Fritsla
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920706F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920706F3] [accessed 13 December 2020]
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view of font
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Image Source: digital image of a 1966 B&W photograph by Claes Claesson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fritsla_kyrka._Dopfunt.jpg] [accessed 13 December 2020]
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view of basin - detail
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920706F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920706F3] [accessed 13 December 2020]
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design element - motifs - sawtooth or zigzag
Scene Description: the indentation seen here may have been made for the font cover hardware
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920706F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920706F3] [accessed 13 December 2020]
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design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: appears to be part of the basin block
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920706F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920706F3] [accessed 13 December 2020]
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design element - patterns - interlace - linked circles - 2-strand
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920706F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920706F3] [accessed 13 December 2020]
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view of church exterior in context - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kent Olsson, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 July 2017 by Kent Olsson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fritsla_kyrka_2017.jpg] [accessed 13 December 2020]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 23041FRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Fristla kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church, in the SE corner
Church Notes: medieval wooden church replaced by another, also wooden, in 1618; present church of stone consecrated 1851; renovated 1949 and 1973
Church Address: Kronogärdesvägen 9, 511 71 Fritsla, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 320 20 71 60
Site Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off local road O1652, in the municipality of Mark
Ecclesiastic Region: Göteborgs stift
Historical Region: Marks härad
Additional Comments: re-cycled font (originally from the demolished medieval church; now in use in the mid-19thC building)
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Hallbäck (1966). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920706F3] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the 13th century by a regional workshop. The font consists of a roughly cylindrical basin decorated with a broad band of interlace pattern of linked two-strand circles, very eroded now, and a partial band of narrow saw-tooth or zig-zag below the upper rim; there is a moulding at the meeting of basin and base that appears to be part of the basin block; the lower base is splaying and appears plain. Some of the photographic sources have the font as made of limestone. No cover present.
COORDINATES
UTM: 33V 367933 6381584
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.557403, 12.792639
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 33′ 26.65″ N, 12° 47′ 33.5″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone? [cf. FontNotes]
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: no drainage system
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 77 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 85 cm* / 80 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Hallbäck (1966) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920706F3]
REFERENCES
- Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Sjuhäradsbygden", Från Borås och de sju häradena 1966, 1966, p. 40ff, 44, 94 149, 192