Soderby-Karl No. 1 / Söderby-Karl

INFORMATION

FontID: 05842SOD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Söderby-Karls kyrka
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Stockholm, Stockholms län
Directions to Site: Located towards the centre-east of Uppland, east of Uppsala
Historical Region: Lyhundra härad, Stockholms län, Uppland
Font Location in Church: Towards the middle of the nave, by the south side, near the bay containing the painstings of St. George and St. Catherine of Alexandria
Century and Period: 13th century [basin only] -- 14th century [base only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. V, hft. 6: 836 and figs. 709 on p. 803, 716 on p. 815, and 729 on p. 833) as a composite sandstone baptismal font consisting of three parts: a plain hemispherical basin probably dated to the 13th century, and a two-part round pedestal base probably from a century later [NB: this church has also a second font base originally from the nearby Karl kyrkoruin, cf. Index entry for Söderby-Karl No. 1]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 68 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 86 cm
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. V, hft. 6: 836)

REFERENCES

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