Fora / Föra

INFORMATION

FontID: 05264FOR
Church/Chapel: Föra kyrka
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Öland, Kalmar län
Directions to Site: Located in the Norra mot, about a third of the way up from Borgholm
Font Location in Church: West end, south side, on the south side of the aisle of the nave, by the stairwell to the tower, opposite the new font
Century and Period: 13th century, Romanesque
Described and illustrated in Boström (1966- , Bd. I, hft. 6, p. 609ff): only the basin of the old baptismal font remains; it is quasi cylindrical and made of grey Gotlandic limestone [material identification by geologist Erik Åhman of Uppsala, a/p note in Boström, p. 621n], although the sides are slightly slanted; if it ever had any ornamentation on it, it is totally gone now; the upper rim is also showing signs of exposure, probably the result of the many years it spent in the churchyard. "The shaft was made in 1955 of Öland limestone." (Ibid., p. 611). [NB: there is a modern baptismal font in use in this church, standing to the left (north) of the medieval font entered in this Index]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (basin) (grey, from Gotland)
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 92 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 99 cm*
Notes on Measurements: Boström (1966- , Bd. 1, hft. 6, p. 610)

REFERENCES

Boström, Ragnhild, Sveriges Kyrkor: Öland, Stockholm: Generalstabens litografiska anstals förlag, 1966-
Roosval, Johnny, Die Steinmeister Gottlands: Eine Geschichte der führenden Taufsteinwerkstätte des schwedischen Mittlealters, ihre Voraussetzungen und Begleit-Erscheinungen, Stockholm: A.-B. C.E. Fritzes K. Hofbokhandel, 1918