Koping No. 1 / Köping

INFORMATION

Font ID: 05259KOP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late), Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Köping kyrka
Font Location in Church: [cf. Font notes]
Site Location: Öland, Kalmar län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located just east of Borgholm
Historical Region: Slättbo härad, Õland
Additional Comments: disappeared font / fragment of font: One of the fragments was "found in 1953 in the debris removed when the 19th century church was demolished" and is now "in private possesion." (Bostrom, p. 58)
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Boström (1966- , Bd. III, hft. 1, p. 57-59ff): only two small fragments remain of what has been identified as a baptismal font of the late 12th century made of grey sandstone from Hoburgen, Gotland [material identification by geologist Erik Åhman of Uppsala, a/p note in Boström, p. 102). One of the fragments was "found in 1953 in the debris removed when the 19th century church was demolished" and is now "in private possesion." (Ibid., p. 58). [NB: there is a modern baptismal font in use in this church, besides the fragments of the other three medieval fonts entered in this Index]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (grey, from Hoburgen, Gotland)
Number of Pieces: two [fragments]

REFERENCES

  • Boström, Ragnhild, Sveriges Kyrkor: Öland, Stockholm: Generalstabens litografiska anstals förlag, 1966-, Bd. III, hft. 1, 57-59, 102n, 111