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![Source caption: "Grinstads kyrka [...] Dopfunt av täljsten. 1200-talet."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210402003_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Grinstads kyrka [...] Dopfunt av täljsten. 1200-talet."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [3139-45.TIF] of a 1929 B&W photograph by Bertil Waldén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grinstads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200011654.jpg] [accessed 2 April 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden
design element - patterns - sawtooth
Scene Description: all around
design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: not clear whether roll or rope, as it is rather eroded
view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: the leaning of the toward towards the west is noticeable here
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [3139-4.TIF] of a 1909 B&W photograph by Sigfrid Gunnäs, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grinstads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200011596.jpg] [accessed 2 April 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden
design element - patterns - sawtooth - nested
Scene Description: forming a scale-like pattern
design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: not clear whether roll or rope, as it is rather eroded
INFORMATION
Font ID: 23249GRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1200?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Dalslandsgruppen [SHM]
Cognate Fonts: other such
Church / Chapel Name: Grinstads kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SE corner
Church Notes: 13thC church of which the W walls of the nave remain; extended and modified in the late-17th, 18th and 20thC; the tower leans W due to poor foundations
Church Address: Grinstads kyrkby, 464 93 Mellerud, Sweden
Site Location: Dalsland, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off local road O2149, E of highwy E45, in the municipality and 8-10 km SSE of Mellerud
Ecclesiastic Region: Karlstads stift
Historical Region: Sundals härad
Font Notes:
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Noted in Hallbäck (1959) as a baptismal font made of soapstone in the 13th century, with decorations on the basin, stem and lower base; this author reports a plugged drain and general cement repairs. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930711F1] as a baptosmal font of the Dalslandsgruppen made of soapstone ca. 1200.
COORDINATES
UTM: 33V 355456 6500814
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 58.623528, 12.510861
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 58° 37′ 24.7″ N, 12° 30′ 39.1″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, soapstone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: tub-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin [cf. FontNotes]
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 66 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 76 cm* / **
Notes on Measurements: * Hallbäck (1959) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930711F1]
REFERENCES
- Hallbäck, Sven Axel, Medeltida dopfuntar på Dal, Vänersborg: [Vänersborgs museum], 1959, p. 16