Gardslosa No. 1 / Gärdslösa

INFORMATION

Font ID: 05302GAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font2, fragment
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Gärdslösa kyrka
Font Location in Church: Outside the templ, by the south portal
Site Location: Öland, Kalmar län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the Södra mot, on the eastern side of the island, just across and slightly south of Borgholm
Historical Region: Runstens härad, Öland
Additional Comments: recycled font: "rester av en medeltida dopfunt" [=a fragment of a medieval font] that appeared incorporated as the base of a sundial opposite the south portal of the church ca. 1958.
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Boström (1966- , Bd. II, hft. 3: 21, 132) as "rester av en medeltida dopfunt" [=a fragment of a medieval font] that appeared incorporated as the base of a sundial opposite the south portal of the church ca. 1958. The object (objects?) appears octagonal and very worn, without any evident ornamentation. [NB: cf. added entry for a much later font -dated 1670- in this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: missing
Basin Interior Shape: [missing]
Basin Exterior Shape: missing
Height of Base: 35 cm
Square Base Dimensions: 74 x 74 cm
Notes on Measurements: Boström (1966- , Bd. II, hft. 3, p. 132)

REFERENCES

  • Boström, Ragnhild, Sveriges Kyrkor: Öland, Stockholm: Generalstabens litografiska anstals förlag, 1966-, Bd. II, hft. 3, p. 21, 127, 132, 167