Kyrkby

INFORMATION

FontID: 02299KYR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Kyrkby on Lule Älv
Church Location: Kyrktorget 1, 954 33 Gammelstad, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 920 45 70 10
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Norrbotten, Norrbottens län
Directions to Site: Located 10 km N of Luleå
Historical Region: Norrbottens Län? / Norra Västerbotten?
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
Late Romanesque chalice-shaped font has elegant and regular features: the basin is small and its surface has some relief [unable to discern the motifs from the source]; the centre 'ring' is really a quasi-spherical weave interlace; the lower base is bell-shaped (photograph by Sören Hallgren in Isaksson, 1992). No entry found for this Kirkby in the Medeltidens bildvärld.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 65.64589, 22.02694
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 65° 38′ 46″ N, 22°1′43″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

Isaksson, Olov, Gammelstad: Kyrkby vid Lule Älv, [?]: Albert Bonniers, 1992