Bladaker / Bladåker

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B01: design element - motifs - floral

Scene Description: perhaps a band of palmettes?

INFORMATION

FontID: 05816BLA
Church/Chapel: Bladåkers kyrka
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Uppsala, Uppsala län
Directions to Site: Located towards the centre of Uppland, to the east of Uppsala, in the northern part of the härad
Historical Region: Närdinghundra härad, Stockholms län, Uppland
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. III, hft. 4: 413-414, fig. 436 on p. 412 and figs. 437 and 438 on p. 413) as three fragments believed to be from a 13th-century baptismal font. The material is reported as limestone, probably from Uppland or from South Gästrikland, and the daiting of the font sometime in the 13th century. The fragments appeared to be from one of the sides and from the bottom of the basin and a reconstruction was attempted by Iwar Anderson of the VHAA [K. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitetsakademien, Stockholm] in 1952 (SK..., ibid., figs. 436-438); the proposed reconstruction shows a basin of cruciform/tetralobed plan ornamented with a band of floral motif (palmette-like) around its middle, with mouldings at top and bottom; the basin appears mounted on a plain square pedestal base in the illustration. The 1815 inventory of this church mentioned two wooden fonts in this church, according to the same source (ibid., p. 414)

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: [fragments]
Font Shape: cruciform (mounted)?
Basin Interior Shape: cruciform?
Basin Exterior Shape: cruciform?
Diameter (includes rim): 68 cm*
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. III, hft. 4: 413) *[estimated measurement based on the reconstruction]

REFERENCES

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