Fotskal / Fotskäl
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: appears to be part of the basin block
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2181-039.tif] of an undated B&W photograph, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fotskäls_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200155011.jpg] [accessed 13 December 2020]
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design element - patterns - interlace - linked circles - 2-strand - detail
Scene Description: seen here as a fairly well-executed pattern, with some minor inaccuracies
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920704F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920704F1] [accessed 13 December 2020]
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design element - patterns - interlace - linked circles - 2-strand - detail
![it appears that the carver caught himslef short of space and was forced to squeeze the last linked ring in [NB: it suggests that the carver was not using pre-carving incisions to complete thwe work]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1201213008_compressed.png)
Scene Description: it appears that the carver caught himslef short of space and was forced to squeeze the last linked ring in [NB: it suggests that the carver was not using pre-carving incisions to complete thwe work]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920704F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920704F1] [accessed 13 December 2020]
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design element - patterns - scalloped
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Image Source: digital image [2181-039.tif] of an undated B&W photograph, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fotskäls_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200155011.jpg] [accessed 13 December 2020]
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view of basin - detail
![Source caption: "Fotskäls kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, senare delen av 1100-talet, detalj av cuppan."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201213005_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Fotskäls kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, senare delen av 1100-talet, detalj av cuppan."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2181-041.tif] of an undated B&W photograph, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fotskäls_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200155013.jpg] [accessed 13 December 2020]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kemitsv, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 3 June 2011 by Kemitsv [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fotskäls_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 13 December 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © AB Flygtrafik / Vänersborgs museum, 2014
Image Source: digital image [VMOL03681] of a 1975 photograph by AB Flygtrafik, in the VM Foto collection, Vänersborgs museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021015612410/fotskal-interior-av-kyrka] [accessed 13 December 2020]
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view of font
Scene Description: the base said to be of a later date, granite stem and sandstone lower base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920704F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920704F1] [accessed 13 December 2020]
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view of font in context
![Source caption: "Fotskäls kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, senare delen av 1100-talet." [NB: the context suggests the photograph may have been taken during the 1955 interior renovation of the church]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201213003_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Fotskäls kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, senare delen av 1100-talet." [NB: the context suggests the photograph may have been taken during the 1955 interior renovation of the church]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2181-040.tif] of an undated [ca. 1955?] B&W photograph, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fotskäls_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200155012.jpg] [accessed 13 December 2020]
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view of font in context - east side
Scene Description: Source caption: "Fotskäls kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, senare delen av 1100-talet."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2181-039.tif] of an undated B&W photograph, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fotskäls_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200155011.jpg] [accessed 13 December 2020]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 23039FOT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Fotskäls kyrka
Church Location: Törestorpsvägen 1, 519 96 Fotskäl, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located between highway E6 (W) and 41 (E), 6 km W of Berghem, in the municipality of Mark, 50-60 km SE of Göteborg
Ecclesiastic Region: Göteborgs stift
Historical Region: Marks 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], Medieval / composite
Church Notes: medieval church replaced in 1864 by neo-Classical building on the same site; renovated 1955, 2004
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Hallbäck (1966) and (1971) as a baptismal font made by master Andreas of sandstone in the 12th century; the base, of mixed sandstone and granite parts, is modern. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920704F1] as a baptismal font made of sandstone ca. 1200 by a regional workshop; the SHM entry notes the earlier attribution to Andreas: "enligt Hallbäck S A 1971 s 83 ett arbete av Andreas verkstad".
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.471781, 12.501294
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 28′ 18.41″ N, 12° 30′ 4.66″ E
UTM: 33V 350155 6372660
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone [basin only]
Number of Pieces: 3?
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 76 cm**
Basin Total Height: 54 cm*
Height of Base: 49 cm [calculated]
Font Height (less Plinth): 93 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Hallbäck (1966) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920704F1]
REFERENCES
Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Sjuhäradsbygden", Från Borås och de sju häradena 1966, 1966
Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Skaraborg", 1971-1972, Västergötlands Fornminnesförenings Tidskrift, 1971-1972, pp. 39-357; p. 83