Aryd / Åryd

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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: all around the basin and underbowl

INFORMATION

FontID: 05752ARY
Museum and Inventory Number: Historiska Museet i Lund
Church/Chapel: Formerly from Åryds kyrka [in a museum]
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Blekinge, Blekinge län
Historical Region: Blekinge län, Bräkne haräd
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Century and Period: 13th century (early), Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Paradise font / Paradisenfunten?
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