Hangsdala / Hångsdala

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animal - reptile - 2 - intertwined - belly-to-belly

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920619F6] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920619F6] [accessed 30 December 2020]

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animal - reptile - 2 - intertwined - belly-to-belly - detail

Scene Description: the heads of the two reptailes

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920619F6] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920619F6] [accessed 30 December 2020]

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design element - motifs - groove

Scene Description: seen here on the east side of the basin

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920619F6] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920619F6] [accessed 30 December 2020]

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hångsdala kyrka i Tidaholms kommun (Skara stift)."

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 July 2011 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hångsdala_kyrka_Sweden_3.JPG] [accessed 30 December 2020]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hångsdala kyrka [...] Kyrkan från söder. Tryck av teckning av Ernst Wennerblad, 1894." -- the wooden tower seen here in 1894 would be replaced by one of stone in 1903

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Image Source: digital image [2494-003.tif] of a 26 June 1894 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hångsdala_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200158918.jpg] [accessed 30 December 2020]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: the wooden tower seen here in 1901 would be replaced by one of stone in 1903

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Image Source: digital image [2494-001.tif] of a 1901 B&W photograph by Hugo Frölén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hångsdala_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200158915.jpg] [accessed 30 December 2020]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hångsdala kyrka i Tidaholms kommun (Skara stift)."

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 July 2011 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hångsdala_kyrka_Sweden_2.JPG] [accessed 30 December 2020]

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view of church interior - looking west

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hångsdala kyrka [...] Interiör mot väster. Före restaurering." -- the medieval font in the foreground, left[ south] side

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Image Source: digital image [2494-021.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Axel Forssén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hångsdala_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200158944.jpg] [accessed 30 December 2020]

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view of church interior - piscina

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hångsdala kyrka [...] Piscina, suttit på altarbordet, nu lös." [cf. ImageFileNo. 0201230025 and 02012300257]

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Image Source: digital image [2494-040.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hångsdala_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200158974.jpg] [accessed 30 December 2020]

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view of church interior - piscina

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hångsdala kyrka [...] Piscina, suttit på altarbordet, nu lös." [cf. ImageFileNo. 0201230025 and 02012300256]

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Image Source: digital image [2494-041.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hångsdala_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200158975.jpg] [accessed 30 December 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hångsdala kyrka [...] Dopfunt, av kalksten. Medeltida." [NB: the arched object leaning on the font nase is actually a piscina, now lost [cf. ImageFileNo. 0201230026 and 02012300257]

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Image Source: digital image [2494-031.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Ingeborg Wilcke, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hångsdala_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200158960.jpg] [accessed 30 December 2020]

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view of font in context - northeast view

Scene Description: the font is now located at the east end of the nave, south side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920619F6] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920619F6] [accessed 30 December 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 23066HAN
Church/Chapel: Hångsdala kyrka
Church Location: Hångsdala kyrkby, Knaggården 1, 522 92 Falköping, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off (E) local road O2811, S of the 193, in the municipality and 10-12 km SW of Tidaholm, about the same distance ESE of Falköping
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Vartofta härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SE corner
Century and Period: 12th century (mid?), Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Roglinusgruppen [SHM]
Church Notes: 12thC church; much modified since, including the present stone tower of 1903 that replaced an earlier wooden one
Noted in Hallbäck (1971). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920619F6] as a Roglinusgruppen baptismal font made of sandstone in the mid-12th century. The font consists of two blocks, a square basin with sunken rectangular panels, above one of which, the side now facing north, is a stylised carving showing two intertwined mirror-like reptiles [="sammanslingrade reptiler"]; at least one of the other sides of the basin, the one now facing east, has a deep groove cut into it; the base has a round top but is otherwise also square and plain. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.1158, 13.7843
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 6′ 56.88″ N, 13° 47′ 3.48″ E
UTM: 33V 428375 6442248

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage Notes: no lining
Font Height (less Plinth): 80 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 75 x 75 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920619F6]

REFERENCES

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