Persna / Persnä

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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed - 12 ribs

Scene Description: very broad ribs, as in other "Paradise fonts"

INFORMATION

FontID: 05312PER
Church/Chapel: Persnäs nya kyrka [orig. from the "gamla kyrka"]
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Öland, Kalmar län
Directions to Site: Located in Norra mot, 25-30 km ENE of Borgholm, on the east side of the island
Historical Region: Åkerbo härad, Öland
Font Location in Church: East end, south transept
Century and Period: 13th century (mid? / late?), Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Paradise font / Paradisenfunten / gotländsk paradisfunt [Reutersvärd typ 1 a]
Cognate Fonts: Other such fonts defined as "type 1a" in Reutersvärd
Described and illustrated in Boström (1966- , Bd. I, hft. 5: 495, 497, 518) as a baptismal font made of Gotland limestone from the mid- to late-13th century; one of the group of Gotland Paradise fonts: hemispheric basin with a scotia st the upper rim side and twelve broad ribs around the basin and underbowl; the stem of the base is a conical pedestal, truncated at top and bottom by roll mouldings (the same source - ibid., p. 497, caption- informs however that "the plinth and the lower torus moulding [were] made in 1959 of limestone from Öland"). A new font, a dodecagonal mounted font made of Öland limestone, was brought into the church in 1890 ; the old font, which was originally from the "gamla kyrka" [=old church], was moved to the present location in the south transept in 1959 (ibid., p. 518)

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (from Gotland)
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 83 cm
Basin Total Height: 42 cm
Font Height (with Plinth): 94.5 cm
Notes on Measurements: Boström, Bd.1, hft. 5: p. 495

REFERENCES

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