Hofterup

INFORMATION

FontID: 05498HOF
Museum and Inventory Number: Lunds Historiska Museum
Church/Chapel: Hofterups kyrka [now in a museum]
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Skåne, Skåne län
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
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
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
Tynell, Lars, Skånes medeltida Dopfuntar, Stockholm: Cederquists Grafiska Aktiebolag, 1913-1921