Molla

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animal - mammal - lion - passant

Scene Description: seen here on the right, passant to the right

Image Source: detail of a digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920612F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920612F2] [accessed 13 January 2021]

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design element - architectural - column - decorated column - torsade, rope moulding, etc.

Scene Description: one such is clearly visible here between the unidentified scene on the left and the passant lion on the right; the arch-heads these columns supported were lost when the upper rim area was cut off

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920612F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920612F2] [accessed 13 January 2021]

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scene - unidentified

Scene Description: 3 or 4 parallel horizontal bands above which appear to be a number of persons

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scene - unidentified

Scene Description: three human figures are still discernible in the badly-eroded remains of the carving: on the right is a seated figure facing the viewer; on the left is a standing figure facing the seated figure on the right; a much smaller figure, of whom only part of the body and two tiny feet stand on the knee of the seated figure facing it; the arms of the left fugure and one arm of the right figure appear to be holding the 'child'

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view of church exterior in context - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Molla kyrka [...] Kyrkan från söder. Tryck av teckning av Ernst Wennerblad, 1892."

Image Source: digital image [2415-001.tif] of a 10 August 1892 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Molla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200162528.jpg] [accessed 13 January 2021]

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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Scene Description: detached belfry of 1709, was rebuilt in 1827

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 May 2014 by Rikard Ågren [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Molla_kyrka.JPG] [accessed 13 January 2021]

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view of church exterior in context - west view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Molla kyrka sett från väst."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 May 2014 by Rikard Ågren [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Molla_kyrka_från_väst.JPG] [accessed 13 January 2021]

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view of church interior - chancel and east end

Scene Description: the top of the medieval baptismal font and its baptismal dish are visible here on the right [south] side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 May 2014 by Rikard Ågren [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Molla_kyrka_interiör_2.JPG] [accessed 13 January 2021]

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view of church interior - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 May 2014 by Rikard Ågren [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Molla_kyrka_interiör_1.JPG] [accessed 13 January 2021]

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view of church interior - looking northeast

Scene Description: the medieval font is partially visible here by the right side of the pulpit base; the photograph is dated 1935, before the restoration of the church

Image Source: digital image [2415-005.tif] of a 1935 B&W photograph by Olle Hellström, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Molla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200162528.jpg] [accessed 13 January 2021]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Molla kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten. Medeltida."

Image Source: digital image [2415-030.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Olle Hellström, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Molla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200162603.jpg] [accessed 13 January 2021]

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view of font

Scene Description: as the SHM points out [cf. FontNotes] the upper secrtion of the basin has been trimmed, cut off; the separate panels were probably connected, framed by an arcade of which only the supporting columns remain

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Molla kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten. Medeltida."

Image Source: digital image [2415-031.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Olle Hellström, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Molla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200162605.jpg] [accessed 13 January 2021]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 23088MOL

Church/Chapel: Molla kyrka

Church Location: Molla Kyrka, 524 95 Ljung, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 513 201 00

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län

Directions to Site: Located off local road O1810.01, E of road 183, on the N shore of the Mollasjön, 5-6 km S of Ljung, in the municipality and 12-13 km S of Herrljunga

Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift

Historical Region: Gäsene härad

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SE corner [cf. FontNotes]

Date: ca. 1200?

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Cognate Fonts: the font at Södra Björke?

Church Notes: late-12thC church re-built several times in the 19th and 19thC; renovated 1935; belfry of 1709, rebuilt in 1827.

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described and illustrated in Hallbäck (1966) as a much-damaged baptismal font of sandstone with figural and ornamental decoration that huamn figures, quadrupeds and other shapes; Hallbäck's entry for the font at Södra Björke in the same source mentions that the font of that church is from the same group as this one [cf. BSI entry]. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920612F2] as a baptismal font made of sandstone ca. 1200 by a regional workshop; in relation to the present measurements the SHM points out that trimming has occurred at the upper rim area, therefore the font was originally taller. No cover present. Noted and illustrated in the Kringla Riksantikvarieämbetet entry for this church [www.kringla.nu/kringla/objekt?text=renässans&filter=provinceName%3Dvästergötland&referens=raa/bbrb/21420000028661] [accessed 13 January 2021] as a baptismal font of the 12th-13th century with carved scenes that include persons and animals; it had been for a time in the vapenhuset [porch]. [NB: the font is now [2020] located in the southeast corner of the nave but there is photographic evidence [cf. ImagesArea] that is was located at some point at the foot of the pulpit, across the aisle, on the north side; it would have been originally near the entranceway to the church]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.930117, 13.041297

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 55′ 48.42″ N, 13° 2′ 28.67″ E

UTM: 33V 384007 6422610

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): 80 cm**

Font Height (less Plinth): 74 cm* / 75 cm**

Notes on Measurements: * Hallbäck (1966) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920612F2]

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [NB: the removed section around the upper rim of the basin may have been due to damage caused by old cover hardware]