Ostra Broby / Oster Broby / Øster Broby / Östra Broby

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Östra Broby kyrka i Broby i norra Skåne" -- the 1932 church building that replaced earlier versions going back to medieval times

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view of church exterior - west portal

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view of church interior - altar and retable

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00088BRO
Church/Chapel: Øster Broby kyrka
Church Location: Kyrkogatan 6, 280 60 Broby, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Skåne, Skåne län
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Östra Göinge
Ecclesiastic Region: Lunds Stift
Historical Region: Skåne län
Century and Period: 13th century (early?), Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Calcarius
Church Notes: medieval church demolished 1869; new church built on the same spot 1871-73; destroyed by fire in 1930s; re-built 1932
Romanesque chalice-shaped font made by the Calcarius workshop of Gotland in the early 13th century. Listed in Nordström (1984) and Strombom (1942-1944). Listed in Drake [as Östra Broby] (2002: 183) as a baptismal font from the Calcarius workshop ornamented with spiral tendril. A limestone font is said locally to have been purchased from Ignaberga at about the time of the re-building of the present church ca. 1932. [cf. Index entry for Ignaberga for a medieval font in that church]. *********************WAS THIS ORIGINALLY MIXED UP WITH THE DANISH VILLAGE OF BRABY/BROBY?**************************** [NB: the updated information on the church and its contents is correct as of 26 Dec 2014/mt

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.254667, 14.079417
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 15′ 16.8″ N, 14° 4′ 45.9″ E
UTM: 33V 442964 6234805

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Drake, Colin Stuart, The Romanesque Fonts of Northern Europe and Scandinavia, Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002
Nordström, Folke, Mediaeval Baptismal Fonts: An Iconographical Study, Stockholm: Universitetet i Umeå, 1984
Strömbom, Ragnhild, "Calcarius, en gotländsk stenhuggareverkstad under 1100-talets slut och 1200-talets förra hälft", XI-XIII (1942-1944), Konsthistorisk tidskrift, 1942-1944