Tveta nr. Säffle
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design element - motifs - braid - 2-strand
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930730F2] [https://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=930730F2#] [accessed 27 July 2023]
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Tveta kyrka"
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Image Source: digital photograph 29 June 2009 by Ulf Klingström ( Ulkl) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tveta_kyrka_ext2.jpg] [accessed 27 July 2023]
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view of church interior - looking east
![Source caption: "Tveta kyrkas kyrkorum" -- the baptismal font, invisible in this image, is located in the southeast area of the nave, by the statue seen here on the right [south] wall](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1230727039_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Tveta kyrkas kyrkorum" -- the baptismal font, invisible in this image, is located in the southeast area of the nave, by the statue seen here on the right [south] wall
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kent Olsson, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Kent Olsson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tveta_kyrka_2.jpg] [accessed 27 July 2023]
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view of font
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930730F2] [https://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/visa/foremal.asp?objektid=930730F2#] [accessed 27 July 2023]
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view of font and baptismal dish in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Tveta kyrkas dopfunt"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kent Olsson, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2020 by Kent Olsson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tveta_kyrkas_dopfunt_2020.jpg] [accessed 27 July 2023]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24832TVE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Tveta kyrka
Church Location: Tveta, 661 94 Säffle, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Värmland, Värmlands län
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the E45, in the municipality and 6-7 km WSW of Säffle, 50-60 km E of the border with Norway
Ecclesiastic Region: Karlstads stift
Historical Region: Näs härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SE area of the nave
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Dalslandsgruppen [SHM]
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font noted in Hallbäck (1965). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930730F2] as a baptismal font made of soapstone ca. 1200; it consists of a roughly cylindrical basin with a rounded underbowl, a braid below the upper rim its only decoration; raised on a square pedetal base and a circular lower base. Classed in the SHM (ibid.) as a font in the 'Dalslandsgruppen'; it appears rather small in size. No cover present.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 59.11878, 12.82365
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 59° 7′ 7.61″ N, 12° 49′ 25.14″ E
UTM: 33V 375409 6555310
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, soapstone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 60 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 67 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930730F2]
REFERENCES
Hallbäck, Sven Axel, Medeltida dopfuntar i Värmland, 1965