Harja No. 1 / Härja
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: the base looks suspiciously wrong
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920629F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920629F1] [accessed 21 October 2020]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding - parallel - 2
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920629F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920629F1] [accessed 21 October 2020]
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design element - patterns - ribbed - concave
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920629F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920629F1] [accessed 21 October 2020]
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view of church exterior - east side - detail
![Source caption: "Härja kyrka [...] Gravsten och fragment av stenskulpturer i östra gaveln."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201021013_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Härja kyrka [...] Gravsten och fragment av stenskulpturer i östra gaveln."
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Image Source: digital image [2488-034.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Härja_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200159382.jpg] [accessed21 October 2020]
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view of church exterior - east side - detail
![Source caption: "Härja kyrka [...] Exteriörer, detaljer [...] Stenskulptur, fragment, i östra gaveln" [NB: the figure on the left appears hieratic, perhaps a bishop? the warrior in the centre could have had a sword in his hand,now broken off; the scene on the right somewhat resembles the carving above the southeast portal]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201021014_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Härja kyrka [...] Exteriörer, detaljer [...] Stenskulptur, fragment, i östra gaveln" [NB: the figure on the left appears hieratic, perhaps a bishop? the warrior in the centre could have had a sword in his hand,now broken off; the scene on the right somewhat resembles the carving above the southeast portal]
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Image Source: digital image [2488-036.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Härja_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200159391.jpg] [accessed21 October 2020]
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view of church exterior - gravestone
Scene Description: Source caption: "Liljesten av stamtyp med lejon och armborst, inmurad upp och ner i ytterväggen på Härja kyrka, Tidahom, Västergötland."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dagjoh, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 July 2012 by Dagjoh [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harja1.jpg] [accessed 21 October 2020]
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view of church exterior - south view
![Source caption: "Härja kyrka [...] Kyrkan från söder, efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad, 1899."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201021001_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Härja kyrka [...] Kyrkan från söder, efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad, 1899."
view of church exterior - south view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Härja kyrka i Tidaholms kommun (Skara stift)."
view of church exterior - southeast portal
Scene Description: Source caption: "Härja kyrka i Tidaholms kommun (Skara stift)."
view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail
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Image Source: digital image [bwr28508] of a 17 September 1944 B&W photograph by Berit Wallenberg, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Härja_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000110504.jpg] [accessed 21 October 2020]
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view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail
view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Den romanska portalen på Härja kyrka i Vätergötland har varit föremål för många tolkningar, och kommer eventuellt från en kyrka hos den näraliggande medeltida kungsgården i Ettak."
view of church exterior - southeast portal - east side - detail
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Image Source: digital image [bwr28507] of a 17 September 1944 B&W photograph by Berit Wallenberg, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Härja_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000110484.jpg] [accessed 21 October 2020]
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view of church exterior - west view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Härja kyrka i Tidaholms kommun (Skara stift)."
view of church exterior in context - northeast view
![Source caption: "Härja kyrka [...] Människor på vägen vid Härja kyrka. Kyrkans äldsta delar är från 1100-talet."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201021002_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Härja kyrka [...] Människor på vägen vid Härja kyrka. Kyrkans äldsta delar är från 1100-talet."
view of church interior - looking east
![the top of the medieval font is partially visible at the far [east] end, right [south] side](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201021008_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the top of the medieval font is partially visible at the far [east] end, right [south] side
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Image Source: digital image [2488-020.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Härja_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200159304.jpg] [accessed21 October 2020]
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view of church interior - looking southeast
Scene Description: the medieval font is visible at the southeast corner
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2011 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Härja_kyrka_Sweden_07.jpg] [accessed 21 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.: 920629F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920629F1] [accessed 21 October 2020]
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view of font and baptismal dish
Scene Description: Source caption: "Härja kyrka i Tidaholms kommun (Skara stift)."
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2011 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Härja_kyrka_Sweden_11.jpg] [accessed 21 October 2020]
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view of font in context
![Source caption: "Härja kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100- eller 1200-talet." -- the Christmas tree suggests the season of the year when the photograph was taken but, unfortunately, not the year](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201021009_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Härja kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100- eller 1200-talet." -- the Christmas tree suggests the season of the year when the photograph was taken but, unfortunately, not the year
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Image Source: digital image [2488-024.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Härja_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200159313.jpg] [accessed21 October 2020]
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view of font in context
![Source caption: "Härja kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100- eller 1200-talet."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201021010_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Härja kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100- eller 1200-talet."
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Image Source: digital image [2488-025.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Härja_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200159315.jpg] [accessed21 October 2020]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: the font at the southeast corner
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:Härja_kyrka_Sweden_07.jpg] [accessed 21 October 2020]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 22967HAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Härja kyrka
Church Location: Härja kyrkby, 522 92 Tidaholm, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off local road O2835, E of highway 26, in the municipality and 10-12 km SSW of Tidaholm
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Vartofta härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SE corner
Church Notes: 12thC church said to have been built on a former pagan cult site; modified and expanded 1767 [using remains from the nearby church of Ettak]; renovated 1961-1062;
Font Notes:
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Noted in Hallbäck (1971). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920629F1] as a baptismal font made of sandstone ca. 1200 by a regional hand. The cylidrical basin has a pair of thin rope mouldings below the upper rim, and has otherwise plain sides and underbowl; raised on a circular pedestal base with a pattern of concave ribbing on the upper half and a broad roll moulding on the lower. No cover present.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.072, 13.9164
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 4′ 19.2″ N, 13° 54′ 59.04″ E
UTM: 33V 436080 6437239
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): 63 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 86 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920629F1]
REFERENCES
Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Skaraborg", 1971-1972, Västergötlands Fornminnesförenings Tidskrift, 1971-1972, pp. 39-357; p. 288