Silbodal

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design element - motifs - moulding

a thin one, all around
Scene Description: a thin one, all around
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2004
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930715F5]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2004
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930715F5]
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design element - motifs - saw-tooth

all around, below the upper rim of the basin
Scene Description: all around, below the upper rim of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2004
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930715F5]
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design element - motifs - saw-tooth

all around the splaying lower base
Scene Description: all around the splaying lower base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2004
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930715F5]
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view of church exterior

Source caption: "Silbodal church, Årjäng, Sweden" [NB: the new church is uncanonically oriented N-S]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Silbodal church, Årjäng, Sweden" [NB: the new church is uncanonically oriented N-S]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Riggwelter, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph 27 July 2008 by Riggwelter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Silbodal_church_Årjäng_Sweden_001.JPG] [accessed 13 September 2024]
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view of church exterior

Source caption: "Silbodal church, Årjäng, Sweden" [NB: the new church is uncanonically oriented N-S]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Silbodal church, Årjäng, Sweden" [NB: the new church is uncanonically oriented N-S]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Riggwelter, 2008
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 27 July 2008 by Riggwelter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Silbodal_church_Årjäng_Sweden_002.JPG] [accessed 13 September 2024]
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view of church interior - looking north

Source caption: "Silbodal church, Årjäng, Sweden" [NB: the new church is uncanonically oriented N-S]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Silbodal church, Årjäng, Sweden" [NB: the new church is uncanonically oriented N-S]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Riggwelter, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph 27 July 2008 by Riggwelter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Silbodal_church_Årjäng_Sweden_004.JPG] [accessed 13 September 2024]
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view of church interior - looking south

Source caption: "Läktaren och stora orgeln, Silbodals kyrka, Årjäng" [NB: the new church is uncanonically oriented N-S]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Läktaren och stora orgeln, Silbodals kyrka, Årjäng" [NB: the new church is uncanonically oriented N-S]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Riggwelter, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph 27 July 2008 by Riggwelter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Silbodal_church_Årjäng_Sweden_009.JPG] [accessed 13 September 2024]
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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2004
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930715F5]
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view of font

showing the large damaged area on the rim of the basin, left side
Scene Description: showing the large damaged area on the rim of the basin, left side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2004
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930715F5]
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view of font

Source caption: "The baptismal font, Silbodal church, Årjäng, Sweden"
Scene Description: Source caption: "The baptismal font, Silbodal church, Årjäng, Sweden"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Riggwelter, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph 27 July 2008 by Riggwelter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Silbodal_church_Årjäng_Sweden_007.JPG] [accessed 13 September 2024]
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view of font and cover

Source caption: "Dopfunt, av täljsten, från 1100- eller 1200-talet, med dopfuntslock av ek. Snabbinv."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt, av täljsten, från 1100- eller 1200-talet, med dopfuntslock av ek. Snabbinv."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [3292-013.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Ragnar Blomqvist in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Silbodals_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200147676.jpg] [accessed 13 September 2024]
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view of font and cover

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2004
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930715F5]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

view of font in context

Source caption: "Silbodal church, Årjäng, Sweden" [NB: the new church is uncanonically oriented N-S]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Silbodal church, Årjäng, Sweden" [NB: the new church is uncanonically oriented N-S]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Riggwelter, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph 27 July 2008 by Riggwelter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Silbodal_church_Årjäng_Sweden_005.JPG] [accessed 13 September 2024]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0

INFORMATION

FontID: 25694SIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Silbodals kyrka
Church Location: Storgatan, 672 31 Årjäng, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Värmland, Värmlands län
Directions to Site: Located off the E18, in the municipality and about 1 km SW of Årjäng, about 30 km E of the border with Norway
Ecclesiastic Region: Karlstads stift
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel, W side
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Dalslandsgruppen [SHM]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: earlier wooden church on a different site demolished 1859; present church consecrated 1859 is oriented non-canonically N-S; restored 1940-1941, 1995, 1998-1999
Font Notes:
Baptismal font noted in Hallbäck (1965). Illustrated by Ragnar Blomqvist in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Silbodals_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200147676.jpg] [accessed 13 September 2024]: "Dopfunt, av täljsten, från 1100- eller 1200-talet, med dopfuntslock av ek" [NB: cf. SHM below for type of wood: pine, not oak]. Listed and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930715F5] as a baptismal font of the Dalslandsgruppen made of soapstone in the 13th century; damaged at the upper rim; decorated with some mouldings and saw-tooth motifs. Conical wooden (pine) cover with tall knob finial/handle [cf. supra]. A medieval font in the modern church is reported in the Svenska kyrkan entry for this church [https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/nordmarkenspastorat/silbodals-forsamling] [accesse 13 September 2024]: "Dopfunten, som är en av kyrkans äldsta föremål, är sannolikt från tidig medeltid."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 59.385928, 12.124142
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 59° 23′ 9.34″ N, 12° 7′ 26.91″ E
UTM: 33V 336661 6586556

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): 63 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 72 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * SHM

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood, pine
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Statens Historiska Museum, Stocholm, Medeltidens bildvärld, 2003. Accessed: 2024-09-13 00:00:00. URL: https://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/sok/avancerad.asp.