Husby-Langhundra / Husby-Långhundra

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 05809HUS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1250-1300?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (late), Medieval
Cognate Fonts: The base is similar to the one at nearby Kårsta
Church / Chapel Name: Husby-Långhundra kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Site Location: Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the centre of Uppland, SE of Uppsala
Historical Region: Långhundra härad, Stockholms län, Uppland
Additional Comments: abandoned font / noe recovered: the base was discovered in the churchyard; the basin was being used as a flower-pot in 1917
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. III, hft. 1: 81, 100-101 and fig. 116 on p. 103) as a medieval baptismal font of Gotland limestone [material identification by Wilhelm von Post (ibid., 101n1)], dated to the second half of the 13th century by Roosval (1918: 197, as cited in SK..., 101n2). The font consists of a hemispherical basin with large ribbed pattern ornamentation all around; the base is of quatrefoil plant and consisting of two pieces: the stem and the lower base. The base of this font was found in the churchyard; the basin is shown in this source (SK..., fig. 116) in a 1917 photograph in which it was still serving as flower-pot.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (from Gotland)
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin & base
Drainage Notes: [the drain through the base is visible in the illustration]
Rim Thickness: 5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 52 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 62 cm
Height of Base: 48 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm
Square Base Dimensions: 30x30 cm (top) and 54x54 cm (bottom)
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. III, hft. 1: 100-101)

REFERENCES

  • Brandel, Sven, Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland, Stockholm: Svenska Bokhandelscentralen, 1921-1984, Bd. III, hft. 1: 81, 100-101 and fig. 116 on p. 103)
  • Roosval, Johnny, Die Steinmeister Gottlands: Eine Geschichte der führenden Taufsteinwerkstätte des schwedischen Mittlealters, ihre Voraussetzungen und Begleit-Erscheinungen, Stockholm: A.-B. C.E. Fritzes K. Hofbokhandel, 1918, p. 197