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
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 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"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
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
![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]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210119025_compressed.png)
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
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
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;
Font Notes:
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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