Jung

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view of font

Scene Description: the base is a modern replacement
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950830F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950830F2#] [accessed 30 December 2020]
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design element - motifs - moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: detail of a digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950830F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950830F2#] [accessed 30 December 2020]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: detail of a digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950830F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950830F2#] [accessed 30 December 2020]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: detail of a digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950830F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=950830F2#] [accessed 30 December 2020]
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view of church exterior - southwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Melissius, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 September 2013 by Melissius [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jungs_kyrka.JPG] [accessed 30 December 2020]
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view of church exterior - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Jungs kyrka [...] Kyrkan från nordöst. Tryck efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad 1873."
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Image Source: digital image [2778-001.tif] of a 1873 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jungs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200159682.jpg] [accessed 30 December 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: the font is visible here at the northeast corner
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Image Source: digital image [2778-009.tif] of a 1931 B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jungs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200159690.jpg] [accessed 30 December 2020]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 23067JUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, basin only
Font Date: ca. 1200?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century [basin only], Medieval / composite
Church / Chapel Name: Jungs kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: present 1834 church replaced a medieval one, some of which materials were re-cycled in the new one; renovated 1934, 1940, 1967, 1975, etc.
Church Address: Jungavägen 58, 535 92 Kvänum, Sweden
Site Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off local road O2600, W of highway E20, 4-5 km NW of Kvänum, in the municipality and 13-14 km ENE of Vara
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Skånings härad
Additional Comments: altered font (the base is a modern replacement)
Font Notes:
Noted in Hallbäck (1971). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950830F2] as the surviving basin of a baptismal font made of sandstone ca. 1200 by a regional workshop; the present base is a modern replacement. A 1937 photograph [cf. ImagesArea] shows the font located at the northeast corner of the nave, obviously not its original position; a recent [May 2004] photograph in Riksantikvarieämbetet Bebyggelseregistret [www.bebyggelseregistret.raa.se/bbr2/byggnad/visaSelectedByggnadFoto.raa?fotoId=21500000037235] [accessed 30 December 2020] shows the font across the nave in the southeast corner.

COORDINATES

UTM: 33V 389746 6466777
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 58.328064, 13.117344
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 58° 19′ 41.03″ N, 13° 7′ 2.44″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: tub-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 68 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 81 cm* [includes modern base]
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 950830F2]

REFERENCES

  • Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Skaraborg", 1971-1972, Västergötlands Fornminnesförenings Tidskrift, 1971-1972, pp. 39-357; p. 289