Askeby No. 2
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05692ASK
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1693
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late), Baroque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Nils Jonsson
Church / Chapel Name: Askeby kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, near the altar
Church Address: Askeby, 585 62 Linghem, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 13 23 66 50
Site Location: Östergötland, Östergötlands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) road 35, S of the E4, 16 km E of Linköping and in its municipality
Ecclesiastic Region: Linköpings stift
Historical Region: Bankekinds härad, Östergötlands län
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Östergötland (1921- , Bd. I, hft. 1: 44) as a brass baptismal font dated to 1693 and made by the silversmith Nils Jonsson in 1693; the font is shaped practically like an "oblatask" [=wafer chalice] with a lid to match; it bears an inscription on the sides of the basin [cf. Inscription area below] [cf. Index entry for Skaby No. 1 for the medieval stone font in this church]
COORDINATES
UTM: 33V 550088 6474577
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 58.4091, 15.8572
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 58° 24′ 32.76″ N, 15° 51′ 25.92″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal, brass
Font Shape: chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Font Height (less Plinth): 75 cm
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor: Östergötland (1921- , Bd. I, hft. 1: 44)
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Swedish
Inscription Location: on the sides of the basin
Inscription Text: "WVRDIGE OCH VEL LERDE HER PROST HER ABRAHAM ASCHANIVS ANNO 1693 DEN 6 MARZI -- JOHAN: I TET 3. CAPITEL VTHAN EHN WARDER FÖD AFF WATN OCH ANDENOM KAN HAN ICKE INGA I GVDS RILE TI TET SOM ER FÖD AF KVT TET ÄR KVT OCH TET SOM ER FÖD AF ANDENOM TET ÄR ANDE -- S: MARCVS: CAPITEL 10 LÅTER BARNEN KOMMA TIL MIG OCH FÖRMENAR THEM ICKE TI SODANA HÖRER GVDZ BIKE TIL"
Inscription Source: Sveriges kyrkor: Östergötland (1921- , Bd. I, hft. 1: 44)
LID INFORMATION
Date: 1693
Material: metal, brass
Apparatus: no
REFERENCES
- Lindblom, Andreas, Sveriges kyrkor: Östergötland, Stockholm: Svenska teknologföreningen, 1921-1963, Bd. I, hft. 1: 44