Ballefors / Bällefors / Bellefors
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design element - motifs - diamond or lozenge - nested
Scene Description: rather short and irregular
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920620F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920620F2] [accessed 1 December 2020]
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design element - motifs - scroll
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920620F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920620F2] [accessed 1 December 2020]
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design element - motifs - vine
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920620F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920620F2] [accessed 1 December 2020]
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symbol - cross - Greek - pattée
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920620F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920620F2] [accessed 1 December 2020]
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symbol - cross - Greek - pattée
Scene Description: a tiny one seen here on the left
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920620F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920620F2] [accessed 1 December 2020]
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view of church exterior
![Source caption: "Bällefors kyrka [...] Kyrkan från söder. Tryck efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad 1898."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201201036_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Bällefors kyrka [...] Kyrkan från söder. Tryck efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad 1898."
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Image Source: digital image [2920-001.tif] of a 29 July 1898 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bällefors_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200153240.jpg] [accessed 1 December 2020]
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view of church exterior - south view
![Source caption: "Bällefors kyrka [...] Kyrkan och klockstapeln från söder. Foto efter teckning ur Peringskiölds monumenta."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201201035_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Bällefors kyrka [...] Kyrkan och klockstapeln från söder. Foto efter teckning ur Peringskiölds monumenta."
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Image Source: digital image [2920-006.tif] of a late-17thC drawing in Peringskiöld's monumenta, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bällefors_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200153245.jpg] [accessed 1 December 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east
![Source caption: "Bällefors kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster, från orgelläktaren. Före restaurering."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201201037_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Bällefors kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster, från orgelläktaren. Före restaurering."
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Image Source: digital image [2920-016.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Axel Forssén in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bällefors_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200153255.jpg] [accessed 1 December 2020]
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view of font
![Source caption: "Bällefors kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, 11-1200-talet. Foto efter teckning av P.A. Säve 1862."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201201038_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Bällefors kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, 11-1200-talet. Foto efter teckning av P.A. Säve 1862."
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Image Source: digital image [2920-025.tif] of a 1862 drawing by P.A. Säve 1862, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bällefors_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200153264.jpg] [accessed 1 December 2020]
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view of font
![Source caption: "Bällefors kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, 11-1200-talet."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201201039_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Bällefors kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, 11-1200-talet."
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Image Source: digital image [2920-024.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bällefors_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200153263.jpg] [accessed 1 December 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.: 920620F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920620F2] [accessed 1 December 2020]
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view of font and baptismal dish in context
Scene Description: at the east end of the church, north side, by the sacristy doorway
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tom Wollecki, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Tom Wollecki in Kyrkokartan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/057631/images/57631_82442875] [accessed 1 December 2020]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 23026BAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Bällefors kyrka
Church Location: Bällefors kyrkan 20, 549 93 Moholm, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located of road 2001, 5 km SE of Moholm, in the municipality and about 15 km S of Töreboda
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Vadsbo härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the NE corner of the nave
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Roglinusgruppen [SHM]
Church Notes: original church possibly a wooden one; re-built in stone 13thC; expanded and modified 17th, 18th and 19thC
Font Notes:
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Noted in Hallbäck (1971). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920620F2] as a Roglinusgruppen baptismal font made of sandstone in the mid-12th century. The SHM entry notes that the interior of the basin is partly filled with cement, therefore it cannot be ascertained whether or not it has a drain. No cover present.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.587292, 14.089278
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 35′ 14.25″ N, 14° 5′ 21.4″ E
UTM: 33V 447053 6494457
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage Notes: no lining
REFERENCES
Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Skaraborg", 1971-1972, Västergötlands Fornminnesförenings Tidskrift, 1971-1972, pp. 39-357; p. 259