Sventorp / Swenatorp

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design element - motifs - roll moulding - double

part of the basin block
Scene Description: part of the basin block
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: edited detail of a digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920509F1] [accessed 13 March 2021]
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design element - motifs - vine - palmette

a complex vegetal vine all around
Scene Description: a complex vegetal vine all around
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920509F1] [accessed 13 March 2021]
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view of church exterior - southeast view

Source caption: "Sventorps kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst. Foto efter teckning ur Peringskiölds Monumenta."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sventorps kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst. Foto efter teckning ur Peringskiölds Monumenta."
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Image Source: digital image [2804-005.tif] of a late-17thC drawing in Peringskiöld's Monumenta, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sventorps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200167815.jpg] [accessed 13 March 2021]
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Source caption: "Sventorps kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst. Tryck efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad 1893."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sventorps kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst. Tryck efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad 1893."
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Image Source: digital image [2804-006.tif] of a 23 March 1893 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sventorps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200167816.jpg] [accessed 13 March 2021]
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view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Source caption: "Sventorps kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydväst."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sventorps kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydväst."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2804-003.tif] of a 1899 B&W photograph by Ludvig Ericson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sventorps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200167816.jpg] [accessed 13 March 2021]
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view of church interior - looking east

the medieval font is partially visible at the front end of the north bank of pews
Scene Description: the medieval font is partially visible at the front end of the north bank of pews
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2804-010.tif] of a 1899 B&W photograph by Ludvig Ericson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sventorps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200167820.jpg] [accessed 13 March 2021]
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view of church interior - looking east

the 'dopängel' shows above the medieval font by the southeast window of the apse
Scene Description: the 'dopängel' shows above the medieval font by the southeast window of the apse
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph by Barbro Thörn in Kyrkokartan [www.kyrkokartan.se/057638/images/57638_61930627] [accessed 13 March 2021]
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view of font

Source caption: "Sventorps kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, 1200-talet."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sventorps kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, 1200-talet."
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Image Source: digital image [2804-028.tif] of an undated B&W photograph, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sventorps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200167831.jpg] [accessed 13 March 2021]
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view of font

the medieval basin on a later replacement base
Scene Description: the medieval basin on a later replacement base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920509F1] [accessed 13 March 2021]
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view of font in context

The 'dopängel' is probably from the mid-18thC re-building
Scene Description: The 'dopängel' is probably from the mid-18thC re-building
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Image Source: digital image [2804-022.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by K. J. R. Johansson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sventorps_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200167832.jpg] [accessed 13 March 2021]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 23213SVE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Sventorps kyrka
Church Location: Sventorps kyrkby, 541 92 Skövde, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off local road O3009, N of highway 49, in the municipality of Skövde and about 10 km E of its town centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Kåkinds härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at E end [cf. FontNotes]
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: medieval church; re-built mid-18th and, again, mid-19thC
Font Notes:
Noted in Hallbäck (1971). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920509F1] as the basin of a baptismal font made of sandstone ca. 1200 by a regional workshop; it is decorated with a complex vine all around, and it has a double roll-moulding at the bottom of the underbowl; raised on a modern replacement base of conical splaying shape. No cover present. The 'dopängel' located above the font is 18th-century.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.403394, 13.981747
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 24′ 12.22″ N, 13° 58′ 54.29″ E
UTM: 33V 440492 6474073

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
Diameter (includes rim): 66 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 94 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920509F1]

REFERENCES

Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Skaraborg", 1971-1972, Västergötlands Fornminnesförenings Tidskrift, 1971-1972, pp. 39-357; p. 333