Langbro / Längbro

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 05496LAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Museum: Örebro läns Museum
Church / Chapel Name: orig. from the Längbro gamla kyrka [now in a museum]
Font Location in Church: [now in a museum]
Site Location: Närke, Örebro län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located about 6 km WNW of Almby
Historical Region: Örebro stad, Örebro län, Närke
Additional Comments: lost font: only a fragment remains
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Närke (1939- , Bd. I, hft. 5: 821-822) as a basin fragment of the 12th-century limestone baptismal font from the Längbro gamla kyrka [=old church]; it was found in Örebro, Storgatan 29, in 1959. The fragment, the measurements of which are given as 43 cm (height), 63 cm (length) and 11 cm (width), shows foliage motif ornamentation and is now in the museum at Örebro.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: [fragment]
Notes on Measurements: [cf. Font notes for the size of the fragment]

REFERENCES

  • Lundberg, Erik, Sveriges kyrkor: Närke, Stockholm: Generalstabens litografiska anstalts förlag (1939-1961); Almqvist & Wiksell (1970-1972), 1939-1972, Bd. I, hft. 5: 821-822