Berghem
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animal - leg - 3
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920706F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920706F5#] [accessed 24 November 2020]
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coat of arms - Servatius of Tongeren?
![the bust of a bishop has an angel on each side [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1201124033_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the bust of a bishop has an angel on each side [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920706F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920706F5#] [accessed 24 November 2020]
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design element - motifs - moulding - parallel - 8
Scene Description: eight parallel mouldings at different spacings down the sides of the basin
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920706F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920706F5#] [accessed 24 November 2020]
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design element or symbol - unidentified - three diamonds inscribed in a circle
Scene Description: to the left of the word "artificum"
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920706F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920706F5#] [accessed 24 November 2020]
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inscription - partial
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920706F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920706F5#] [accessed 24 November 2020]
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inscription - partial
Scene Description: bearing the date 1449
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920706F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920706F5#] [accessed 24 November 2020]
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symbol - cross - Greek
Scene Description: appears to be potent or floriated
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920706F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920706F5#] [accessed 24 November 2020]
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symbol - heart
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920706F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920706F5#] [accessed 24 November 2020]
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view of basin - detail
![Source caption: "Berghems kyrka [...] Dopfunt, koppar, rund på tre tassfötter, daterad 1418, detalj." [sic] [NB: the font is made of bronze and dated 1449].](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201124029_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Berghems kyrka [...] Dopfunt, koppar, rund på tre tassfötter, daterad 1418, detalj." [sic] [NB: the font is made of bronze and dated 1449].
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Image Source: digital image [2182-021.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berghems_kyrka_-_KMB_-_1600020015213.jpg] [accessed 24 November 2020]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kemitsv, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 June 2011 by Kemitsv [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berghems_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 23 November 2020]
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view
![Source caption: "Berghems kyrka [...] Kyrkan och dess omgivning från sydöst. Flygfoto."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201124025_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Berghems kyrka [...] Kyrkan och dess omgivning från sydöst. Flygfoto."
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Image Source: digital image [2182-004.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berghems_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200151993.jpg] [accessed 24 November 2020]
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view of font
![Source caption: "Berghems kyrka [...] Dopfunt, koppar, rund på tre tassfötter, daterad 1418." [sic] [NB: the font is made of bronze and dated 1449].](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201124028_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Berghems kyrka [...] Dopfunt, koppar, rund på tre tassfötter, daterad 1418." [sic] [NB: the font is made of bronze and dated 1449].
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Image Source: digital image [2182-020.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berghems_kyrka_-_KMB_-_1600020015212.jpg] [accessed 24 November 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.: 920706F5] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920706F5#] [accessed 24 November 2020]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: the medieval font is visible here beneath the northeast window, between the pulpit and the altar
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Image Source: digital image [2182-014.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Axel Forssén in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berghems_kyrka_-_KMB_-_1600020015203.jpg] [accessed 24 November 2020]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 23011BER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Berghems kyrka
Church Location: Kungskullavägen 9, 511 96 Berghem, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off (W) local road O1606 [aka Kungskullavägen], W of highway 41, in the municipality of Mark, SW of Skenne and Kinna, SE of Göteborg
Ecclesiastic Region: Göteborgs stift
Historical Region: Marks härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end
Date: 1449
Century and Period: 15th century (mid), Late Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: by Johannes and Henrik [SHM]
Cognate Fonts: the font at Fresta [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: present church is 1790s re-building of a medieval church; bell tower added 1826; extensively renovated in 1977;
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Hallbäck (1966) as a baptismal font made of bronze.by Johannes and Henrik in 1449, as attested by an inscription on it. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920706F5]: "ANNO DMI MCCCCXLIX FACTUM ET COMPLETUM EST HOC OPUS PER MANUS JOHANNIS ET HENRICI ARTIFICUM* [...] inskrift: "År 1449 gjordes och fullbordades detta arbete av konsthantverkarna Johannes och Henriks händer"; funt i form av trebent bronskar; enligt af Ugglas C 1943 s 82 ff återgår biskopsbysten på ett pilgrimsmärke med Servatius, biskop av Tongres och Maastricht på 300-talet och ibland avbildad som en av medlemmarna i heliga släkten - jämför Fresta 930917A1". The font is located now [2020] in the southeast corner of the interior, but shows up on the opposite side, the northeast corner in earlier photographs.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.464167, 12.586944
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 27′ 51″ N, 12° 35′ 13″ E
UTM: 33V 355260 6371627
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal, bronze
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 44 cm*
Basin Total Height: 26 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920706F5]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: around the lower basin sides, the word 'artificum' is on a line above the rest of the inscription
Inscription Text: "anno d[o]m[ini] mccccxlix factu[m] et completu[m] est hoc opus per manus johannis et henrici / artificum"
Inscription Source: SHM [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Sjuhäradsbygden", Från Borås och de sju häradena 1966, 1966