Axberg

INFORMATION

FontID: 05383AXB

Church/Chapel: Axbergs kyrka

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Närke, Örebro län

Directions to Site: Located about 8 km north of Almby

Historical Region: Närke landskap, Örebro härad

Date: ca. 1683?

Century and Period: 17th century(late),

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Närke (BdI, hft. 2: 535) as fragments from the base of a limestone font of the baluster-type; the fragments have an inscription with the date 1683, probably the date of donation. [An 18th-century wooden baptismal font, similar to the one at nearby Hovsta is still in use -- neither of these are included in the Index]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone

Number of Pieces: fragments

Font Shape: [missing]

Basin Interior Shape: [missing]

Basin Exterior Shape: [missing]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Swedish

Inscription Location: on one of the remaining fragments of the base

Inscription Text: "1683 : LÅTE / BARNEN KO[...] / TIL MIGH OC FÖ / [...]NER T / HEM ICKE"

Inscription Source: Sveriges kyrkor: Närke (BdI, hft. 2: 535)

REFERENCES

Lundberg, Erik, Sveriges kyrkor: Närke, Stockholm: Generalstabens litografiska anstalts förlag (1939-1961); Almqvist & Wiksell (1970-1972), 1939-1972