Forserum

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design element - motifs - flat moulding

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910601F2]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph 13 September 2010 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forserum_1.jpg] [accessed 28 September 2021]

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view of church exterior in context - north view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Forserums kyrka [...] Kyrkan mot norr."

Image Source: digital image [2267-001.TIF] of a 1928 B&W photograph by Bengt Cnattingius, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forserums_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200080011.jpg] [accessed 28 September 2021]

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view of church exterior in context - north view

Image Source: digital photograph 12 April 2009 by L.G.foto [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:0878Forserum_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 28 September 2021]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Forserums kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster."

Image Source: digital image [2267-020.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forserums_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200080050.jpg] [accessed 28 September 2021]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Forserums kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten."

Image Source: digital image [2267-025.TIF] of a 1928 B&W photograph by Bengt Cnattingius, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forserums_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200080055.jpg] [accessed 28 September 2021]

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view of font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910601F2]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 23458FOR

Church/Chapel: Forserums kyrka

Church Location: Gamla Kyrkvägen 2, 571 97, 571 97 Forserum, Sweden

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Småland, Jönköpings län

Directions to Site: Located off local road F851, N of county road 40, in the municipality and about 20 km WNW of Nässjö

Ecclesiastic Region: Växjö stift

Historical Region: Tveta härad, Jönköpings län

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, E end

Date: ca. 1250?

Century and Period: 13th century (mid?), Late Romanesque

Church Notes: founded late-12thC by Cistercian from Nydala; modified 1781; replacement bell tower 20thC; restored 1935;

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Noted in Blomqvist (1929) in a group of plain fonts of varied types, in his chapter of non-figural fonts. Inventoried and illustrated in Borg (2002) as a baptismal font made of sandstone ca. 1250. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910601F2] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the 13th century, a provincial work. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.700775, 14.453781

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 42′ 2.79″ N, 14° 27′ 13.61″ E

UTM: 33V 467445 6395528

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): 45 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 57 cm* / **

Basin Depth: 32 cm*

Basin Total Height: 53 cm*

Height of Base: 38 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 91 cm* / **

Notes on Measurements: * Borg (2002) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910601F2]

REFERENCES

Blomqvist, Ragnar, Studier i Smålands romanska stenkonst, 1929

Borg, Raine, Smålands medeltida dopfuntar, Göteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, 2002