Sundals-Ryr

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design element - motifs - moulding

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design element - motifs - moulding - graded

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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design element - patterns - sawtooth

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: the new church had been consecrated in 1906

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Image Source: digital image [3109-1.TIF] of an 1909 B&W photograph by Sigfrid Gunnäs, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sundals-Ryrs_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200012308.jpg] [accessed 5 April 2021]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Sundals-Ryrs gamla kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst."

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Image Source: digital image [2675-6.TIF] of an 1895 B&W photograph by Sanfrid Welin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sundals-Ryrs_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200012152.jpg] [accessed 5 April 2021]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Sundals-Ryrs gamla kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydväst."

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Image Source: digital image [2675-18.TIF] of an 1929 B&W photograph by Bertil Waldén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sundals-Ryrs_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200012181.jpg] [accessed 5 April 2021]

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view of church exterior in context - northwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Sundals-Ryrs gamla kyrka [...] Kyrkan och klockstapeln från nordväst."

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Image Source: digital image [2675-4.TIF] of an 1895 B&W photograph by Sanfrid Welin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sundals-Ryrs_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200012150.jpg] [accessed 5 April 2021]

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view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Sundals-Ryrs gamla kyrka [...] Kyrkan och klockstapeln från söder."

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Image Source: digital image [2675-5.TIF] of an 1907 B&W photograph by Sigfrid Gunnäs, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sundals-Ryrs_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200012151.jpg] [accessed 5 April 2021]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: the medieval font is visible in the chancel of the new church , by the right [south] pillar

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Image Source: digital image [3109-11.TIF] of an 1946 B&W photograph by Axel Forssén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sundals-Ryrs_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200012321.jpg] [accessed 5 April 2021]

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view of church interior - looking west

Scene Description: the medieval font is visible in the chancel of the new church, by the left [south] pillar

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Image Source: digital image [3109-16.TIF] of an 1956 B&W photograph by Axel Forssén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sundals-Ryrs_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200012328.jpg] [accessed 5 April 2021]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Sundals-Ryrs kyrka [...] Dopfunt av täljsten. 1200-talets senare del."

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Image Source: digital image [3109-20.TIF] of an 1929 B&W photograph by Bertil Waldén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sundals-Ryrs_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200012333.jpg] [accessed 5 April 2021]

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view of font

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INFORMATION

FontID: 23264SUN
Church/Chapel: Sundals-Ryrs kyrka
Church Location: [NB: address & coordinates are for the old church but the font is now in the new one] Prästeryr 200, 464 63 Brålanda, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Dalsland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Vänersborg -- the old church is located off local road O2129 [aka Färgelandavägen], 5 km W of Brålanda and highway E45
Ecclesiastic Region: Karlstads stift
Historical Region: Sundals härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church, at the E end
Century and Period: 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Dalslandsgruppen [SHM]
Cognate Fonts: other such in this group
Church Notes: medieval 13thC church may have replaced an earlier wooden building; modified in the 17thC; abandoned in 1906; old church renovated and belfry sdded in 1944 -- present new church 1906; restored 1950 and 1984
Noted and illustrated in Hallbäck (1959) made of grey-brown soapstone in the 13th century; weathered, damaged and repaired. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930713F3] as a baptismal font of the Dalslandsgruppen made of soapstone in the 13th century. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.562694, 12.276833
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 33′ 45.7″ N, 12° 16′ 36.6″ E
UTM: 33V 341596 6494572

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, soapstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 62 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 78 cm* / 81 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Hallbäck (1959)

REFERENCES

Hallbäck, Sven Axel, Medeltida dopfuntar på Dal, Vänersborg: [Vänersborgs museum], 1959