Hogby nr. Källa No. 1 / Högby

INFORMATION

Font ID: 05308HOG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Högby gamla kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Notes: original church mid-12thC, of which building only part of the tower remains, the rest demolished 19thC and re-built
Church Address: Högby sjögata 6, 387 73 Löttorp, Sverige
Site Location: Öland, Kalmar län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the Norra mot, on the E side of the island, 4-5 km N of Källa
Ecclesiastic Region: Växjö stift
Historical Region: Åkerbo härad, Öland
Additional Comments: altered font (only the stem remains) / special persons' font (illegitimate children's font: (Bostrom, Bd. 1, hft.3, p. 276) informs that "when the new font had been installed, it was decided that the old one was to be used for the baptism of 'illegitimate' children.")
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Boström (1966- , Bd. I, hft. 3: 211, 224) as a "skaftet till en medeltida dopfunt av röd, ölänsk kalksten" [=pillar of a medieval baptismal font of red limestone from Öland] from the second half of the 13th or first half of the 14th century, in the old church. The same source (ibid., p. 276) informs that "when the new font had been installed, it was decided that the old one was to be used for the baptism of 'illegitimate' children." [NB: cf. added entries for a wall-mounted holy-water stoup in this same church (gamla kyrka), and a much later font -dated to 1654- in the new church (nya kyrka)]

COORDINATES

UTM: 33V 621941 6337464
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.164167, 17.016389
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 9′ 51″ N, 17° 0′ 59″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (red from Öland)
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: missing
Basin Interior Shape: [missing]
Basin Exterior Shape: missing
Height of Base: 24 cm [fragment]
Notes on Measurements: Boström (1966- , Bd. I, hft. 3: 224)

REFERENCES

  • Boström, Ragnhild, Sveriges Kyrkor: Öland, Stockholm: Generalstabens litografiska anstals förlag, 1966-, Bd. I, hft. 3: 221, 224)