Vastra Tunhem / Västra Tunhem
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design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: a very thin one below the inscription
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920701F1] [accessed 21 March 2021]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920701F1] [accessed 21 March 2021]
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design element - patterns - sawtooth
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920701F1] [accessed 21 March 2021]
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design element - patterns - sawtooth
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920701F1] [accessed 21 March 2021]
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inscription
Scene Description: a later addition
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920701F1] [accessed 21 March 2021]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kyrkan av sten. Treskeppigt långhus med ett lågt torn och femsidigt korslut. (Snabbinv.). Tryck efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad."
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Image Source: digital image [2794-003.tif] of a 23 September 1895 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Västra_Tunhems_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000008594.jpg] [accessed 21 March 2021]
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view of church interior - looking east
![Source caption: " Västra Tunhems kyrka [...] Interiör mot altaret. Bänkkvarter." -- the top of the font is visible beneath the psalm board](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210321002_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: " Västra Tunhems kyrka [...] Interiör mot altaret. Bänkkvarter." -- the top of the font is visible beneath the psalm board
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Image Source: digital image [2794-028.tif] of a 1937 B&W photograph by Adolf Niklasson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Västra_Tunhems_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000008622.jpg] [accessed 21 March 2021]
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view of font
Scene Description: notice the irregularity of the upper end
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920701F1] [accessed 21 March 2021]
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view of font in context
![Source caption: " Västra Tunhems kyrka [...] Dopfunt av täljsten, i två stycken, sammanfogade på halsen, 1700-talet."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210321003_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: " Västra Tunhems kyrka [...] Dopfunt av täljsten, i två stycken, sammanfogade på halsen, 1700-talet."
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Image Source: digital image [2794-047.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Västra_Tunhems_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000008642.jpg] [accessed 21 March 2021]
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view of font in context
![Source caption: " Västra Tunhems kyrka [...] Dopfunt av täljsten, i två stycken, sammanfogade på halsen, 1700-talet."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210321004_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: " Västra Tunhems kyrka [...] Dopfunt av täljsten, i två stycken, sammanfogade på halsen, 1700-talet."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2794-048.tif] of a 1938 B&W photograph by Adolf Niklasson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Västra_Tunhems_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000008643.jpg] [accessed 21 March 2021]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 23230TUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Västra Tunhems kyrka
Church Location: Prästgården 350, 461 93 Västra Tunhem, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 521 26 58 50
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off (W) local road O2047 [aka Prästgården], 8 km SSE of Vänersborg, and in its municipality
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Väne härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Dalslandsgruppen [SHM]
Church Notes: 12thC church(?); extended 15thC; re-built 1740; tower added 1810
Font Notes:
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Noted in Hallbäck (1963). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920701F1] as a Dalslandsgruppen baptismal font made of soapstone ca. 1200 bearing a later gilded inscription "Låten barnen komma till mig". The font consists of a round almost cylindrical basin but tapering in slightly, decorated with a saw-tooth pattern below the upper rim and a thin moulding about 2/3 down the side; a gilded inscription in Swedish [cf. supra] was added at a later date; raised on a cylindrical stem with a single roll moulding on it, and a wider circular lower base with large saw-tooth pattern all around. No cover present.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.310278, 12.401667
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 18′ 37″ N, 12° 24′ 6″ E
UTM: 33V 347769 6466193
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, soapstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 57 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 70 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920701F1]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Swedish
Inscription Notes: a later addition
Inscription Location: around the basin sides
Inscription Text: "Låten barnen komma till mig"
Inscription Source: SHM [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Hallbäck, Sven Axel, Medeltida dopfuntar i Älvsborgs läns norra Västgötadel: Medeltida dopfuntar i Älvsborgs läns norra Västgötadel, 1963
Hallbäck, Sven Axel, Medeltida dopfuntar i Älvsborgs läns norra Västgötadel: Medeltida dopfuntar i Älvsborgs läns norra Västgötadel, 1963