the lower part of the walls re-built
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [10087-008.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Erik B. Lundberg, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gällstad,_Södra_Säms_kyrkoruin_-_KMB_-_16000200167917.jpg] [accessed 16 October 2020]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden
view of church exterior - south view
![Source caption: "Gällstad, Södra Säms kyrkoruin [...] Kyrkoruinen. Foto efter teckning ur Djurklou: Elfsborgs län I, 1868." [NB: the church, seen here in ruins ca 1868, had probably been abandoned since the 1820s]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201016015_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Gällstad, Södra Säms kyrkoruin [...] Kyrkoruinen. Foto efter teckning ur Djurklou: Elfsborgs län I, 1868." [NB: the church, seen here in ruins ca 1868, had probably been abandoned since the 1820s]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [10087-001.tif] of a drawing in Djurklou: Elfsborgs län I (1868), in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gällstad,_Södra_Säms_kyrkoruin_-_KMB_-_16000200167906.jpg] [accessed 16 October 2020]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden
view of church exterior in context - southwest view
![Source caption: "Gällstad och Södra Säms kyrka." [NB: the new church replaced both medieval churches]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1201016018_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Gällstad och Södra Säms kyrka." [NB: the new church replaced both medieval churches]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rikard Ågren, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 July 2014 by Rikard Ågren [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gällstad_och_Södra_Säms_kyrka.JPG] [accessed 16 October 2020]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: the 17thC font in the new church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Maria Mellgren / Regionmuseum Västra Götaland, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Maria Mellgren, Regionmuseum Västra Götaland [www.kringla.nu/kringla/objekt;jsessionid=FDF42BECAC73C301DA8FBAE2E373013B?referens=raa/bbrb/21420000028699] [accessed 16 October 2020]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restrictions / Fair Dealing
INFORMATION
FontID: 22958SAM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Gällstads och Södra Säms kyrka
Church Location: Skolgatan 21, 523 60 Gällstad, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: The new church is located off road 157, in the municipality and 10-12 km S of Ulricehamn and highway 40
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Kinds härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church, SE side
Century and Period: 17th century
Church Notes: the parish church is Gällstads och Södra Säms Kyrka since 1824; it was renovated 1971; there is another church 4 km away at Härjevad
Font Notes:
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The font at the new church in Gällstad, Gällstads och Södra Säms kyrka, was made of soapstone in the 17th century, and was originally in the demolished church at Södra Säm [NB: we have no inforamtion on the font of the original medieval church here]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.664611, 13.430778
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 39′ 52.6″ N, 13° 25′ 50.8″ E
UTM: 33V 406384 6392455
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, soapstone
Number of Pieces: round (mounted)
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: ped
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal