Torpa nr. Ljungby

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Torpa kyrka [...] Kyrkan och klockstapeln mot söder. Foto efter teckning ur Ihrfors: Smolandia Sacra VII, A.T.A." [NB: Ihrfors' Latin caption identifies the church appearance 'before the re-building', i.e., before 1865, when the new church was completed and the old one demolished]

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Image Source: digital image [1865-003.TIF] of a 1938 B&W photograph of a drawing in Ihrfors' Smolandia Sacra VII [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torpa_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200088947.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2022]

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view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kyrkan från sydväst"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Iin208, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph 8 May 2012 by Iin208 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torpa_kyrka_004.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2022]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: " Kyrkans interiör" -- the medieval font by the right [south] chancel arch pillar

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Image Source: digital photograph 8 May 2012 by Iin208 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torpa_kyrka_009.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2022]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Torpa kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, 1200-tal."

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Image Source: digital image [1865-010.TIF] of a 1927 B&W photograph by Henrik Alm, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torpa_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200088960.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2022]

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view of font and baptismal dish in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt medeltida"

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Image Source: digital photograph 8 May 2012 by Iin208 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torpa_kyrka_016.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2022]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 23892TOR
Church/Chapel: Torpa Kyrka
Church Location: Räntevägen 9, 340 12 Annerstad, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 372 671 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Småland, Jönköpings län
Directions to Site: Located off the G527 [aka Räntevägen]-G528 [aka Stackarpsvägen] local roads crossroads, S of county road 25, 8-9 km SW of Annerstad, in the municipality and about 30 km SW of Ljungby
Ecclesiastic Region: Växjö stift
Historical Region: Sunnerbo härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, SE corner of the nave
Century and Period: 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: medieval 13thC church demolished and replaced by present church 1864-1865; restored 1949-1951; again 1991
Noted in Blomqvist (1929) in his chapter of fonts without figural decoration. Not mentioned in Borg (2002) or the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld. The font is probably 13th-century, like the church itself; it consists of a plain roughly cylindrical basin with a chamfered underbowl, raised on a round pedestal base with a roll moulding atop, and a two-step circular lower base. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.709472, 13.595139
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 42′ 34.1″ N, 13° 35′ 42.5″ E
UTM: 33V 413997 6285928

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Blomqvist, Ragnar, Studier i Smålands romanska stenkonst, 1929