Lanna No. 1 / Länna

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CR01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

forming the centre ring as part of the pedestal base
Scene Description: forming the centre ring as part of the pedestal base

INFORMATION

FontID: 05803LAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (fragment)
Church/Chapel: Länna kyrka
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Uppsala, Uppsala län
Historical Region: Frötuna och Länna skeppslag, Stockholms län, Uppland
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Gothic
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. II, hft. 3: 374) as the fragment of the base of a sandstone baptismal font: it is a conical pedestal with the upper ring moulding and is missing the lower base portion. It is dated in this source from about 1250 to 1330. The illustration in this source, a photograph of the fragment taken by S. Brandel in 1915, shows the surface of the stone with many lichens, a usual sign of prolongued exposure to the elements.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one [fragment]
Font Shape: [missing]
Basin Interior Shape: [missing]
Basin Exterior Shape: [missing]
Height of Base: 42 cm
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. II, hft. 3: 374)

REFERENCES

Brandel, Sven, Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland, Stockholm: Svenska Bokhandelscentralen, 1921-1984