Fryele / Fryeled
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design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: the moulding is part of the basin block
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910713F1] [accessed 29 September 2021]
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view of church exterior in context - northeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Fryele kyrka"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © L.G.foto, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph 8 April 2009 by L.G.foto [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:0405Fryele_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 29 September 2021]
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view of font
Scene Description: the stone is identified differently -granite / sandstone- in different sources [cf. FontNotes]
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910713F1] [accessed 29 September 2021]
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view of font in context
![Source caption: "Fryele kyrka [...] Medeltida dopfunt. Oklart om den tillhört Fryeles kyrka."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210929002_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Fryele kyrka [...] Medeltida dopfunt. Oklart om den tillhört Fryeles kyrka."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2067-020.TIF] of a 1927 B&W photograph by Paul Boberg, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fryele_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200081118.jpg] [accessed 29 September 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden
view of font in context
![Source caption: "Fryele kyrka [...] Medeltida dopfunt. Oklart om den tillhört Fryeles kyrka."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210929003_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Fryele kyrka [...] Medeltida dopfunt. Oklart om den tillhört Fryeles kyrka."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2067-021.TIF] of a 1919 B&W photograph by Gotthard Johansson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fryele_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200081119.jpg] [accessed 29 September 2021]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 23459FRY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Fryele kyrka
Church Location: Fryele kyrkby, 331 96 Värnamo, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 370 69 50 02
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Småland, Jönköpings län
Directions to Site: Located off (E) local road F801, E of highway E4, in the municipality and 10 km NNE of Värnamo, S of Jönköping
Ecclesiastic Region: Växjö stift
Historical Region: Östbo härad [before 1878 in Västra härad], Jönköpings län
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, E end
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Bottnarydsgruppen [Borg]
Church Notes: 13thC church replaced by new building 1788-1792, consecrated 1795
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 of the 'Bottnarydsgruppen' made of granit [cf. infra] ca. 1250. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910713F1] as a baptismal font made of sandstone [cf. supra] in the 13th century by a regional workshop; the only decoration is a large moulding in the centre ring position, part of the basin block. No cover present. The baptismal dish in use is dated 1622.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.261111, 14.153333
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 15′ 40″ N, 14° 9′ 12″ E
UTM: 33V 448928 6346770
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone? / granite?
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (inside rim): 51 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 66 cm* / **
Basin Depth: 29 cm*
Height of Basin Side: 41 cm*
Basin Total Height: 58 cm* [centre ring belongs to the basin block]
Height of Base: 28 cm* [centre ring belongs to the basin block]
Font Height (less Plinth): 87 cm* / 88 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Borg (2002) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910713F1]
REFERENCES
Blomqvist, Ragnar, Studier i Smålands romanska stenkonst, 1929
Borg, Raine, Smålands medeltida dopfuntar, Göteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, 2002