Solvesborg No. 1 / Sölvesborg No. 1

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 05764SOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, base only
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Stadskyrka
Font Location in Church: [on a tomb in the churchyard]
Site Location: Blekinge, Blekinge län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 25-30 km east of Kristianstad
Historical Region: Blekinge län
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Blekinge (1926-1965, Bd. III, hft. 3: 310 and fig. 250 on p. 311) as the former base of a 12th-13th century baptismal font; it is ornamented with a sofhisticated lilly cluster with tiny cross motifs; the 1960 photograph in this source shows the base on the Charpentiers tomb in the new churchyard. [NB: the font in use at this church is late-19th century and is therefore not listed in this Index; a fragment of the basin of a 12th-13th century font from this church is listed in this Index as Sölvesborg No. 2]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one [basin missing]
Font Shape: basin missing
Basin Interior Shape: [basin missing]
Basin Exterior Shape: basin missing

REFERENCES

  • Sveriges kyrkor: Blekinge, Stockholm: Svenska Bokhandelscentralen, 1926-1965, Bd. III, hft. 3: 310 and fig. 250 on p. 311