Sexdrega

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Christ - Agnus Dei - passant - with cross

Scene Description: passant to the left

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920608F2] [accessed 12 March 2021]

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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - columns - columns with capitals and bases

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920608F2] [accessed 12 March 2021]

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design element - motifs - floral - flower

Scene Description: in the right panel here

Image Source: digital image [2174-018.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sexdrega_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200164798.jpg] [accessed 12 March 2021]

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design element - motifs - plant or tree

Scene Description: in the left panel hare

Image Source: digital image [2174-017.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sexdrega_kyrka_-_KMB_-__16000200164797.jpg] [accessed 12 March 2021]

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design element - patterns - interlace - linked circles - 2- and 3-strand

Scene Description: the circles are in 3-strand whereas the links are in 2-strand

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920608F2] [accessed 12 March 2021]

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design element - patterns - interlace - linked circles - 3-strand

Scene Description: here the links transition by splitting into a pair of 2-strand branches

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920608F2] [accessed 12 March 2021]

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design element - patterns - interlace - linked circles - 3-strand

Scene Description: here the links transition directly into the next 3-strand circle

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920608F2] [accessed 12 March 2021]

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human figure - holding object

Scene Description: too worn and damaged for certainty but the figure in the centre arch here appears to be holding objects in both hands -- Hallbäck (1966) mentions several human figures, one with a sword, another with a crozier, etc.

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920608F2] [accessed 12 March 2021]

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human figure - unidentified

Scene Description: Hallbäck (1966) mentions several human figures, one with a sword, another with a crozier, etc.

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920608F2] [accessed 12 March 2021]

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symbol - cross - Greek - pattée

Scene Description: in the right panel here

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symbol - tree - Tree of life?

Scene Description: in the centre panel here

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view of baptismal dish

Scene Description: Source caption: "Sexdrega kyrka [...] Dopfat. 1645."

Image Source: digital image [2174-020.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sexdrega_kyrka_-_KMB_-__16000200164801.jpg] [accessed 12 March 2021]

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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Sexdrega kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst. Före restaurering."

Image Source: digital image [2174-002.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Axel Forssén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sexdrega_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200164776.jpg] [accessed 12 March 2021]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: the medieval font is partially visible just east of the pulpit stairs

Image Source: digital image [VMOL03756] of a 1978 negativ by AB Flygtrafik, in the VM Foto collection, Vänersborgs museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021015612485/sexdrega-interior-av-kyrkan] [accessed 12 March 2021]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Sexdrega kyrka [...] Dopfunt, 1100-tal."

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Sexdrega kyrka [...] Dopfunt, 1100-tal."

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Sexdrega kyrka [...] Dopfunt, 1100-tal."

Image Source: digital image [2174-019.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sexdrega_kyrka_-_KMB_-__16000200164799.jpg] [accessed 12 March 2021]

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view of font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920608F2] [accessed 12 March 2021]

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view of font and baptismal dish in context

view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Sexdrega kyrka [...] Predikstol, 1600-tal."

Image Source: digital image [2174-016.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Axel Forssén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sexdrega_kyrka_-_KMB_-__16000200164795.jpg] [accessed 12 March 2021]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 23211SEX

Church/Chapel: Sexdrega kyrka

Church Location: Roasjövägen 1, 512 77 Sexdrega, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 325 61 20 00

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län

Directions to Site: Located off local road O1660 [aka Roasjövägen], W of the 154, SE of Borås

Ecclesiastic Region: Göteborgs stift

Historical Region: Kinds härad

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, by the pulpit

Date: ca. 1200?

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

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Master Andreas / Andreasgruppen

Cognate Fonts: the signed fonts at Finnekumla, Gällstad, and others by the same workshop

Church Notes: present church 1810-1811 replaced an earlier one on the same site; renovated 1857; restored 1951

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Noted and illustrated in Hallbäck (1966) as a baptismal font made of sandstone by master Andreas in the 12th century; it consists of two blocks: a roughly cylindrical basin decorated on the sides with a linked-circle interlace pattern and a plain chamfer, raised on a round-to-octagonal base; the base is decorated with an arcade housing an Agnus Dei, a cross, a plant, a flower and several human figures, one with a sword, another with a crozier, etc. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920608F2] as a baptismal font of the Andreasgruppen made of sandstone ca. 1200; the basin, which appears to have been trimmed at the top, is decorated with interlace patterns; the base has an Agnus Dei and scenes (?) with figures on its sides. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.577028, 13.121972

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 34′ 37.3″ N, 13° 7′ 19.1″ E

UTM: 33V 387694 6383175

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): 71 cm*

Basin Total Height: 32 cm*

Height of Base: 56 cm [calculated]

Font Height (less Plinth): 88 cm**

Notes on Measurements: * Hallbäck (1966) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920608F2]

REFERENCES

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