Fresta

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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view of church exterior - northeast view

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view of church exterior - runestone

Scene Description: Source caption; "Runiskrift U-260 vid Fresta kyrka i Upplands Väsby."

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Fresta kyrka i Upplands Väsby. "

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Fresta kyrka [...] Karta, kyrkan och dess omgivning på 1630-talet. Foto efter karta."

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Image Source: digital image [3778-010.TIF] of a 1630s map in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fresta_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200116268.jpg] [accessed 24 November 2020]

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view of church exterior in context - northwest view

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 June 2011 by L.G.foto [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fresta_Kyrka_från_luften.jpg] [accessed 24 November 2020]

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view of font

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view of font and baptismal dish - northwest side

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 August 2014 by Ulf Klingström (Ulkl) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fresta_kyrka_int07.jpg] [accessed 24 November 2020]

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view of font and baptismal dish - southeast side

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view of font in context

Scene Description: looking west inside the Fresta church

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view of font in context

Scene Description: looking east inside the Fresta church

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INFORMATION

FontID: 05828FRE
Church/Chapel: Fresta kyrka
Church Location: Fresta kyrkväg 2, 194 54 Upplands Väsby, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 8 594 105 20
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Uppland, Uppsala län
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the 268 [aka Vallentunavägen], in the municipality and E of Upplands Väsby and the E4 highway, about 10 km N of Sollentuna, 25 km N of Stockholm
Ecclesiastic Region: Stockholms stift
Historical Region: Vallentuna härad, Stockholms län, Uppland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century (early?), Late Romanesque
Church Notes: early-14thC(?) church; re-built 1776;
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. V, hft. 2: 172 and fig. 167 on p. 173) as a sandstone chalice-shaped baptismal font dated to the first half of the 13th century. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 940519F2] as a baptismal font made of sandstone by a central Swedish workshop ca. 1200. The font consists of a basin that is slightly wider at the bottom of its sides and has a plain chamfer; the base is conical with a prominent centre ring, the pedestal splaying outwards. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 59.517778, 17.956667
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 59° 31′ 4″ N, 17° 57′ 24″ E
UTM: 33V 667274 6601430

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: round (mounted) -- chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 66 cm* / **
Font Height (less Plinth): 91 cm* / 92 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. V, hft. 2: 172) / **SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 940519F2]

REFERENCES

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