Almunge

Results: 3 records

LB01: design element - motifs - sawtooth

Scene Description: all around the upper side of the pedestal

LB02: design element - motifs - piping

Scene Description: four (?); at 90-degree angles

LB03: design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: at the bottom of the base stem

INFORMATION

FontID: 05813ALM
Church/Chapel: Almunge lyrka
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Uppsala, Uppsala län
Directions to Site: Located towards the centre of Uppland, to the east of Uppsala
Historical Region: Närdinghundra härad, Stockholms län, Uppland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century [base only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. III, hft. 3: 250 and fig 272 on p. 251) as a composite font consisting of three parts: the plain hemispheric basin is modern and made from sandstone from Uppland, but the two other parts, stem and lower base/plinth, are made of limestone and dated from the time of the original church in the 13th century. The stem of the base is cylindrical and ornamented with a row of saw-tooth at the top, and four (?) vertical mouldings, at 90-degree angles; the lower base/plinth, a separate block, has an upper moulding -where the stem fits- and two steps.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (base only)
Number of Pieces: three [one is modern]
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round [modern]
Basin Exterior Shape: round [modern]
Font Height (with Plinth): 105 cm
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. III, hft. 3: 250)

REFERENCES

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