Torskinge
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
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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.: 910712F2] [accessed 21 April 2022]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Torskinge kyrka"
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Image Source: digital image of an undated B&W photograph by Dan Samuelsson, in the Riksantikvarieämbeter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torskinge.jpg] [accessed 21 April 2022]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Torskinge kyrkas kykosal"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kent Olsson, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph 15 July 2016 by Kent Olsson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torskinge_kyrkas_kykosal_2016.jpg] [accessed 21 April 2022]
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view of font
![Source caption: "Torskinge kyrka [...] Dopfunt, granit, 1200-tal."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0220421049_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Torskinge kyrka [...] Dopfunt, granit, 1200-tal."
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Image Source: digital image [2021-024.TIF] of a 1932 B&W photograph by Paul Boberg, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torskinge_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200088992.jpg] [accessed 21 April 2022]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910712F2] [accessed 21 April 2022]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: a partial view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kent Olsson, 2016
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 15 July 2016 by Kent Olsson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torskinge_kyrkas_kykosal_2016.jpg] [accessed 21 April 2022]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 23884TOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Torskinge kyrka
Church Location: Torskingevägen, 331 72 Forsheda, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 370 813 70
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Småland, Jönköpings län
Directions to Site: Located off the local roads F555-F556 [aka Torskingevägen] crossroads, in the municipality and 7-8 km SSW of Forsheda, about 15 km WSW of Värnamo
Ecclesiastic Region: Växjö stift
Historical Region: Östbo härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, SE corner of the nave
Date: ca. 1250?
Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Torskingegruppen [Borg]
Church Notes: 12th-13thC church; belfry of 1678; much modified in early-18thC; renovated 1903-1905
Font Notes:
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Noted in Blomqvist (1929) as a figureless baptismal font of the 13th century. Inventoried and illustrated in Borg (2002) as a font in the 'Torskingegruppen' made of granite ca. 1250. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910712F2] as a baptismal font made of sandstone in the 13th century by a regional workshop. No cover present. [NB: the font appears to have the look of granite; not conclusive].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.112536, 13.81225
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 6′ 45.13″ N, 13° 48′ 44.1″ E
UTM: 33V 428067 6330539
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: tub-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 8.5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 53 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 70 cm* / **
Basin Depth: 28 cm*
Height of Basin Side: 40 cm*
Basin Total Height: 70 cm* [40 + 30]
Height of Base: 30 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm* / 99 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Borg (2002) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 910712F2]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Text: * Borg (2002) / **
REFERENCES
Blomqvist, Ragnar, Studier i Smålands romanska stenkonst, 1929
Borg, Raine, Smålands medeltida dopfuntar, Göteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, 2002