Hofterup
INFORMATION
Font ID: 05498HOF
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, base only
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Museum: Lunds Historiska Museum
Church / Chapel Name: Hofterups kyrka [now in a museum]
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Site Location: Skåne, Skåne län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Hofterup is located 10 km SE of Landskrona, just north of Barsebäck [with a Romanesque font listed in this Index]
Historical Region: Harjagers härad, Malmöhus län, Skåne
Additional Comments: disappeared font: only the base remains (now in a museum in Lund)
Font Notes:
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Described in Sveriges kyrkor: Skåne (Bd. I, hft. 2: 124-125, 138) as the plain conical base of the original Romanesque font of this church; it is now in the museum at Lund [the basin has disappeared]. In Tynell (1913-1921 : 47) [NB: the new baptismal font in this church is made of concrete and dated to 1890]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: one (base only)
Font Shape: missing
Basin Interior Shape: missing
Basin Exterior Shape: missing
Height of Base: 37 cm
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor: Skåne (Bd. I, hft. 2: 125)
REFERENCES
- Rydbeck, Monica, Sveriges kyrkor: Skåne, Stockholm: Svenska Bokhandelscentralen, 1932-1972, p. 124-125, 138
- Tynell, Lars, Skånes medeltida Dopfuntar, Stockholm: Cederquists Grafiska Aktiebolag, 1913-1921, p. 47