Fridene / Fridened
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view of font
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920628F1] [accessed 13 December 2020]
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view of font in context
![Source caption: "Fridene kyrka [...] Dopfunt, kalksten, 1100-talet."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201213015_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Fridene kyrka [...] Dopfunt, kalksten, 1100-talet."
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Image Source: digital image [2873-022.tif] of an undated [1940s?] B&W photograph by Olle Hellström, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fridene_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200155136.jpg] [accessed 13 December 2020]
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view of font in context
![Source caption: "Fridene kyrka [...] Dopfunt, kalksten, 1100-talet."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201213014_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Fridene kyrka [...] Dopfunt, kalksten, 1100-talet."
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Image Source: digital image [2873-020.tif] of a 1943 B&W photograph by Olle Hellström, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fridene_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200155133.jpg] [accessed 13 December 2020]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920628F1] [accessed 13 December 2020]
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design element - motifs - palmette - fan palmette
Scene Description: all around the basin sides
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920628F1] [accessed 13 December 2020]
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design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920628F1] [accessed 13 December 2020]
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Fridene kyrka Fridene socken i Västergötland och Hjo kommun i Västragötalands län i Sverige."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nasko, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2011 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fridene_kyrka_Sweden.jpg] [accessed 13 December 2020]
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view of church exterior - northeast view
![Source caption: "Fridene kyrka [...] Kyrkan från norr. Tryck efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad 1899."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201213010_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Fridene kyrka [...] Kyrkan från norr. Tryck efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad 1899."
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Image Source: digital image [2873-005.tif] of a 7 June 1899 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fridene_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200155105.jpg] [accessed 13 December 2020]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
![Source caption: "Fridene kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst. Foto efter teckning ur Peringskiölds Monumenta."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201213009_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Fridene kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst. Foto efter teckning ur Peringskiölds Monumenta."
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Image Source: digital image [2873-007.tif] of a late-17thC drawing in Peringskiöld's Monumenta, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fridene_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200155107.jpg] [accessed 13 December 2020]
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view of font in context
![Source caption: "Fridene kyrka [...] Dopfunt, kalksten, 1100-talet."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201213013_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Fridene kyrka [...] Dopfunt, kalksten, 1100-talet."
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Image Source: digital image [2873-021.tif] of a 1943 B&W photograph by Olle Hellström, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fridene_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200155134.jpg] [accessed 13 December 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: the medieval font was restored to the interior of the church in 1946; this photograph was probably taken between 1949 and 1969
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Image Source: digital image [2873-014.tif] of an undated [post-1946] B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fridene_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200155126.jpg] [accessed 13 December 2020]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920628F1] [accessed 13 December 2020]
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design element - motifs - spur - 4
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920628F1] [accessed 13 December 2020]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 23040FRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late?), Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Skaragruppen [SHM]
Church / Chapel Name: Fridene kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SE corner [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: original 12th-13thC stone church replaced by present 1805 building (medieval tower retained); restored 1949, 1969, 1984
Church Address: Fridene kyrkby, 544 93 Hjo, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 503 323 80
Site Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) local road O2892, on the W banks of the Tidan river, in the municipality and about 15 km W of Hjo
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Vartofta härad
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font said to have been disused in the churchyard until 1940s when it was restored to use inside the church. Noted in Hallbäck (1971). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920628F1] as a Skaragruppen baptismal font made of sandstone in the second half of the 12th century. The cylindrical basin is decorated with a band of fan palmette between two parallel mouldings; the round-to-square base has a broad roll moulding atop and stops at the four corners. No cover present.
COORDINATES
UTM: 33V 444483 6461743
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 58.293194, 14.053
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 58° 17′ 35.5″ N, 14° 3′ 10.8″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 65 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 78 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920628F1]
REFERENCES
- Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Skaraborg", 1971-1972, Västergötlands Fornminnesförenings Tidskrift, 1971-1972, pp. 39-357; p. 268