Solvesborg No. 2 / Sölvesborg

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 05765SOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Paradise font / Paradisenfunten?
Cognate Fonts: many such others (e.g.: Asarum)
Museum: Blekinge Museum, Inv. nr. 2492
Church / Chapel Name: In the Blekinge Museum [orig. from Sölvesborgs stadskyrka]
Font Location in Church: [In a museum]
Site Location: Blekinge, Blekinge län, Sweden, Europe
Additional Comments: fragment of font: only the underbowl of a Paradise font (?) remains; in a museum at Blekinge
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Blekinge (1926-1965, Bd. III, hft. 3: 414 and fig. 331 on p. 406; Bd. V: 81, 82) as a fragment of the basin of a late 12th or early 13th century baptismal font of Gotland limestone; the remanining part, the rounded underbowl, suggests in its shape and ornamentation -an arcade of wide round arches- the Paradise font type. The location is given in the source as the museum at Blekinge. [NB: the font in use at this church is late-19th century and is therefore not listed in this Index; a 12th-13th century font base found in the churchyard is listed in this Index as Sölvesborg No. 1]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (from Gotland) (basin)
Number of Pieces: one [fragment]
Font Shape: hemispheric, fragment
Basin Interior Shape: round [fragment]
Basin Exterior Shape: round [fragment]
Diameter (includes rim): 78 cm [fragment]
Basin Total Height: 30 cm [fragment]
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor: Blekinge (1926-1965, Bd. III, hft. 3: 414) [NB: both measurements are of the remaining fragment]

REFERENCES

  • Sveriges kyrkor: Blekinge, Stockholm: Svenska Bokhandelscentralen, 1926-1965, Bd. III, hft. 3: 414 and fig. 331 on p. 406; Bd. V: 81, 82