Styra / Varv och Styra

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Styra ödekyrka 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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view of basin

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ullén & Ljungstedt, 2003
Image Source: digital image of text and illustration in Ullén & Ljungstedt's Östergötland medeltida dopfuntar (2003) [www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1295675/FULLTEXT01.pdf] [accessed 3 November 2020]
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design element - patterns - ribbed

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ullén & Ljungstedt, 2003
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 22991STY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, basin only
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Museum: Östergötlands läns­museum, Linköping (Sten museet), inv.nr. 5333: 68
Church / Chapel Name: Styra gamla kyrka [demolished]
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Church Notes: 13thC church was demolished in 1861 -- present Varv och Styra kyrka was built 1861;
Church Address: Styra kirkby, Motala S, Sweden
Site Location: Östergötland, Östergötlands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the confluence of local roads E982-E984, E of highway 50, in the municipality and about 10 km SSE of Motala
Historical Region: Aska härad / Östergötlands län
Additional Comments: disused font (found in a garden; acquired by a museum)
Font Notes:
The surviving basin of a medieval font from Styra's demolished church is noted and illustrated in Ullén & Ljungstedt's Östergötland medeltida dopfuntar (2003) [www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1295675/FULLTEXT01.pdf] [accessed 4 November 2020]: a cylindrical basin with concave sloping underbowl has wide, rounded ribs(?), like the font at Åsbo; it was found in a garden by Öjebro (Herrberga parish) in the 1920s, and purchased by the Östergötland County Museum in Linköping in 1932; in its Sten museet (inv.nr 5333: 68). This basin is said to come from the 1861 demolished church in Styra after the merger with Varv. Some measurements given in this source.

COORDINATES

UTM: 33V 504851 6478944

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Diameter (inside rim): 53 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 72 cm*
Basin Depth: 31 cm*
Basin Total Height: 52 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Ullén & Ljungstedt (2003)

REFERENCES

  • Ullén, Marian, Östergötlands medeltida dopfuntar, Stockholm: Riksantikvarieämbetet och författarna, 2003, p. 106