Aspered / Äspered
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920609F5] [accessed 21 March 2021]
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view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "Äspereds kyrka. Dopfunt"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of a 1966 B&W photograph by Wilhelm Ängermark, in Hallbäck's Medeltida dopfuntar i Sjuhäradsbygden (1966) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Äspereds_kyrka._Dopfunt.jpg] [accessed 21 March 2021]
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design element - patterns - interlace - linked circles - 2-strand
Scene Description: all around
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920609F5] [accessed 21 March 2021]
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view of church exterior in context - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rikard Ågren, 2014
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 9 July 2014 by Rikard Ågren [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Äspereds_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 21 March 2021]
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view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph by Barbro Thörn in Kyrkokartan [www.kyrkokartan.se/056520/images/56520_6913054] [accessed 21 March 2021]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: notice that the font seen in use here is not the medieval one
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Vänersborgs museum, 2020
Image Source: digital image [VMOL03746] of a 1978 negative by AB Flygtrafik in the VM Foto collection, Vänersborgs museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021015612475/aspered-interior-av-kyrkan] [accessed 21 March 2021]
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design element - motifs - groove - parallel - 3
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920609F5] [accessed 21 March 2021]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 23234ASP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Andreas Workshop [Hallbäck]
Church / Chapel Name: Äspereds kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church, in the SE corner
Church Notes: a stave church and a later stone church on the same site probably preceded the present church built in 1862; renovated in 1990;
Church Address: Stommens väg, 516 92 Äspered, Sweden
Site Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (S) local road O1705 [aka Äsperedsvägen], 15-20 km ENE of Borås and in its municipality
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Ås härad
Font Notes:
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Hallbäck (1966) and (1971) notes and illustrates a baptismal font made of sandstone in the 12th century, which he attibutes to master Andreas. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920609F5] as a baptismal font made of sandstone ca. 1200 by a regional workshop; the SHM entry refers to Hallbäck's 1971 attribution of this font to Andreas' workshop but the SHM itself describes it as a "regional verkstad". No cover present.
COORDINATES
UTM: 33V 391875 6402908
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.755214, 13.183011
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 45′ 18.77″ N, 13° 10′ 58.84″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 71 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 80 cm* / 82 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Hallbäck (1966) and (1971) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920609F5]