Skrea

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animal - mammal - lion - sejant

Scene Description: one of four

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animal - mammal - lion - sejant

Scene Description: one of four

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animal - mammal - lion - sejant - 4

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design element - motifs - floral and/or foliage

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human figure - head

Scene Description: some inscribed in circles

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inscription - partial

Scene Description: showing the 1587 date among the human heads

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view of base - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Skrea kyrka [...] Dopfunt av malm. Foten från 1300-tal, skålen gjuten 1587."

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Image Source: digital image [767-19.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skrea_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200034653.jpg] [accessed 9 May 2021]

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view of base - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Skrea kyrka [...] Dopfunt av malm. Foten från 1300-tal."

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view of base - detail

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view of church exterior in context - northwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Skinner, 2011

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 8 October 2011 by Richard Skinner [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skrea_kyrka_00.jpg] [accessed 9 May 2021]

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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Skrea kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst."

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Image Source: digital image [767-2.TIF] of a 1918 B&W photograph by Sigfrid Gunnäs, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skrea_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200034616.jpg] [accessed 9 May 2021]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Skrea kyrka [...] Dopfunt av malm. Foten från 1300-tal, skålen gjuten 1587."

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Skrea kyrka [...] Dopfunt av malm. Foten från 1300-tal, skålen gjuten 1587."

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Image Source: digital image [767-14.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skrea_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200034648.jpg] [accessed 9 May 2021]

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Scene Description: Source caption: "Skrea kyrka [...] Dopfunt av malm. Foten från 1300-tal, skålen gjuten 1587."

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Scene Description: Source caption: "Skrea kyrka [...] Dopfunt av malm. Foten från 1300-tal, skålen gjuten 1587."

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Scene Description: Source caption: "Skrea kyrka [...] Dopfunt av malm. Foten från 1300-tal, skålen gjuten 1587."

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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003

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view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Carl-Johan Ivarsson, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph by Carl-Johan Ivarsson, in Kyrkokartan [www.kyrkokartan.se/056237/images/56237_7599746] [accessed 9 May 2021]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 23299SKR
Church/Chapel: Skrea kyrka
Church Location: Skrea backe 107, 311 70 Falkenberg, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 346 371 30
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Halland, Hallands län
Directions to Site: Located off local road N767, just W of highway E20, in the municipality and 2-3 km SE of Falkenberg, 90-100 km SSE of Göteborg
Ecclesiastic Region: Göteborgs stift
Historical Region: Årstads härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel, S side
Date: 1587
Century and Period: 16th century(late) -- 14th century [base only] [composite font], Late Medieval [composite]
Church Notes: medieval church much modified in 1797, later demolished; present church 1855-1856; renovated 1908-1909; restored 1971
Noted in Hallbäck (1969) as a baptismal font made of a metal alloy in 1587 bearing an inscription ["Sit Domini benedictum"]; it stands on the fragment of a base made of Gotland limestone. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920504F1] as a composite of a bronze upper part, a German work of 1587, bearing an inscription: "ANNO DOMINE MDLXXXVII WART DISSE FUNTE GEGATEN : SIT NOMEN DOMINI BENEDICTUM", on a Gotland limestone base of an earlier date. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.884556, 12.574556
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 53′ 4.4″ N, 12° 34′ 28.4″ E
UTM: 33V 352221 6307156

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, bronze
Font Shape: tub-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin & Swedish
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: on the basin side
Inscription Text: "ANNO DOMINE MDLXXXVII WART DISSE FUNTE GEGATEN : SIT NOMEN DOMINI BENEDICTUM"
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Hallbäck, Sven Axel, Medeltida dopfuntar i Halland, 1969