Gardhem / Gärdhem / Gerdhem

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design element - motifs - moulding - parallel - 2

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930709F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=930709F3] [accessed 16 December 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.: 930709F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=930709F3] [accessed 16 December 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.: 930709F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=930709F3] [accessed 16 December 2020]
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view of basin in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Gärdhems kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, 1200-talet, detalj av cuppan."
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Image Source: digital image [2690-030.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Erik B. Lundberg, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gärdhems_kyrkoruin_-_KMB_-_16000200156443.jpg] [accessed 16 December 2020]
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view of church exterior - portal - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Gärdhems kyrkoruin [...] Del av portal, skulpterad sten i form av ett lejon, framifrån och från sidan, 1100-talet."
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Image Source: digital image [10023-058.tif] of an undated annotated B&W photograph, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gärdhems_kyrkoruin_-_KMB_-_16000200156405.jpg] [accessed 16 December 2020]
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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Gärdhems kyrkoruin [...] Kyrkan från söder. Foto efter teckning ur Djurklou: Elfsborgs län, 1868." [NB: the medieval church would be abandoned about a decade after the date of this drawing]
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Image Source: digital image [10023-030.tif] of an 1868 drawing in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gärdhems_kyrkoruin_-_KMB_-_16000200156377.jpg] [accessed 16 December 2020]
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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Gärdhems kyrka [...] Kyrkan från öster. Tryck efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad 1901."
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Image Source: digital image [2690-004.tif] of a 31 July 1901 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gärdhems_kyrkoruin_-_KMB_-_16000200156417.jpg] [accessed 16 December 2020]
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view of church exterior in context - north view

Scene Description: the modern church of 1877-1879
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sollebrunnarn, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 April 2018 by Sollebrunnarn [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gärdhems_kyrka_2018.jpg] [accessed 16 December 2020]
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Scene Description: the surviving ruins of Gärdhem's old parish church; its replacement was built in 1877-1879 about 1 km south of this site
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Trollhättans Fotoklubb, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 September 2015 by the Trollhättans Fotoklubb [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gärdhems_kyrkoruin_001.jpg] [accessed 16 December 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: the interior of the new church
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Image Source: digital image [2690-013.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Adolf Niklasson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gärdhems_kyrkoruin_-_KMB_-_16000200156426.jpg] [accessed 16 December 2020]
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view of church interior - looking west

Scene Description: the surviving ruins of Gärdhem's old parish church; its replacement was built in 1877-1879 about 1 km south of this site
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tubaist, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 April 2008 by Tubaist [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gärdhems_kyrkoruin_1.jpg] [accessed 16 December 2020]
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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Gärdhems kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, 1200-talet. Foto efter teckning ur Djurklou: Elfsborgs län 1868."
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Image Source: digital image [2690-031.tif] of an 1868 drawing in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gärdhems_kyrkoruin_-_KMB_-_16000200156444.jpg] [accessed 16 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.: 930709F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=930709F3] [accessed 16 December 2020]
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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Gärdhems kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, 1200-talet."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2690-029.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Erik B. Lundberg, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gärdhems_kyrkoruin_-_KMB_-_16000200156442.jpg] [accessed 16 December 2020]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 23049GAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Gärdhems kyrka
Church Location: Gärdhems kyrka, 461 92 Trollhättan, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 521 26 58 50 [NB: coordinates are for the old church site]
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located E of the E46, about 7 km SE of Trollhättan -- the old church site is about 1 km N of the present church, at Gärdhem Hansgården 2
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Väne härad / Älvsborgs län
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SE corner
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: 12thC church; new church built 1877-1879 1 km south of the old ruin site; new church restored 1909
Font Notes:
Noted in Hallbäck (1963). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930709F3] as a baptismal font made of sandstone ca. 1200 by a regional workshop. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.2511, 12.3374
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 15′ 3.96″ N, 12° 20′ 14.64″ E
UTM: 33V 343744 6459755

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 78 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 105 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930709F3]

REFERENCES

Hallbäck, Sven Axel, Medeltida dopfuntar i Älvsborgs läns norra Västgötadel: Medeltida dopfuntar i Älvsborgs läns norra Västgötadel, 1963