Varv / Kvarf / Varv och Styra

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view of church exterior

Scene Description: Source caption: "Ruin av Varvs kyrka i Östergötland. Teckning i "Utdrag af Antiqvitets-Intendenten P. A. Säves afgifna berättelse för år 1861", publicerad i Antiqvarisk tidskrift för Sverige band 1, 1864."

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Image Source: digital image of a ca. 1861 drawing by Pehr Arvid Säve in Antiqvarisk tidskrift för Sverige band 1, 1864 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ruin_av_Varvs_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 3 November 2020]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Varvs kyrka, Västergötland. Kyrka, äldre, teckning ur Peringskiölds Monumenta, avfotograferad i färg." -- the medieval church would be demolished in 1861

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Image Source: digital image of a late-17thC drawing in the Kungl. Biblioteket Peringskiöld, Johan, Monumenta Sveo-Gothorum. 9 : Monumenta per Westrogothiam, Scaniam, Hallandiam, Blekingiam [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Varvs_kyrka,_Västergötland_-_Peringskiöld.jpg] [accessed 3 November 2020]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Varvs kyrka [...] Kyrkan från söder, efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad, 1894." -- -- the medieval church had been demolished in 1861

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Image Source: digital image [2861-003.tif] of a 27 June 1894 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Varvs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200170391.jpg] [accessed 3 November 2020]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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Image Source: digital photograph 25 August 2006 by Harri Blomberg [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Varvs_kyrka_i_Tidaholms_kommun,_den_25_aug_2006,_bild_1.JPG] [accessed 4 November 2020]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

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Image Source: digital photograph 25 August 2006 by Harri Blomberg [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Varvs_kyrka_i_Tidaholms_kommun,_den_25_aug_2006,_bild_2.JPG] [accessed 4 November 2020]

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: the ross marks the site of the demolished medieval church of Varv; some old tombstones can still be seen in the surrounding churchyard

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Image Source: digital photograph 25 August 2006 by Harri Blomberg [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Varvs_gamla_kyrka_i_Tidaholms_kommun,_den_25_aug_2006,_bild_1.JPG] [accessed 4 November 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

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view of church interior - looking west

Scene Description: the baptismal font is partially visible in the bottom-left corner of the image

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Image Source: digital photograph 25 August 2006 by Harri Blomberg [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Varvs_kyrka_i_Tidaholms_kommun,_den_25_aug_2006,_bild_6.JPG] [accessed 4 November 2020]

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view of font

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 25 August 2006 by Harri Blomberg [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Varvs_kyrka_i_Tidaholms_kommun,_den_25_aug_2006,_bild_5.JPG] [accessed 4 November 2020]

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view of font in context

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22990VAR
Church/Chapel: Varvs kyrka / Varv och Styra kyrka
Church Location: Varvs kyrkby, 522 93 Tidaholm, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located W of highway 26, about 10 km WNW of Tidaholm and in its municipality
Ecclesiastic Region: Linköpings stift
Historical Region: Vartofta härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church, at the E end, S side
Century and Period: 17th century[compound font?], Baroque [composite]
Church Notes: 12th-14thC(?) church demolished; some materials re-used in the present Varv och Styra kyrka, built in 1861;
No entry for the Varv font found in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld. The baptismal font in the new Varv och Styra kyrka may be from the old church in Varv, demolished in 1861; it consists of a round basin raised on a quadrangular pedestal base with a single moulding in the middle, and square lower base; could be partly made of sandstone but it looks like a compund, made-up font. [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.1951, 13.81011
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 11′ 42.36″ N, 13° 48′ 36.4″ E
UTM: 33V 430052 6451049

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, soapstone [partly?]
Number of Pieces: 3?
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining