Sodra Bjorke / Södra Björke
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animal - mammal - lion - passant
Scene Description: passant to the left -- one of the two facing lions
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920615F2] [accessed 13 March 2021]
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animal - mammal - lion - passant - facing each other - 2 - shaking paws?
Scene Description: Source caption: "två lejon som skakar tass (?)" -- the animal on the right has the tail in the usual position; was the one on the left meant to be a lion?
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920615F2] [accessed 13 March 2021]
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animal - mammal - lion - passant - facing each other - 2 - shaking paws? - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "två lejon som skakar tass (?)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920615F2] [accessed 13 March 2021]
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design element - motifs - moulding - parallel
Scene Description: the lower moulding appears to be patterned; rope, perhaps?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920615F2] [accessed 13 March 2021]
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view
![Source caption: "Södra Björke kyrka [...] Kyrkan och klockstapeln från sydöst. Tryck efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad 1888."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210313028_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Södra Björke kyrka [...] Kyrkan och klockstapeln från sydöst. Tryck efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad 1888."
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Image Source: digital image [2426-001.tif] of a 31 August 1888 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Södra_Björke_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200168009.jpg] [accessed 13 March 2021]
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view
Scene Description: with a view of the detached belfy
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rikard Ågren, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 May 2014 by Rikard Ågren [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Södra_Björke_kyrka.JPG] [accessed 13 March 2021]
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view of church interior - looking east
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Image Source: digital image [2426-008.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Södra_Björke_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200168016.jpg] [accessed 13 March 2021]
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view of church interior - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joel Grafström, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 July 2015 by Joel Grafström [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Södra_Björke_kyrka_interiör_1_20150720.jpg] [accessed 13 March 2021]
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view of font
![Source caption: "Södra Björke kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, 1100-talet."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210313030_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Södra Björke kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, 1100-talet."
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Image Source: digital image [2426-010.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Södra_Björke_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200168018.jpg] [accessed 13 March 2021]
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view of font
![Source caption: "Södra Björke kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, 1100-talet."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210313031_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Södra Björke kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, 1100-talet."
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Image Source: digital image [2426-011.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Otto Janse, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Södra_Björke_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200168019.jpg] [accessed 13 March 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.: 920615F2] [accessed 13 March 2021]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: at the east end of the nave, north side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joel Grafström, 2015
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 20 July 2015 by Joel Grafström [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Södra_Björke_kyrka_interiör_1_20150720.jpg] [accessed 13 March 2021]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 23214BJO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Södra Björke kyrka
Church Location: Södra Björke Kyrby, Herrljunga Ö, 524 95 Ljung, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 513 201 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the road 183 and O1913 crossroads, in the municipality of Herrljunga and 7-8 km S of it, 40-50 km NNE of Borås
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Gäsene härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end of the nave, N side
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: the font at Molla? [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: medieval church re-built 1774-1779; restored 1869, 1921, 1964, 1988
Font Notes:
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Noted in Hallbäck (1966) as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the 12th century, of the same group as the one in the parish church at Molla, both decorated with animal figures; Hallbäck gives the height as 80 cm and mentions a drain hole in it. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920615F2] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the 13th century, a provincial work. The font consists of a roughly cylindrical basin decorated with two facing animals very crudely renfered appearing to be shaking paws; the animal on the right has the characteristic tail over its back but not so the animal on the left; were they both meant to be lions?; the base is round with moulded sides. No cover present.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.016389, 13.0475
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 0′ 59″ N, 13° 2′ 51″ E
UTM: 33V 384652 6432202
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 78 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 80 cm* / 88 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Hallbäck (1966) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920615F2]
REFERENCES
Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Sjuhäradsbygden", Från Borås och de sju häradena 1966, 1966