Bitterna / Västerbitterna
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design element - motifs - flat moulding - parallel - 2
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920614F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920614F2] [accessed 25 November 2020]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920614F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920614F2] [accessed 25 November 2020]
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design element - motifs - vine - acanthus
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920614F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920614F2] [accessed 25 November 2020]
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Bitterna kyrka år 1893 i Laske härad, Skara stift, Västergötland, Sverige. Teckning av Ernst Wennerblad ur Skara stifts kyrkor (1902)."
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Image Source: digital image of a 7 February 1893 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad in Skara stifts kyrkor (1902) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bitterna_kyrka_1893_(Ernst_Wennerblad_1902).jpg] [accessed 25 November 2020]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Melissius, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 September 2013 by Melissius [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bitterna_kyrka.JPG] [accessed 25 November 2020]
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view of church exterior in context - northwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Bitterna kyrka i bildens mitt."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jan Norrman / Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet, 1990
Image Source: digital image [dhd21039] of a photograph taken 21 April 1990 by Jan Norman, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bitterna_-_KMB_-_16000300023494.jpg] [accessed 25 November 2020]
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view of font
![The original caption of this image does not remark on the base which was actually upside-down [i.e., the centre-ring moulding is here at the bottom] at the time the photograph was taken.](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201125005_compressed.png)
Scene Description: The original caption of this image does not remark on the base which was actually upside-down [i.e., the centre-ring moulding is here at the bottom] at the time the photograph was taken.
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Image Source: digital image [2437-022.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Anna-Stina Julin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bitterna_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200152117.jpg] [accessed 25 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.: 920614F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920614F2] [accessed 25 November 2020]
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view of font in context
![Source caption: "Bitterna kyrka [...] Altaruppsats, efter restaurering."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201125004_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Bitterna kyrka [...] Altaruppsats, efter restaurering."
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Image Source: digital image [2437-023.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Axel Forssén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bitterna_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200152118.jpg] [accessed 25 November 2020]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 23012BIT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Bitterna kyrka [formerly Västerbitterna kyrka]
Church Location: Bitterna kyrkby, 534 61 Vedum, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 512 79 72 80
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located 4 km SSW of Vedum, E of highway E20, in the municipality and about 15 km S of Vara
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Laske härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SE corner
Date: ca. 1200? [basin only]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century [basin only] -- 13th century [base only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church Notes: 13rthC(?) church; extensively re-built 1807; tower added 1857; restored 1913
Font Notes:
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Noted in Hallbäck (1971). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920614F2] as a baptismal font consisting of a basin made of sandstone ca. 1200 by a regional workshop, raised on a 13th-century type base. The basin sides are decoraed with an acanthus vine framed in two parallel flat mouldings; the basin underbowl is rounded; the conical padestal base has a roll moulding atop. No cover present. A church in nearby Österbitterna is reported destroyed by fire in 1781; since then the church originally in Västerbitterna has served both places under the general name of 'Bitterna kyrka'
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.142111, 12.98475
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 8′ 31.6″ N, 12° 59′ 5.1″ E
UTM: 33V 381363 6446304
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted) (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 75 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 81 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920614F2]
REFERENCES
Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Skaraborg", 1971-1972, Västergötlands Fornminnesförenings Tidskrift, 1971-1972, pp. 39-357; p. 253