Harja No. 2 / Härja

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design element - motifs - moulding

view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Härja kyrka [...] Kyrkan från söder, efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad, 1899."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2488-001.tif] of a 15 September 1899 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Härja_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200159279.jpg] [accessed 21 October 2020]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of church exterior - south view

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_02.jpg] [accessed 21 October 2020]
Copyright Instructions: CC-Zero

view of church exterior - southeast portal

Scene Description: Source caption: "Härja kyrka i Tidaholms kommun (Skara stift)."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2011 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Härja_kyrka_Sweden_04.jpg] [accessed 21 October 2020]
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view of church exterior - southeast portal - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2011 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Härja_kyrka_Sweden_05.jpg] [accessed 21 October 2020]
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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."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dagjoh, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 August 2019 by Dagjoh [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HarjaPortal-01.jpg] [accessed 21 October 2020]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of church exterior - west view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Härja kyrka i Tidaholms kommun (Skara stift)."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2011 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Härja_kyrka_Sweden_01.jpg] [accessed 21 October 2020]
Copyright Instructions: CC-Zero

view of church exterior in context - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Härja kyrka [...] Människor på vägen vid Härja kyrka. Kyrkans äldsta delar är från 1100-talet."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [Kulturmiljöbild: 16000200159281] of a 29 August 1901 by Ludvig Ericson in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Härja_Church,_Västergötland,_Sweden.jpg] [accessed 21 October 2020]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of stoup in context

Scene Description: the stone stoup is visible here on the windowsill of the left [northeast] window

view of stoup in context

INFORMATION

FontID: 22968HAR
Object Type: Stoup
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, on the windowsill, NE side of the chancel
Century and Period: Medieval
Church Notes: the kungsgårdskyrkan in Ettak collapsed in 1720; some materials said to have been used in the 18thC expansion at Härja kyrka
Font Notes:
Holy-water stoup of sandstone found in the tower space; later relocated to the windowsill of the northeast window of the chancel; the object appears roughly cylindrical, with a broad moulding around its middle; presumably it was originally wall-mounted or raised on a pedestal base.

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
Font Shape: cylindrical
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round