Horn nr. Skövde

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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.: 920627F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920627F3] [accessed 25 December 2020]

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: the font is monolithic; the moulding in around the 'waist', at the bottom of the underbowl

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920627F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920627F3] [accessed 25 December 2020]

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design element - patterns - crenellated

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920627F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920627F3] [accessed 25 December 2020]

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Horns kyrka [...] Kyrkan från söder. Tryck av teckning av Ernst Wennerblad, 1897."

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Image Source: digital image [2817-012.tif] of a 31 May 1897 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Horns_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200158138.jpg] [accessed 25 December 2020]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Horns kyrka, Västergötland. Kyrka, äldre, teckning ur Peringskiölds Monumenta, avfotograferad i färg."

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Image Source: digital image of a late-17thC drawing in the Kungl. Biblioteket Peringskiöld, Johan, Monumenta Sveo-Gothorum. 9 : Monumenta per Westrogothiam, Scaniam, Hallandiam, Blekingiam [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Horns_kyrka,_Västergötland_-_Peringskiöld.jpg] [accessed 25 December 2020]

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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Horns kyrka i södra Vadsbo härad norr om Skövde i Västergötland."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © D.O.G.A., 2015

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 April 2015 by D.O.G.A. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Horns_kyrka_i_Västergötland_02.jpg] [accessed 25 December 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

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Image Source: digital image [2817-024.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Horns_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200158150.jpg] [accessed 25 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.: 920627F3] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920627F3] [accessed 25 December 2020]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the modern font and cover

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Västergötlands museum, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph by Inga Kajsa Christensson, in Kringla Riksantikvarieämbetet [www.kringla.nu/kringla/objekt?referens=raa/bbr/21400000443557] [accessed 25 December 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 23058HOR
Church/Chapel: Horns kyrka
Church Location: Horns kyrkby, 541 96 Väring, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off (W) local road O2938, E of highway 26, 5 km WNW of Väring, 10-12 km NNE of Skövde
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Vadsbo härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SE corner
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Romanesque
Church Notes: 12thC church replaced by new one in 1804; medieval tower retainde but modified with a new top
Noted in Hallbäck (1971). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920627F3] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the late-12th century. The monolithic font, which may be lacking its original base, has a roughly cylindrical basin decorated with a roll moulding at the upper rim and a crnellated band right below that; the underbowl chamfer is plain but there is a toll moulding around the 'waist' between it and the shortened base; it is a rather crude work, described appropriately in the SHM entry as "regional verkstad". No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.521108, 13.894256
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 31′ 15.99″ N, 13° 53′ 39.32″ E
UTM: 33V 435594 6487259

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 1
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 65 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 59 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920627F3]

REFERENCES

Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Skaraborg", 1971-1972, Västergötlands Fornminnesförenings Tidskrift, 1971-1972, pp. 39-357; r["References"]