Koping No. 2 / Köping

INFORMATION

FontID: 05260KOP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
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: [fragment]
Century and Period: 13th century (early), Gothic
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Boström (1966- , Bd. III, hft. 1, p. 59): only a fragment remains of what has been identified as the bottom of a baptismal font of the early 13th century made of grey limestone from central Sweden [material identification by geologist Erik Åhman of Uppsala, a/p note in Boström, p. 102); the fragment includes part of the drainage channel. [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, limestone (grey, from central Sweden)
Number of Pieces: 1
Drainage Notes: the fragment contains part of the drainage channel of the base

REFERENCES

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