Roen / Röen

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B1R01: design element - motifs - intertwined circular

LBS01: design element - motifs - intertwined circular

INFORMATION

FontID: 02684ROE
Church/Chapel: [NB: we could not find any reference to a a church in Röen anywhere]
Church Location: Röen, 782 21 Malung-Sälen, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Dalarna, Dalarnas län
Directions to Site: Röen is reported as a hamlet in the municipality of Malung-Sälen, Dalarna, located near Fallet and Saxeggen
Historical Region: formerly Dalarnas Län
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: The ornamental pattern on the basin is very similar to that on the fonts at Vaage, Gällstad, Fröslunda and Stånga
Church Notes: NB: we could not find any reference to a a church in Röen anywhere
Ruprich-Robert (1884-1889) shows a drawing of a chalice-shaped font; the basin shows a horizontal band of large chained circles at the upper rim from which four vertical motifs -braids, etc.- lead down towards the base. The base itself has a wide band of tangled circles which contain clasp-like motifs inside forming a chain; below it, a narrower plain pedestal, a wider plain ring and a truncated-cone plinth (description based on ill. in Ruprich-Robert, 1884-1889)

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Ruprich-Robert, V., Architecture normande aux XIe et XIIe siècles en Normandie et en Angleterre, Paris: Libraririe des imprimeries réunies, 1884-1889