Ostra Frolunda / Östra Frölunda

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view of basin

Scene Description: Source caption: "Östra Frölunda kyrka. Dopfunt [...] Photo by Claes Claesson [...] 1966"

Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph by Claes Claesson in Hallbäck's Medeltida dopfuntar i Sjuhäradsbygden (1966) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Östra_Frölunda._Dopfunt.jpg] [accessed 22 March 2021]

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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2007 by Qw12 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Östra_Frölunda_kyrka.JPG] [accessed 22 March 2021]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Östra Frölunda kyrka. Interiör mot koret"

Image Source: digital image [VMOL03816] of a 1981 photograph by AB Flygtrafik, in the VM Foto collection, in the Vänersborgs museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021015612545/ostra-frolunda-interior-av-kyrkan] [accessed 22 March 2021]

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view of font and baptismal dish in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Medeltida dopfunt, helt utan utsmyckning"

Image Source: digital photograph by Barbro Thörn in KyrkoKartan [www.kyrkokartan.se/058540/images/58540_33208297] [accessed 22 March 2021]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Östra Frölunda kyrka [...] Dopfunt, romansk [...] Rik ornamentering på cuppa och fot." [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital image [2200-005.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Östra_Frölunda_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000013572.jpg] [accessed 22 March 2021]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the medieval basin is visible in part in the northeast corner of the church

Image Source: edited detail of a digital image [VMOL03816] of a 1981 photograph by AB Flygtrafik, in the VM Foto collection, in the Vänersborgs museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021015612545/ostra-frolunda-interior-av-kyrkan] [accessed 22 March 2021]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 23238FRO

Church/Chapel: Östra Frölunda kyrka

Church Location: Falkenbergsvägen 17, 512 63 Östra Frölunda, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 325 61 20 00

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län

Directions to Site: Located off the O1559 [aka Falkenbergsvägen] in the municipality and about 25 S of Svenljunga

Ecclesiastic Region: Göteborgs stift

Historical Region: Kinds härad

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the NE corner

Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque

Church Notes: medieval church demolished 1825; new church 1826; restored 1937-1938;

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Noted and illustrated in Hallbäck (1966) as the plain basin of a baptismal font made of sandstone in Västergötland in the English style around the year 1200; on a new base/plinth [NB: the photograph in Hallbäck's book does not show a base]. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920705F1] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the 12th century; the SHM entry notes that the font is weathered overall and that the match of the bottom of the basin and the top of the base is awkward. No cover present. [NB: the shape of the base appears to be slightly different in two of the sources [cf. ImagesArea] but it may be the result of the angle of the photograph if the base is irregular around the sides; the SHM photograph shows a round-to-octagonal base]. A second font, appearing in a digital image [2200-005.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Östra_Frölunda_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000013572.jpg] [accessed 22 March 2021] is a strange-looking object being captioned Östra Frölunda kyrka [...] Dopfunt, romansk [...] Rik ornamentering på cuppa och fot." This second font consists of a roughly hemispherical basin crowded with many motifs and symbols (saw-tooth, crosses of various shapes inscribed in shield-like shapes) and a round splaying base with a pattern of quadrangular frames; one of the sides appears damaged and repaired; if the font is medieval it must have been done by a local hand -- we have no information on the provenance or present location].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.340775, 13.031886

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 20′ 26.79″ N, 13° 1′ 54.79″ E

UTM: 33V 381546 6357034

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone

Number of Pieces: 2

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Drainage Notes: no lining

Diameter (includes rim): 66 cm**

Basin Total Height: 37 cm*

Height of Base: [39 cm?] [calculated]

Font Height (less Plinth): 76 cm**

Notes on Measurements: * Hallbäck (1966) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920705F1]

REFERENCES

Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Sjuhäradsbygden", Från Borås och de sju häradena 1966, 1966