Forserum
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![Source caption: "Forserums kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210928034_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Forserums kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sandsten."
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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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design element - motifs - flat moulding
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2010
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
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © L.G.foto, 2009
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 exterior in context - north view
![Source caption: "Forserums kyrka [...] Kyrkan mot norr."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210928032_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Forserums kyrka [...] Kyrkan mot norr."
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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 interior - looking east
![Source caption: "Forserums kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210928033_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Forserums kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster."
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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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INFORMATION
Font ID: 23458FOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1250?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (mid?), Late Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Forserums kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, E end
Church Notes: founded late-12thC by Cistercian from Nydala; modified 1781; replacement bell tower 20thC; restored 1935;
Church Address: Gamla Kyrkvägen 2, 571 97, 571 97 Forserum, Sweden
Site Location: Småland, Jönköpings län, Sweden, Europe
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 Notes:
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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
UTM: 33V 467445 6395528
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.700775, 14.453781
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 42′ 2.79″ N, 14° 27′ 13.61″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
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, p. 122
- Borg, Raine, Smålands medeltida dopfuntar, Göteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, 2002, p. 42-43