Rimbo
Results: 2 records
B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches
Scene Description: all around the basin sides and underbowl
CR01: design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: at the upper base end, just below the underbowl of the basin
INFORMATION
FontID: 05833RIM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Rimbo kyrka
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Stockholm, Stockholms län
Directions to Site: Located in the centre-east area of Uppland, east of Uppsala
Historical Region: Sjuhundra härad, Stockholms län, Uppland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century (late), Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Paradise font / Paradisenfunten / Baegerbladsfonte / Muschelcuppen / Musselcuppor / Musselcuppstyp [SHM]
Cognate Fonts: Many others of this type in Sweden
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. V, hft. 3: 275-276 and fig.252 on p. 274) as a typical hemispherical mounted font of the "musselcuppa" type: the sides of the basin are ornamented with a low-relief blind arcade all around; the conical pedestal of the base has an upper round moulding; the lower base is wider and circular. Made of limestone from Gotland. There appears to be significant damage to the underbowl, as well as some lesser problems on the base.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (from Gotland)
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 73 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. V, hft. 3: 275)
REFERENCES
Brandel, Sven, Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland, Stockholm: Svenska Bokhandelscentralen, 1921-1984