Koping No. 3 / Köping

INFORMATION

Font ID: 05261KOP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Paradise font / Paradisenfunten
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: only the upper part of the basin of a "Paradise font" now remains
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 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-, Bd. III, hft. 1, p. 59, 102n