Koping No. 2 / Köping

INFORMATION

Font ID: 05260KOP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (early), Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Köping kyrka
Font Location in Church: [fragment]
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
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: one
Drainage System: centre hole in basin & base
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-, Bd. III, hft. 1, p. 59, 102n