Kalv
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design element - motifs - chevron - nested chevrons
Scene Description: four such visible here, above the pattern of linked circles
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920705F4] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920705F4#] [accessed 31 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.: 920705F4] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920705F4#] [accessed 31 December 2020]
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design element - patterns - interlace - linked circles - 4-strand
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920705F4] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920705F4#] [accessed 31 December 2020]
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view of church exterior - north view
![Source caption; "Kyrka i Kalv, Kindaholms församling, Svenljunga kommun." -- [NB: the old church was destroyed by fire in 1896 and rebuilt in 1898-1899; much renovated since]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1201231022_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption; "Kyrka i Kalv, Kindaholms församling, Svenljunga kommun." -- [NB: the old church was destroyed by fire in 1896 and rebuilt in 1898-1899; much renovated since]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikael Hansson, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 July 2012 by Mikael Hansson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalvs_kyrka.JPG] [accessed 31 December 2012]
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view of church exterior - northwest view
![Source caption: "Kalvs kyrka [...] Den äldre kyrkan." [NB: the old church was destroyed by fire in 1896 and rebuilt in 1898-1899]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201231019_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kalvs kyrka [...] Den äldre kyrkan." [NB: the old church was destroyed by fire in 1896 and rebuilt in 1898-1899]
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Image Source: digital image [1983-001.tif] of an undated [pre-1896?] B&W photograph by Peder Anton Eriksén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalvs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200159669.jpg] [accessed 31 December 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east
![Source caption: "Kalvs kyrka [...] Interiör i den äldre kyrkan." [NB: the old church was destroyed by fire in 1896 and rebuilt in 1898-1899]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201231020_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kalvs kyrka [...] Interiör i den äldre kyrkan." [NB: the old church was destroyed by fire in 1896 and rebuilt in 1898-1899]
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Image Source: digital image [1983-004.tif] of an undated [pre-1896?] B&W photograph by Peder Anton Eriksén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalvs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200159672.jpg] [accessed 31 December 2020]
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view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kalvs kyrka. Dopfunt"
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Image Source: digital image of an undated B&W photograph by Wilhelm Ängermark, in Hallbäck (1966) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalvs_kyrka._Dopfunt.jpg] [accessed 31 December 2020]
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view of font
Scene Description: notice the extensive damage to the base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920705F4] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920705F4#] [accessed 31 December 2020]
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view of font and baptismal dish in context
Scene Description: the medieval font in the southeast corner of the 1898-1899 church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Barbro Thörn in Kyrkokartan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/058539/images/58539_78117469] [accessed 31 December 2020]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 23069KAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Kalvs kyrka
Church Location: Kalvs kyrka, 512 61 Kalv, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 325 61 20 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off local road O1558, 1-2 km SE of Uddarp, in the municipality and 35-40 km S of Svenljunga
Ecclesiastic Region: Göteborgs stift
Historical Region: Kinds härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church, in the SE corner
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: we have no information on the medieval church; replaced in 1671 by wooden church, which replaced in 1842 by a new building, itself destroyed by fire in 1896; present church built 1898-1899; renovated 1922, 1952-1953, 1967, 1982, 2002
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Hallbäck (1966) as a baptismal font made of coarse sanstone in the late-12th or early-13th century; it has a centre drain and has suffered much damage. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920705F4] as a baptismal font made of sandstone ca. 1200 by a regional workshop; the base of the font shows extensive damage. No cover present.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.243922, 13.073828
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 14′ 38.12″ N, 13° 4′ 25.78″ E
UTM: 33V 383765 6346182
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): 66 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 75 cm* / 78 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Hallbäck (1966) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920705F4]
REFERENCES
Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Sjuhäradsbygden", Från Borås och de sju häradena 1966, 1966