Balaryd / Bälaryd
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910701F2] [accessed 12 September 2021]
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![Source caption: "Bälaryds kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210912019_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Bälaryds kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2559-013.TIF] of a 1921 B&W photograph by Tord O:son Nordberg, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bälaryds_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200069429.jpg] [accessed 12 September 2021]
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![Source caption: "Bälaryds kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210912018_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Bälaryds kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten."
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Image Source: digital image [2559-012.TIF] of a 1910 B&W photograph by Pehr Gunnar Vejde, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bälaryds_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200069428.jpg] [accessed 12 September 2021]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Bälaryds kyrka"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tanzania, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph 22 September 2012 by Tanzania [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bälaryds_kyrka_från_sidan_2.jpg] [accessed 12 September 2021]
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view of church exterior - information sign - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Bälaryds kyrka"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tanzania, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph 22 September 2012 by Tanzania [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bälaryds_kyrka_från_sidan_4.jpg] [accessed 12 September 2021]
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view of church exterior in context - south view
![Source caption: "Bälaryds kyrka" -- with county road 132 [aka Anebyvägen] running left-right behind the church](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1210912020_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Bälaryds kyrka" -- with county road 132 [aka Anebyvägen] running left-right behind the church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © L.G.Foto, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph 22 April 2009 by L.G.Foto [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:0250Bälaryds_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 12 September 2021]
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view of church interior - looking east
![Source caption: "Bälaryds kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210912023_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Bälaryds kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster."
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Image Source: digital image [2559-007.TIF] of a 1911 B&W photograph by Anders Roland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bälaryds_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200069423.jpg] [accessed 12 September 2021]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910701F2] [accessed 12 September 2021]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910701F2] [accessed 12 September 2021]
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design element - motifs - foliage
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910701F2] [accessed 12 September 2021]
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design element - architectural - arch-head - round
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910701F2] [accessed 12 September 2021]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 23437BAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1230?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (early?), Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Grännatypen, Figurlösa [Blomqvist]
Cognate Fonts: Gränna
Church / Chapel Name: Bälaryds kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, E end, S side
Church Notes: 13thC church; modified in the later medieval period; tower added 17thC; modified and tower extended 18thC; later modifications in 19th and 20thC
Church Address: Bälaryds kykby, 578 92 Aneby, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 380 412 25
Site Location: Småland, Jönköpings län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off county road 132 [aka Anebyvägen], in the municipality and 5 km WSW of Aneby, about 30 km W of Jönköping
Ecclesiastic Region: Linköpings stift
Historical Region: Tveta härad
Font Notes:
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Noted in Blomqvist (1929) as a Grännatypen font, in his section on 'Figurlösa' fonts, somewhat similar to the font at Gränna. Inventoried and illustrated in Borg (2002), who matches Blomqvist attribution and dates the font ca. 1230. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910701F2] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the first half of the 13th century by a regional workshop. No cover present.
COORDINATES
UTM: 33V 484979 6408216
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.815667, 14.747167
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 48′ 56.4″ N, 14° 44′ 49.8″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (inside rim): 48 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 68.5 cm* / 69 cm*
Basin Depth: 30 cm*
Height of Basin Side: 32 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 102 cm* / 98 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Borg (2002) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910701F2
REFERENCES
- Blomqvist, Ragnar, Studier i Smålands romanska stenkonst, 1929, p. 120
- Borg, Raine, Smålands medeltida dopfuntar, Göteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, 2002, p. 36-37