Ytterselo No. 1 / Ytterselö

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B01: animal - reptile - snake - intertwined

Scene Description: A number of snakes forming a complex interlace on the basin sides

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Katlsson, 1983

Image Source: Katlsson (1983: fig. 119)

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INFORMATION

FontID: 04868YTT
Church/Chapel: Ytterselö kyrka
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Södermanland, Södermanlands län
Directions to Site: Access to this "island" Mälaren is easiest from the E20 to Malmby, just SE of Strängnäs, follow the local road to Stallarholmen to enter the island; once on the island stay right (east) in the direction of Tuna; Ytterselö is just N of the latter.
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Bro, Järfälla, Sånga and Litslena (Uppland)
Described and partially illustrated by L. Karlsson (1983: 82 and fig. 11) and (1985: 158): a vessel of the 12th century that may have been a baptismal font; the basin sides have complex interlacing ornamentation of snake bodies. A second font in this town is mentioned in the latter source (1985: 159) [cf. Index entry for Ytterselö No. 2]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: cylindrical
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Karlsson, Lennart, "Tradition och förnyelse", 1985
Karlsson, Lennart, Nordisk form om djurornamentik, Stockholm: Statens Historiska Museum, 1983