Hogby nr. Källa No. 3 / Högby

INFORMATION

FontID: 05310HOG
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, in the municipality of Borgholm, 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: Wall-mounted, west end pillar
Century and Period: , Medieval
Described and illustrated in Boström (1966- , Bd. I, hft. 3: 226, 275) as a holy-water stoup built into the westermost pillar of the old church; the reconstruction illustrated in Boström shows a combination of lavabo-like cavity with an outer shelf which at some point rested on two colonnettes. [NB: cf. added entries for a fragment of an early font -dated to the second half of the 13th century or the first half of the 14th century- in this same church, and a later font of 1654 in the new church (nya kyrka)]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.1644, 17.0155
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 9′ 51.84″ N, 17° 0′ 55.8″ E
UTM: 33V 621887 6337488

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: wall-mounted

REFERENCES

Boström, Ragnhild, Sveriges Kyrkor: Öland, Stockholm: Generalstabens litografiska anstals förlag, 1966-