Vattak / Vättak / Wättak
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animal - reptile - snake
Scene Description: appears to have a head and a tail; seen here on the left side; or is it a vine?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: detail of a digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920629F2] [accessed 21 March 2021]
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design element - motifs - rope - braided
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: detail of a digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920629F2] [accessed 21 March 2021]
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design element - motifs - socket?
Scene Description: a row of seven sockets(?)
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: detail of a digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920629F2] [accessed 21 March 2021]
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human figure - demi-figure
Scene Description: bold; armas hanging by the sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920629F2] [accessed 21 March 2021]
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human figure - demi-figure
Scene Description: visible arm bent at the elbow
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920629F2] [accessed 21 March 2021]
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human figure - on horseback
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920629F2] [accessed 21 March 2021]
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: two of the corner figures
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920629F2] [accessed 21 March 2021]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
![Source caption: "Vättaks kyrka [...] Kyrka med rektangulärt långhus, tresidig koravslutning, korsarmar i norr och söder (snabbinv.). Tryck efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad, 1894."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210321014_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Vättaks kyrka [...] Kyrka med rektangulärt långhus, tresidig koravslutning, korsarmar i norr och söder (snabbinv.). Tryck efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad, 1894."
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Image Source: digital image [2489-001.tif] of a 26 June 1894 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vättaks_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000008837.jpg] [accessed 21 March 2021]
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view of church exterior in context - belfry
Scene Description: Source caption: "The belfry, Vättak church, Tidaholm, Sweden"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Riggwelter, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 January 2009 by Riggwelter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vättak_church_Tidaholm_Sweden_003.JPG] [accessed 21 March 2021]
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Helen Simonsson, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 August 2016 by Helen Simonsson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vättaks_kyrka_Skara_stift_Valstads_församling_Västra_Götaland.jpg] [accessed 21 March 2021]
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view of church interior - angel - baptismal angel
![Source caption: "Vättaks kyrka [...] Dopängel, träskulptur. I vänster hand språkband. I höger en snäcka. Polykromin väl bibehållen. 1700-talets början."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210321016_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Vättaks kyrka [...] Dopängel, träskulptur. I vänster hand språkband. I höger en snäcka. Polykromin väl bibehållen. 1700-talets början."
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Image Source: digital image [2489-005.tif] of an undated B&W photograph, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vättaks_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000008841.jpg] [accessed 21 March 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden
view of font
![Source caption: "Vättaks kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten. Cylindrisk cuppa, fyrkantig fot. I hörnen fyra människohuvuden."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210321015_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Vättaks kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten. Cylindrisk cuppa, fyrkantig fot. I hörnen fyra människohuvuden."
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Image Source: digital image [2489-006.tif] of an undated B&W photograph, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vättaks_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000008842.jpg] [accessed 21 March 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920629F2] [accessed 21 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.: 920629F2] [accessed 21 March 2021]
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view of font and baptismal dish in context
Scene Description: The 'dopängel ' above the font was made in 1722 by Jonas Ullberg, of Velinga.
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph by Barbro Thörn in Lavendla [https://lavendla.se/platser-begravning/tidaholm/kyrkor/vattaks-kyrka-valstads-forsamling/] [accessed 21 March 2021]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 23232VAT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Vättaks kyrka
Church Location: Vättaks kyrkby, 522 92 Tidaholm, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off local road O2829, W of highway 26, 10 km SSW of Tidaholm and in its municipality
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Vartofta härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, towards the SE corner of the nave
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Bolumgruppen [Hallbäck]
Church Notes: medieval church replaced on the same site by a 1718 building; the belfry is also 18thC
Font Notes:
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Noted in Hallbäck (1971) as a baptismal font of the Bolumgruppen. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920629F2] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the mid-12th century; the SHM entry refers to Hallbäck's attribution of this font to the Bolumgruppen, with which it obviously diagrees, describing it instead as "oidentifierad - saknar paralleller", and remarks on the much weathered state of the upper rim which has been trimmed. The monolithic font is a very crude work consisting of two volumes carved from a single block; the upper volume is round, with a double rope motif below the trimmed upper rim, and semi-figures at 90-degree angles on the sides; tha lower valume has a band of decoration around part of its upper square sides, part of which appears to have a snake or vine, while another has a row of seven large round sockets; the sides of the base below the upper decoration are plain; the side(?) without the decorative band has a very schematic human figure on horseback. No cover present. The 'dopängel ' above the font was made in 1722 by Jonas Ullberg, of Velinga.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.0876, 13.8637
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 5′ 15.36″ N, 13° 51′ 49.32″ E
UTM: 33V 433000 6439027
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 1
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 68 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 60 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920629F2] [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Skaraborg", 1971-1972, Västergötlands Fornminnesförenings Tidskrift, 1971-1972, pp. 39-357; p. 68ff, 353