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design element - motifs - rope moulding

Scene Description: a very thin one

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920522F5] [accessed 21 March 2021]

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920522F5] [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.: 920522F5] [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.: 920522F5] [accessed 21 March 2021]

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Önums gamla kyrka"

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Image Source: digital image of a ca. 1860 drawing by K. Kullander in Lagerlöf & Gustafsson's Medeltida träkyrkor. 2, Västergötland, Värmland, Närke (1985) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Önums_gamla_kyrka_-_Kullander.jpg] [accessed 21 March 2021]

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view of church exterior in context - south view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andejons, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 January 2008 by Andejons [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Önums_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 21 March 2021]

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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Önums kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst. Västtorn med tornspira. Före restaurering."

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Image Source: digital image [2764-004.tif] of an undated [pre-1948?] B&W photograph by Axel Forssén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Önums_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000011706.jpg] [accessed 21 March 2021]

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view of font

Scene Description: [NB: although listed in the KMB as the font in Vara kyrka this appears to be the font from Önum] [it is a digital image [2763-023.tif] of an undated drawing in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vara_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200170306.jpg] [accessed 20 March 2021]

view of font

Scene Description: notice the new stone insert replacement of a section of the stem

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920522F5] [accessed 21 March 2021]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the medieval font by the stairs to the pulpit

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Image Source: digital image [2764-009.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Önums_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000011711.jpg] [accessed 21 March 2021]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 23236ONU
Church/Chapel: Önums kyrka [formerly Varnums kyrka]
Church Location: Önums kyrkby, 534 91 Vara, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off local road O2521 [aka Ekvägen], about 3 km E across the E20 and Vara town centre, in its municipality
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Barne härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the NE corner
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: present church replaced an earlier one on a new site, to the south of it; the older church was demolished in 1865; the present church was known until 1920 as Varnums kyrka but when the new church in Vara was completed this one got its old name, Önums kyrka, back; renovated 1948
Noted in Hallbäck (1971). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920522F5] as a Dalslandsgruppen baptismal font made of soapstone ca. 1200; the font consists of a round slightly tapering basin decorated with a band of saw-tooth below the upper rim, and a thin rope moulding towards the lower end of the sides; there is a rope moulding towards the top of the stem; the two-stem lower base is decorated with saw-tooth pattern; the font has repaired damage and a part of the stem is a modern insert replacement. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.262667, 13.00525
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 15′ 45.6″ N, 13° 0′ 18.9″ E
UTM: 33V 382967 6459687

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, soapstone
Number of Pieces: 3
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 53 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 75 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920522F5]

REFERENCES

Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Skaraborg", 1971-1972, Västergötlands Fornminnesförenings Tidskrift, 1971-1972, pp. 39-357; r["References"]