Holm nr. Mellerud
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design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: notice the drain hole below
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930711F3] [accessed 2 April 2021]
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design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: half way down the stem of the base
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930711F3] [accessed 2 April 2021]
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design element - patterns - sawtooth
Scene Description: around the upper surface of the lower base
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Image Source: digital image [3143-40.TIF] of a 1928 B&W photograph by Bertil Waldén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holms_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200033584.jpg] [accessed 2 April 2021]
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design element - patterns - sawtooth
Scene Description: below the uppr rim, all around
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930711F3] [accessed 2 April 2021]
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view of church exterior in context - south view
Scene Description: the detached belfy dates from the 1770s
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Image Source: digital image [3143-2.TIF] of a 1909 B&W photograph by Sigfrid Gunnäs, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holms_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200033511.jpg] [accessed 2 April 2021]
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view of font
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930711F3] [accessed 2 April 2021]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: the photograph was taken right after the restoration led in 1927 by Axel Forssén, the architetct responsible
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Image Source: digital image [3143-18.TIF] of a 1927 B&W photograph by Axel Forssén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holms_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200033547.jpg] [accessed 2 April 2021]
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view of font in context
![the medieval font in use is partially visible in the borrom-left corner; the fragment of another medieval font is located beneath the pulpit stairs [cf. Hallbäck (1959) in FontNotes] -- the photograph was taken right after the restoration led in 1927 by Axel Forssén, the architetct responsible](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210402038_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the medieval font in use is partially visible in the borrom-left corner; the fragment of another medieval font is located beneath the pulpit stairs [cf. Hallbäck (1959) in FontNotes] -- the photograph was taken right after the restoration led in 1927 by Axel Forssén, the architetct responsible
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Image Source: digital image [3143-25.TIF] of a 1927 B&W photograph by Axel Forssén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holms_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200033562.jpg] [accessed 2 April 2021]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: the medieval font with the pulpit stairs in the background
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Image Source: digital image [3143-40.TIF] of a 1928 B&W photograph by Bertil Waldén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holms_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200033584.jpg] [accessed 2 April 2021]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 23251HOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Holms kyrka [aka S:t Olofs kyrka]
Church Patron Saints: St. Olaf [aka Olaf II Haraldsson, Óláfr Haraldsson, Olav, Olav Haraldsson, Olave, Olof]
Church Location: Holms kyrkby, Gamla Göteborgsvägen11, 46493 Ö, Mellerud, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 530 362 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Dalsland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off local road O2178, E of highway E45, in the municipality and 3 km NNE of Mellerud, on the W shores of the Vänern
Ecclesiastic Region: Karlstads stift
Historical Region: Nordals härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the NE corner, by the pulpit
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Dalslandsgruppen [SHM]
Cognate Fonts: other such in this group
Church Notes: churches on this and a nearby site at Östanå reported since the 12thC, a cemetery perhaps as early as the 11thC; two churches probably merged; wooden church disused mid-16thC; present church 13thC; extended 17thC; detached belfry added 1770s; renovated 1927 and 1944-1945 under Axel Forssén; newly restored 1992
Font Notes:
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Hallbäck (1959) notes a medieval font made of soapstone in the 13th century; it is decorated with the simple motifs characteristic of this design [cf. infra]; there is drain hole is in the centre of the basin but it appears to exit through the outer side, which suggests to this author the two parts of the font did not belong together originally [NB: another possibility is that the basin was used elsewhere for a time, perhaps as a water-trough in the churchyard, hence the side drain, a common happening]; Hallbäck (1959) also reports a 25 cm base fragment of a sandstone font with foliage decoration [NB: could it be the font from the disappeared nearby church at Östanå?]. The main font here is noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930711F3] as belonging to the Dalslandsgruppen, made of sopastone ca. 1200
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.712789, 12.469925
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 42′ 46.04″ N, 12° 28′ 11.73″ E
UTM: 33V 353455 6510837
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, soapstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: tub-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: appears to exit on the side [cf. FontNotes] -- no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 68 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 71 cm* / **
Notes on Measurements: * Hallbäck (1959) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930711F3]
REFERENCES
Hallbäck, Sven Axel, Medeltida dopfuntar på Dal, Vänersborg: [Vänersborgs museum], 1959