Koping No. 1 / Köping

INFORMATION

FontID: 05259KOP
Church/Chapel: Köping kyrka
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Öland, Kalmar län
Directions to Site: Located just east of Borgholm
Historical Region: Slättbo härad, Õland
Font Location in Church: [cf. Font notes]
Century and Period: 12th century (late), Romanesque
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: 2 [fragments]

REFERENCES

Boström, Ragnhild, Sveriges Kyrkor: Öland, Stockholm: Generalstabens litografiska anstals förlag, 1966-