Laxarby
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design element - motifs - flat moulding
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
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design element - patterns - sawtooth - nested
Scene Description: forming four circles
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Vogler, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 August 2007 by Vogler [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laxarby_church.jpg] [accessed 4 April 2021]
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![Source caption: "Laxarby kyrka [...] Dopfunt av täljsten"](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210404001_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Laxarby kyrka [...] Dopfunt av täljsten"
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Image Source: digital image [3317-15.TIF] of a 1928 B&W photograph by Bertil Waldén. in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laxarby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200011914.jpg] [accessed 4 April 2021]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930714F6] [accessed 4 April 2021]
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view of font in context
![Source caption: "Laxarby kyrka [...] Dopfunt av täljsten"](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210404002_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Laxarby kyrka [...] Dopfunt av täljsten"
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Image Source: digital image [3317-13.TIF] of a 1909 B&W photograph by Sigfrid Gunnäs. in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laxarby_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200011912.jpg] [accessed 4 April 2021]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 23258LAX
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Lazarby kyrka
Church Location: Laxarby kyrkby, Ö, Bengtsfors, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Dalsland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off local road O2238, W of county road 164, in the municipality and 6-7 km E of Bengtsfors
Ecclesiastic Region: Karkstads stift
Historical Region: Vedbo härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a side chapel
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Dalslandsgruppen [SHM]
Cognate Fonts: other such in the group
Church Notes: medieval wooden church replaced 17thC; present wooden church of 1759; much modified and tower added 1884; restored 1931-1935
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Hallbäck (1959) as a baptismal font made of soapstone in the 13th century; cracks repaired. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930714F6] a baptismal font of the Dalslandsgruppen made of soapstone ca. 1200. Given its short height [67 cm] it stands on a modern plinth. No cover present.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 59.030889, 12.323583
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 59° 1′ 51.2″ N, 12° 19′ 24.9″ E
UTM: 33V 346398 6546569
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: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 40 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 67 cm* / **
Notes on Measurements: * Hallbäck (1959) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930714F6]
REFERENCES
Hallbäck, Sven Axel, Medeltida dopfuntar på Dal, Vänersborg: [Vänersborgs museum], 1959