Almby No. 1

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 05377ALM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Said to have belonged to a font similar to the ones at Mosjö, Hovsta and Täby.
Museum: in the Örebro läns museum, Örebro?
Church / Chapel Name: Almby kyrka [in the Örebro läns museum, Örebro?]
Font Location in Church: [in the Örebro läns museum, Örebro?]
Site Location: Närke, Örebro län, Sweden, Europe
Historical Region: Närke landskap, Örebro härad
Additional Comments: disappeared font (basin): only the base remains now
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Närke (Bd. I, hft. 2: 168-170) as the pedestal base of a medieval sandstone baptismal font; it appears plain, with a ring moulding atop; it was dated to the 12th century in Norberg (1944, Bd. II: 8) where it is compared to the fonts at Mosjö, Hovsta and Täby. [This base fragment was moved to the Örebro läns museum, in Örebro]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: one [basin missing]
Basin Interior Shape: [missing]
Basin Exterior Shape: missing
Drainage System: centre hole in basin & base
Drainage Notes: though the basin is missing, the base shows a central drain channel
Height of Base: 30 cm (upper Diameter 38 cm; lower D., 52 cm)
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor: Närke (Bd. I, hft. 2: 168, 170)

REFERENCES

  • Lundberg, Erik, Sveriges kyrkor: Närke, Stockholm: Generalstabens litografiska anstalts förlag (1939-1961); Almqvist & Wiksell (1970-1972), 1939-1972, Bd. I, hft. 2: 168-170
  • Norberg, Rune, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Sörmland", Sörmlänska kyrkor, 1944, p. 8