Lagga

Results: 9 records

BBU01: design element - patterns - interlace

all around the upper rim side
Scene Description: all around the upper rim side

CR01: design element - motifs - braid

all over the thicg centre ring moulding
Scene Description: all over the thicg centre ring moulding

LB01: design element - motifs - braid

on the face of the base, side 1
Scene Description: on the face of the base, side 1

LB02: design element - patterns - reticular

reticular papttern on the bottom of side 1
Scene Description: reticular papttern on the bottom of side 1

LB03: design element - motifs - braid or dragon?

on the face of side 2; could be either a braid of the coiled tail of dragon
Scene Description: on the face of side 2; could be either a braid of the coiled tail of dragon

LB04: design element - patterns - interlace

on the bottom of side 2
Scene Description: on the bottom of side 2

LB05: animal - mammal - quadruped - 2

one very small, the other has a long snout, like an ant-eater; on the face of side 3
Scene Description: one very small, the other has a long snout, like an ant-eater; on the face of side 3

LB06: design element - motifs - braid

at the botton of face 3
Scene Description: at the botton of face 3

LB07: design element - motifs - figure-of-eight - continuous

on the face and the bottom of side 4
Scene Description: on the face and the bottom of side 4

INFORMATION

FontID: 05806LAG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Lahhar kyrka
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Stockholm, Stockholms län
Directions to Site: Located in the centre of Uppland, SE of Uppsala
Historical Region: Långhundra härad, Stockholms län, Uppland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. III, hft. 1: 36 and fig. 36 on p. 35) as a sandstone hemispheric mounted baptismal font of the 13th century; a 1912 drawing by J. Österlund in this source shows the basin as having a band of close interlace all around the upper rim side, the rest of the basin being plain; a thich central ring is covered in braided motif; the rest of the base is square and has the following ornamentation: 1)braided motif on the face; reticular pattern at the bottom; 2)braided motif (or dragon?) on the face; interlace -similar to the one on the basin- at the bottom; 3)two four-legged animals, a tiny one at the top and a larger one looking like an ant-eater lower down the face; braided motif at the bottom; 4)continuous "8" motif on the face and the bottom.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 8-9 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 48-51 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 65-69 cm
Basin Depth: 33 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 84 cm
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. III, hft. 1: 36)

REFERENCES

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