Almesakra / Almesåkra

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animal - mammal - ram - 2

they are placed at opposite ends of the basin
Scene Description: they are placed at opposite ends of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910601F1] [accessed 4 September 2021]
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design element - motifs - braid

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910601F1] [accessed 4 September 2021]
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design element - motifs - moulding or piping

framing the curves sides of cushion capital sides of the base
Scene Description: framing the curves sides of cushion capital sides of the base
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910601F1] [accessed 4 September 2021]
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design element - patterns - scalloped

beneath the braid
Scene Description: beneath the braid
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910601F1] [accessed 4 September 2021]
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human figure - head, face or mask - 2

they are crudely rendered and damaged; placed at opposite ends of the basin
Scene Description: they are crudely rendered and damaged; placed at opposite ends of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910601F1] [accessed 4 September 2021]
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view of basin - detail

Source caption: "Almesåkra kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100-tal, detalj."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Almesåkra kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100-tal, detalj."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2254-018.TIF] of a 1927 B&W photograph by Ragnar Blomqvist, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Almesåkra_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200067712.jpg] [accessed 4 September 2021]
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view of basin - detail

Source caption: "Almesåkra kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100-tal, detalj."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Almesåkra kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100-tal, detalj."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2254-019.TIF] of a 1927 B&W photograph by Ragnar Blomqvist, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Almesåkra_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200067713.jpg] [accessed 4 September 2021]
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view of church exterior - southeast view

Source caption: "Almesåkra kyrka"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Almesåkra kyrka"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of an undated B&W photograph by A.Steijertz in the Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Almesåkra.jpg] [accessed 4 September 2021]
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view of church exterior in context - northeast view

Source caption: "The Almesåkra church from the air" -- the present church building dates from 1870
Scene Description: Source caption: "The Almesåkra church from the air" -- the present church building dates from 1870
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © L.G.foto, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph 20 April 2009 by L.G.foto [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Almesåkra_kyrka_från_luften.jpg] [accessed 4 September 2021]
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view of font

Source caption: "Almesåkra kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100-tal,"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Almesåkra kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100-tal,"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2254-020.TIF] of a 1927 B&W photograph by Ragnar Blomqvist, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Almesåkra_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200067714.jpg] [accessed 4 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910601F1] [accessed 4 September 2021]
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view of font in context

Source caption: "Almesåkra kyrka [...] Interiör mot väster."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Almesåkra kyrka [...] Interiör mot väster."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2254-005.TIF] of a 1927 B&W photograph by Ragnar Blomqvist, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Almesåkra_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200067699.jpg] [accessed 4 September 2021]
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view of font in context

Source caption: "Almesåkra kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100-tal,"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Almesåkra kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten, 1100-tal,"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2254-021.TIF] of a 1927 B&W photograph by Ragnar Blomqvist, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Almesåkra_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200067715.jpg] [accessed 4 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of font in context

showing the baptismal font, located in the southeast corner of the nave
Scene Description: showing the baptismal font, located in the southeast corner of the nave
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph 23 August 2015 by Barbro Thörn [vww.kyrkokartan.se/055801/Almesåkra_kyrka] [accessed 4 Septemver 2021]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 23430ALM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Almesåkra kyrka
Church Location: Almesåkra kyrkby, 571 66 Almesåkra, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 380 777 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Småland, Jönköpings län
Directions to Site: Located off local road F826, in the municipality and 10 km SSW of Nässjö, on the E shore of the Almesåkrasjön, about 30 km SE of Jönköping
Ecclesiastic Region: Växjö stift
Historical Region: Västra härad / [earlier in Tveta härad]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SE corner of the nave
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Finnvidergruppen [Borg] / Finvider [Blomqvist] / Njudungsmästaren [Svenska kyrkan]
Cognate Fonts: Blädinge? / Brahe? / Vrigstad? [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: original church probably 12th-13thC; replaced with new building 16thC; destroyed by fire 17thC; wooden building erected 1694; replaced by new church 1870
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in Blomqvist (1929), who compares this font to the one at Blädinge, signed by Finnvider, and attributes it to the 'Finvider' master. An attribution to 'Njudungsmästaren' appears in the Svenska kyrkan entry. Inventoried and illustrated in Borg (2002) who dates it to ca. 1150 and attributes it to the 'Finnvidergruppen'; Borg (ibid.) mentions other somewhat similar fonts in other areas of Sweden and in Denmark. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910601F1] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the second half of the 12th century by 'Finvider', the attribution originally by Blomqvist [cf. supra], which the SHM entry cites.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.5574, 14.6018
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 33′ 26.64″ N, 14° 36′ 6.48″ E
UTM: 33V 476173 6379506

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 (inside rim): 51 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 62 cm* / **
Basin Depth: 30.5 cm*
Height of Basin Side: 33 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 89 cm* / 90 cm**
Square Base Dimensions: 44 x 44 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Borg (2002) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910601F1]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: runes
Inscription Location: on the broad centre ring of the base
Inscription Source: Borg (2002) & ImagesArea

REFERENCES

Blomqvist, Ragnar, Studier i Smålands romanska stenkonst, 1929
Borg, Raine, Smålands medeltida dopfuntar, Göteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, 2002