Rolanda / Rölanda
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design element - motifs - moulding and piping
Scene Description: forming quadrangular panels all arround
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930510F2] [accessed 5 April 2021]
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design element - motifs - moulding and piping
Scene Description: forming quadrangular panels all arround
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930510F2] [accessed 5 April 2021]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930510F2] [accessed 5 April 2021]
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view of church exterior
Scene Description: Source caption: "Rölanda kyrka, Dalsland"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fjallstal, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 August 2009 by Fjallstal [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rolanda_church.jpg] [accessed 5 April 2021]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
![Source caption: "Rölanda kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210405009_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Rölanda kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [3097-1.TIF] of a 1909 B&W photograph by Sigfrid Gunnäs, Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rölanda_kyrka_-_kmb.16000200011960.jpg] [accessed 5 April 2021]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: showing the medieval font in the southeast corner
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Regionmuseum Västra Götaland, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 23 January 2007 by Lars Bergström, in Kringla [www.kringla.nu/kringla/objekt?referens=raa/bbr/21400000443898] [accessed 5 April 2021]
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view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt Rölanda kyrka"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Vänersborgs museum , 2014
Image Source: digital image [VMO00670A] of an undated B&W photograph [O 0670 A-C - Negativnr.], in the VM Foto collection, Vänersborgs museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021015600098/dopfunt-rolanda-kyrka] [accessed 5 April 2021]
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view of font
Scene Description: on a modern plinth
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930510F2] [accessed 5 April 2021]
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view of font in context
![Source caption: "Rölanda kyrka [...] Dopfunt av täljsten."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210405011_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Rölanda kyrka [...] Dopfunt av täljsten."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [3097-17.TIF] of a 1928 B&W photograph by Bertil Waldén, Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rölanda_kyrka_-_kmb.16000200011997.jpg] [accessed 5 April 2021]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: Due to its very short height (48 cm) the monlithic font has to be used on a tall plinth
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Regionmuseum Västra Götaland, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 23 January 2007 by Lars Bergström, in Kringla [www.kringla.nu/kringla/objekt?referens=raa/bbr/21400000443898] [accessed 5 April 2021]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 23262ROL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Rolanda kyrka
Church Location: Rölanda, 668 93 Ed, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Dalsland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off local road O2104, in Dals-End municipality, about 7 km SSW of Ed
Ecclesiastic Region: Karsltads stift
Historical Region: Vedbo härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SE corner
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Dalslandsgruppen [SHM]
Church Notes: stone medieval church probably 13thC; extended 1700; tower added 1937
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Hallbäck (1959) as a baptismal font made of soapstone in the 13th century. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930510F2] as a monolithic baptismal font of the Dalslandsgruppen made of soapstone ca. 1200. Due to its very short height (48 cm) it has to be used on a tall plinth. No cover present.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.841972, 11.914611
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 50′ 31.1″ N, 11° 54′ 52.6″ E
UTM: 32V 668184 6526118
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, soapstone
Number of Pieces: 1
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 55 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 49 cm* / **
Notes on Measurements: * Hallbäck (1959) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930510F2]
REFERENCES
Hallbäck, Sven Axel, Medeltida dopfuntar på Dal, Vänersborg: [Vänersborgs museum], 1959