Mardaklev / Mårdaklev

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design element - motifs - braid or rope

Scene Description: a patterned centre ring

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920705F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920705F2] [accessed 19 January 2021]

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design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: forming patterns(?) on parts of the underbowl

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920705F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920705F2] [accessed 19 January 2021]

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design element - motifs - sawtooth

Scene Description: all around, below the centre ring

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920705F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920705F2] [accessed 19 January 2021]

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design element - motifs - semicircle

Scene Description: irregulat motifs in the spandrels of the linkked pattern,resembling arch-heads, some nested, others single

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920705F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920705F2] [accessed 19 January 2021]

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design element - patterns - interlace - linked circles - 2-strand

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920705F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920705F2] [accessed 19 January 2021]

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view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ingemar Isaksson, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 September 2016 by Ingemar Isaksson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mårdaklevka1.jpg] [accessed 19 January 2021]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: the medieval baptismal font is partially visible in the northeast corner, by the pulpit

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kent Olsson, 2017

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 August 2017 by Kent Olsson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mårdaklevs_kyrkas_kyrksal.jpg] [accessed 19 January 2021]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: the medieval baptismal font is partially visible in the northeast corner, by the left psalm board

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Vänersborgs museum, 2020

Image Source: digital image [VMOL03827] of a 1984 photograph by AB Flygtrafik in the VM Foto collection, Vänersborgs museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021015612556/mardaklev-interior-av-kyrkan] [accessed 19 January 2021]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Mårdaklevs kyrka. Dopfunt"

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Image Source: digital image of a 1966 B&W photograph by Wilhelm Ängermark in Hallbäck (1966) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mårdaklevs_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 19 January 2021]

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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.: 920705F2] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920705F2] [accessed 19 January 2021]

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view of font and baptismal dish in context

Scene Description: in the northeast corner of the chancel

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph by Barbro Thörn in Kyrkokartan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/058538/images/58538_86966682] [accessed 19 January 2021]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Mårdaklevs kyrka [...] Predikstol, utförd av S. Nilsson Morin 1804. Före restaurering." [NB: although not mentioned in the caption the top of the medieval baptismal font is visible here in the bottom-left corner]

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Image Source: digital image [2197-003.tif] of a 1938 B&W photograph by Thorbjörn Engblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mårdaklevs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200162624.jpg] [accessed 19 January 2021]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 23091MAR
Church/Chapel: Mårdaklevs kyrka
Church Location: 512 62 Mårdaklev, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 325 61 20 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off the O1558-O1559 crossroads, in the municipality and 25-30 km SSW of Svenljunga
Ecclesiastic Region: Göteborgs stift
Historical Region: Kinds härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the NE corner of chancel
Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church Notes: medieval church replaced by a wooden church in 1688, itself replaced by new wooden 1875-1876; renovated 1935-1938;
Noted and illustrated in Hallbäck (1966) as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the 12th or 13th century now showing extensive damage. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920705F2] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the 13th century by a regional workshop. The metal baptismal dish dates from 1612. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.259, 12.994639
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 15′ 32.4″ N, 12° 59′ 40.7″ E
UTM: 33V 379036 6347998

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
Font Height (less Plinth): 65 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Hallbäck (1966)

REFERENCES

Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Sjuhäradsbygden", Från Borås och de sju häradena 1966, 1966