Hogby nr. Källa No. 1 / Högby

INFORMATION

FontID: 05308HOG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (fragment)
Church/Chapel: Högby gamla kyrka
Church Location: Högby sjögata 6, 387 73 Löttorp, Sverige
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Öland, Kalmar län
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
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Church Notes: original church mid-12thC, of which building only part of the tower remains, the rest demolished 19thC and re-built
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

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

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-