Barslov / Bårslöv / Barslof / Bårslöf

INFORMATION

FontID: 05515BAR
Church/Chapel: [originally at Bårslövs kyrka]
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Skåne, Skåne län
Directions to Site: Located a few km SE of Helsingborg
Historical Region: Luggude härad, Malmöhus län, Skåne
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Described in Tynell (1913-1921: [71]) as a disappeared medieval font that was described in the 1830 church inventory as being made of an unidentified type of stone. In Sveriges kyrkor: Skåne (1932- , Bd. II, hft. 1: 234/253): stone font, described as perhaps a Romanesque work [="sannolikt romanskt arbete", listed in the 1830 inventory. In 1773, and again in 1778, it had been painted over to resemble marble [="marmorerad"], a not too uncommon practice at the time. The same source informs that this font was auctioned off in 1858 and is now considered lost. Also lost is the canopy, probably 16th or 17th century, that existed over the font -as well as another over the pulpit.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. Font notes]

REFERENCES

Rydbeck, Monica, Sveriges kyrkor: Skåne, Stockholm: Svenska Bokhandelscentralen, 1932-1972
Tynell, Lars, Skånes medeltida Dopfuntar, Stockholm: Cederquists Grafiska Aktiebolag, 1913-1921