Aryd / Åryd

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 05752ARY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, basin only
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (early), Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Paradise font / Paradisenfunten?
Museum: Historiska Museet i Lund
Church / Chapel Name: Formerly from Åryds kyrka [in a museum]
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Site Location: Blekinge, Blekinge län, Sweden, Europe
Historical Region: Blekinge län, Bräkne haräd
Additional Comments: recycled font: only the basin survives; in the Lund Museum
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Blekinge (1926-1965, Bd. II: 46-47; Bd. V: 82) as the hemispheric basin of an early-13th century baptismal font; from the illustration provided in this source it resembles the ones of the typical Paradise fonts. The source suggests the material may be Gotland limestone.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (Gotland limestone?) (basin)
Number of Pieces: one [base missing]
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Sveriges kyrkor: Blekinge, Stockholm: Svenska Bokhandelscentralen, 1926-1965, Bd. II: p. 47 and fig. 38 on p. 46; Bd. V: 82