Koping No. 3 / Köping

INFORMATION

FontID: 05261KOP
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 - 14th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Paradise font / Paradisenfunten
Described and illustrated in Boström (1966- , Bd. III, hft. 1, p. 59): only a fragment remains of what has been identified as the upper part of the basin of a baptismal font of the end of the 13th or the beginning of the 14th century made of grey limestone from Gotland [material identification by geologist Erik Åhman of Uppsala, a/p note in Boström, p. 102); the fragment shows some pattern ornamentation, now very worn. [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 Gotland)
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 92 cm
Height of Basin Side: 32 cm*
Notes on Measurements: Boström (1966- , Bd. III, hft. 1, p. 59) *[NB: the height of the fragment]

REFERENCES

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