Herrljunga

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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.: 920615F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920615F1#] [accessed 16 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.: 920615F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920615F1#] [accessed 16 December 2020]

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920615F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920615F1#] [accessed 16 December 2020]

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920615F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920615F1#] [accessed 16 December 2020]

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design element - motifs - vine - acanthus - with palmettes

Scene Description: all around the basin

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920615F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920615F1#] [accessed 16 December 2020]

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symbol - letter

Scene Description: a number of letters are visible here on the side of the upper rim, right side [cf. FontNotes]

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920615F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920615F1#] [accessed 16 December 2020]

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symbol - letter

Scene Description: a large A is visible here in one of the spandrels of vine [cf. FontNotes]

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920615F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920615F1#] [accessed 16 December 2020]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Herrljunga kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst. Tryck efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad 1885."

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Image Source: digital image [2434-002.tif] of a 3 June 1885 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Herrljunga_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200157741.jpg] [accessed 16 December 2020]

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: the site of the Herrljunga gamla kyrka, demolished in the 1860s

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Harri Blomnerg, 2006

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 June 2006 by Harri Blomerg [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Platsen_för_Herrljunga_gamla_kyrka,_vid_Herrljunga_prästgård,_den_18_juni_2006.JPG] [accessed 16 December 2020]

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "På minnesstenen står det: "Här stod Herrljunga äldsta kyrka från tidig medeltid till år 1865.""

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Harri Blomnerg, 2006

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 June 2006 by Harri Blomerg [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Herrljunga_gamla_kyrka,_den_18_juni_2006.JPG] [accessed 16 December 2020]

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view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Scene Description: the modern church of 1865

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Harri Blomnerg, 2006

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 June 2006 by Harri Blomerg [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Herrljunga_kyrka,_den_18_juni_2006,_bild_5.JPG] [accessed 16 December 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Herrljunga kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster. Vykort." -- the top of the medieval font is visible in the southeast corner of the modern church interior

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Image Source: digital image [2434-006.tif] of an undated B&W postcard FOTO2544, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Herrljunga_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200157745.jpg] [accessed 16 December 2020]

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view of font

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920615F1] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920615F1#] [accessed 16 December 2020]

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view of font in context - east side

Scene Description: Source caption: "Herrljunga kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, medeltida."

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Image Source: digital image [2434-009.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Sölve Gardell, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Herrljunga_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200157748.jpg] [accessed 16 December 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 23050HER
Church/Chapel: Herrljunga krka
Church Location: Storgatan 21, 524 91 Herrljunga, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 513 201 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off the 181-183 confluence, E of the E20, about 40 km N of Borås
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Kullings härad / Älvsborgs län
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church, in the SE corner
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Skaragruppen [SHM]
Church Notes: 13thC(?) church; demolished and replaced by new building in 1865; ruins of old church restored 1957
Noted in Hallbäck (1963).. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920615F1] as a Skaragruppen baptismal font made of sandstone in the second half of the 12th century; aside from the well-rendered acanthus palmette vine the basin has graffiti, a number of letters, crosses and other marks [="spridda bokstäver, korsformer och bomärksliknande tecken"] incised in several places on the basin, probably added at a later date. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.0784, 13.0242
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 4′ 42.24″ N, 13° 1′ 27.12″ E
UTM: 33V 383478 6439144

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 69 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 81 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920615F1]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: graffiti
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Text: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Sjuhäradsbygden", Från Borås och de sju häradena 1966, 1966
Hallbäck, Sven Axel, Medeltida dopfuntar i Älvsborgs läns norra Västgötadel: Medeltida dopfuntar i Älvsborgs läns norra Västgötadel, 1963