Strangnas No. 1 / Strängnäs

INFORMATION

FontID: 05650STR
Church/Chapel: Domkyrka
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Södermanland, Södermanlands län
Directions to Site: Located about 55-60 km west of Stockholm, on the shothern shores of lake Malar
Font Location in Church: In the chancel, on the north side of the rood
Century and Period: , Medieval
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Södermanland (1964- , Bd. I, hft. 2: 383, 437, 463) as a medieval baptismal font made of bronze; during the 1907-1910 restoration of the church -after the 1871 fire- the bronze font was placed on the north side of the rood. A drawing of the chancel (ibid., fig. 265 on p. 383) shows the font, resembling a large garden vase, located at the foot of one the arches. [NB: another font -cf. Index entry for Strängnäs No. 2- is mentioned in this same source: a limestone font which was fitted with a new base by A Sandin of Stockholm and was placed in the baptistery at the time of the restoration (ibid., p. 510)]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, bronze
Font Shape: pedestal font
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Bohrn, Erik, Sveriges kyrkor: Södermanland, Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell, 1964-1979