Torsaker nr. Gnesta / Torsåker

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design element - motifs - moulding - parallel - 2

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Image Source: digital image [3248-028.TIF] of a 1944 B&W photograph by Ivar Schnell, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torsåkers_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200101399.jpg] [accessed 4 May 2021]

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view of base

Scene Description: Source caption: "Torsåkers kyrka [...] Dopfuntsfot, kalksten, tidigare använd som fot till solur, 1200-tal." -- the former base of the medieval font showing evidence of its exposure to the elements having been used outdoors as the foot of a sundial [see ImageFileNr.0210504028]

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Image Source: digital image [3248-028.TIF] of a 1944 B&W photograph by Ivar Schnell, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torsåkers_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200101399.jpg] [accessed 4 May 2021]

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view of church exterior

Scene Description: Source caption: "Torsåkers kyrka i Torsåkers socken, Gnesta kommun. Solur med fot bestående av äldre dopfuntsfot av kalksten, 1200-tal." -- showing the former stem of the base of the medieval font here, in 1909, supporting the sundial in the churchyard [see ImageFileNr. 0210504027 for the base recovered, matched with its lower base and restored to the inside the church in 1944]

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Image Source: digital image of a 1909 B&W photograph by Sigurd Wallin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torsåkers_kyrka_1909c.jpg] [accessed 4 May 2021]

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Foto av Torsåkers kyrka i Södermanland"

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Image Source: digital photograph 2 June 2006 by Raphael Saulus [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torsåkers_ka.JPG] [accessed 4 May 2021]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: Source caption: "Torsåkers kyrka [...] Dopskålsställ, trä, marmorerad, ornament i guld, inköpt 1787." -- the 18thC font

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Image Source: digital image [3248-025.TIF] of a 1909 B&W photograph by Sigurd Wallin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torsåkers_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200101392.jpg] [accessed 4 May 2021]

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view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Torsåkers kyrka [...] Dopskålsställ, trä, marmorerad, ornament i guld, inköpt 1787." -- the 18thC font

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Image Source: digital image [3248-026.TIF] of a 1919 B&W photograph by Gustaf Munthe, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torsåkers_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200101393.jpg] [accessed 4 May 2021]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 23292TOR
Church/Chapel: Torsåkers kyrka
Church Location: Torsåkers kyrkby, 646 92 Gnesta, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 158 221 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Södermanland, Södermanlands län
Directions to Site: Located off local road D836, E of county road 204, NW of highway E4, in the municipality and 8-9 km S of Gnesta
Ecclesiastic Region: Strängnäs stift
Historical Region: Rönö härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 13th century [base only] [composite font], Late Romanesque / Transitional?
Church Notes: original church 12th-13thC(?); modified 13th-14thC(?), 17th and 18thC;
Only a round pedestal base of limestone remains from the medieval font here, a base typical of the 13th-14thC(?) Paradise font type; it is made of two blocks, the upper one with a double moulding atop, the lower one splaying as usual in this design; we have no infrmation available on its basin. Not found in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld. The font is use in this church is a wooden one of the 18th century.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.9599, 17.361
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 57′ 35.64″ N, 17° 21′ 39.6″ E
UTM: 33V 635785 6537984

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone