Rangedala / Rångedala
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view of font
Scene Description: the font is a composite of two basins, the lower one inverted; the polygonal plinth is modern
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920609F7] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920609F7] [accessed 20 January 2021]
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design element - patterns - interlace - 3-strand
Scene Description: the diagonal bands crossing the interior of the circles seen here have actualy four strands within that frame but revert to three strands outside them
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920609F7] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920609F7] [accessed 20 January 2021]
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view of church exterior in context - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rikard Ågren, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 July 2014 by Rikard Ågren [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rångedala_kyrka.JPG] [accessed 20 January 2021]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
![Source caption; "Rångedala kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst. Tryck efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad 1881."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210120020_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption; "Rångedala kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst. Tryck efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad 1881."
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Image Source: digital imgage [761-001.tif] of a 23 July 2021 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rångedala_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200164141.jpg] [accessed 20 January 2021]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: the medieval baptismal font is partly visible in the southeast corner
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Image Source: digital imgage [761-041.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Axel Forssén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rångedala_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200164143.jpg] [accessed 20 January 2021]
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design element - patterns - interlace - 2-strand
Scene Description: on the sides of the inverted former basin, now the base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920609F7] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920609F7] [accessed 20 January 2021]
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design element - patterns - scalloped
Scene Description: the former underbowl of the lower basin, now the base, has a faint/shallow scalloped pattern
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920609F7] [http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=920609F7] [accessed 20 January 2021]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 23094RAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1200?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Andreas Workshop [Hallbäck]
Church / Chapel Name: Rångedala kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SE corner
Church Notes: original Romanesque church demolished; present church 1847-1848; renovated 1980-1981
Church Address: Bygatan 65, 516 93 Rångedala, Sweden
Site Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off local road O1802, W of highway 40, about 15 km NE of Borås
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Ås härad
Additional Comments: composite font (made up of two unrelated basins)
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Hallbäck (1966) and (1971) as a composite baptismal font made up of two unrelated basins, one used upside down as the base; Hallbäck attributes it to "stenmästaren Andreas". Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920609F7] as a composite baptismal font made of sandstone ca. 1200 by a regional workshop, dismissing the authorship to Andreas' workshop. No cover present.
COORDINATES
UTM: 33V 388343 6406973
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.790844, 13.121803
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 47′ 27.04″ N, 13° 7′ 18.49″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 76 cm**
Basin Total Height: 39 cm*
Height of Base: 39 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 80 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Hallbäck (1966: 149) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920609F7]
REFERENCES
- Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Sjuhäradsbygden", Från Borås och de sju häradena 1966, 1966, p. 149