Ronneby

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 05763RON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1604
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(early)
Church / Chapel Name: Stadskyrkan
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a wall recess or alcove
Site Location: Blekinge, Blekinge län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in about 20 km WNW of Karlskrona
Historical Region: Blekinge län, Lunds stift
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Blekinge (1926-1965, Bd. III: 78) as a goblet-shaped baptismal font made of bronze in Northern Germany (Lübeck?) in 1604; the basin has an upturned half-bell shape [most bronze font casting was done in bell foundries] (or tulip-shaped) and is ornamented with two bands of inscription [cf. Inscription area]. The base is also bell-shaped with several mouldings on its sides. A 1935 photograph in the same source (SK..., ibid., fig. 74) shows the font raised on a stool-like metal support.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, bronze
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 54.5 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 60 cm
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor: Blekinge (1926-1965, Bd. III: 78)

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Swedish and Latin
Inscription Location: on the upper basin side
Inscription Text: "ANNO DOMINI 1604 HEFT KNVT IVTE MIT SINER FRVWEN DISSE DOEPE GEGVEN IN DE EHRE GADES VN DER KARKEN TEO RENNEBI"
Inscription Source: Sveriges kyrkor: Blekinge (1926-1965, Bd. III: 78)

REFERENCES

  • Sveriges kyrkor: Blekinge, Stockholm: Svenska Bokhandelscentralen, 1926-1965, Bd. III: 78 and fig. 74; Bd. V: 87