Vittsjo / Vittsjö

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design element - architectural - arch-head - round

Scene Description: a row of, all around

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design element - motifs - chevron or zigzag

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

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design element - motifs - triangle

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view of church exterior in context - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Vittsjö kyrka [...] Kyrkan från nordöst."

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Image Source: digital image [1713-2.TIF] of an undated [between 1 January 1904 and 31 December 1906] B&W photograph by Oscar Halldin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vittsjö_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200065065.jpg] [accessed 23 August 2021]

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view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption; "Vittsjö kyrka"

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Image Source: digital photograph 30 January 2012 by Ulf Klingström [Ulkl] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vittsjö_kyrka_ext1.jpg] [accessed 23 August 2021]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Vittsjö kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, övermålad med grå, gula och gulgrå färger."

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Image Source: digital image [1713-013.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph by Otto Rydbeck, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vittsjö_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200065076.jpg] [accessed 23 August 2021]

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view of font

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INFORMATION

FontID: 23420VIT
Church/Chapel: Vittsjö kyrka
Church Location: Hårsjövägen 13, 280 22 Vittsjö, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 70 582 28 92
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Skåne, Skåne län
Directions to Site: Located off (S) local road M1875 [aka Hårsjövägen], about 10 km E of highway E4, about 20 km NNW of Hässleholm
Ecclesiastic Region: Lunds Stift
Historical Region: Västra Göinge härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the NE corner of the nave
Century and Period: 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: late-12thC(?) church; modified 15th, 18th, 19th, 20thC
Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900518F1] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the 13th century, a provimcial work. The underbowl appears very eroded. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.34275, 13.658667
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 20′ 33.9″ N, 13° 39′ 31.2″ E
UTM: 33V 417089 6245036

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 3
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 84 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 92 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 900518F1]