Torpa nr. Kungsör

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

Scene Description: a broad one, seen here after the restoration of the font

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Image Source: digital image [1166-116.TIF] of a 1940 B&W photograph by Ivar Schbell, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torpa_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200101065.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2022]

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view of church exterior - bell tower

Scene Description: Source caption: "Klockstapeln vid Torpa kyrka, Kungsörs kommun, Södermanland"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Udo Schröter, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph 30 May 2013 by Udo Schröter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torpa_bell_tower.JPG] [accessed 24 April 2022]

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view of church exterior - south portal

Scene Description: Source caption: "Torpa church in the landscape of Södermanland, Sweden. Portal with runic inscription (upper left stone)."

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Image Source: digital photograph 17 May 2010 by Sven Rosborn [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torpa_Church1_Sweden.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2022]

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Scene Description: Source captio: "Ödulf gjorde kyrkan" [translation of the Runic inscription on the stone: "Ödulf built this church"]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © 4to, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph 14 November 2020 by 4to [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TorpaKa-L2015283.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2022]

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Torpa church in the landscape of Södermanland, Sweden."

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Image Source: digital photograph 17 May 2010 by Sven Rosborn [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torpa_Church2_Sweden.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2022]

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 17 May 2010 by Sven Rosborn [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torpa_Church1_Sweden.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2022]

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 17 May 2010 by Sven Rosborn [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torpa_Church1_Sweden.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2022]

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Torpa kyrka [...] Kyrkan mot söder. Foto efter teckning ur J. Peringskjöld: Södermanlands kyrkor...1686."

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Image Source: digital image [1166-012.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph of a ca. 1686 drawing in J. Peringskjöld's Södermanlands kyrkor...1686, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torpa_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200100825.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2022]

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: " Långhuset och vapenhuset" [NB: late-18thC portal]

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Image Source: digital photograph 14 November 2020 by 4to [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TorpaKa-L2015290.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2022]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Torpa church in the landscape of Södermanland"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sven Rosborn, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph 17 May 2010 by Sven Rosborn [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torpa_Church4_Sweden.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2022]

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view of church exterior in context - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: " Kyrkan tillhör Kungsörs församling i den del av Kungsörs kommun som ligger i Södermanland."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fornstina, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph 11 August 2018 by Fornstina [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torpa_kyrka_i_Södermanland.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2022]

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view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Torpa kyrka [...] Kyrkan och dess omgivning mot sydväst. Teckning ur Grau: Beskrivning över Västmanland."

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Image Source: digital image [1166-001.TIF] of an undated drawing in Grau's Beskrivning över Västmanland, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torpa_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200100813.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2022]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Torpa kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, två block, skaftet krönt av en repstav, 1100-talet."

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Image Source: digital image [1166-115.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torpa_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200101064.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2022]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Torpa kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, två block, skaftet krönt av en repstav, 1100-talet."

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Image Source: digital image [1166-117.TIF] of a 1917 B&W photograph by Gerda Boëthius, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torpa_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200101066.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2022]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Torpa kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, två block, skaftet krönt av en repstav, 1100-talet."

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Image Source: digital image [1166-114.TIF] of a 1909 B&W photograph by Sigurd Wallin, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torpa_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200101063.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2022]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Torpa kyrka [...] Dopfunt, sandsten, två block, skaftet krönt av en repstav, 1100-talet."

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Image Source: digital image [1166-116.TIF] of a 1940 B&W photograph by Ivar Schbell, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torpa_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200101065.jpg] [accessed 24 April 2022]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 23893TOR
Church/Chapel: Torpa Kyrka
Church Location: Himmelsbergavägen 36, 736 92 Kungsör, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 227 155 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Södermanland, Västmanlands län
Directions to Site: Located off local road U511 [aka Himmelsbergavägen], N of highway E20/56, in the municipality and 4-5 km E of Kungsör, about 30 km SW of Västerås
Ecclesiastic Region: Västerås stift
Historical Region: Åkerbo härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SE corner of the nave
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: 12thC(?) church; modified 14th-15thC; 12th & 15thC mural fresco paintings;
The entry for this church in Svenska kyrkan [https://www.svenskakyrkan.se] [accessed 24 April 2022] notes that the font is probably of the same as the church itself. Not listed in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld. The medieval sandstone font consists of a roughly hemispherical basin raised on a round pedestal base; all plain except for a very broad rope moulding atop the base. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 59.421903, 16.186589
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 59° 25′ 18.85″ N, 16° 11′ 11.72″ E
UTM: 33V 567334 6587633

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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