Asarum

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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: wide ribs, all around the basin and underbowl

INFORMATION

FontID: 05753ASA
Church/Chapel: Asarums gamla kyrka [now in a garden]
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Blekinge, Blekinge län
Historical Region: Blekinge län, Bräkne haräd
Font Location in Church: [the basin is located in the Janneberg estate, serving as a planter]
Century and Period: 13th century (late), Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Paradise font / Paradisenfunten?
Cognate Fonts: many such others (e.g.: Sölvesborg No. 2)
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Blekinge (1926-1965, Bd. II: 60 and fig. 56 on p. 63; Bd. V: 82) as the hemispheric basin of a late-13th century limestone baptismal font, a Gotland work; from the illustration provided in this source it resembles a Paradise font, its sides ornamented with the characteristic wide-rib pattern of the basins of that group. The font -believed to be from the medieval church of Asarum- is shown in this source standing in the gardens of the Janneberg estate serving as a planter; it is mounted on a granite base, not the original.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (from Gotland) (basin only)
Number of Pieces: one [base missing]
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 60 cm
Basin Total Height: 26 cm
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor: Blekinge (1926-1965, Bd. II: 60) [NB: the basin may not be whole]

REFERENCES

Sveriges kyrkor: Blekinge, Stockholm: Svenska Bokhandelscentralen, 1926-1965