Soderby-Karl No. 2 / Söderby-Karl

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 05843SOD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, base only
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Söderby-Karls kyrka [originally from Karl kyrkoruin]
Font Location in Church: By the south doorway of the nave
Site Location: Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located towards the centre-east of Uppland, east of Uppsala
Historical Region: Lyhundra härad, Stockholms län, Uppland
Additional Comments: lost/missing basin: oly the base remains of the old Karl ruined church
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. V, hft. 6-7: 836, 896 and fig. 699 on p. 791) as a two-part base of a 13th- or 14th-century baptismal font; it is believed that the basin was one of the "musselcuppa" type and that the material is limestone probably from Gotland. This base came originally from the nearby Karl kyrkoruin [NB: this church has another medieval font -- cf. Index entry for Söderby-Karl No. 2]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (from Gotland?)
Number of Pieces: two [basin missing]
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted?
Basin Interior Shape: [round?]
Basin Exterior Shape: round?
Height of Base: 60 cm (40-60 cm are the diameters at top and bottom)
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. V, hft. 6: 836)

REFERENCES

  • Brandel, Sven, Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland, Stockholm: Svenska Bokhandelscentralen, 1921-1984, Bd. V, hft. 6-7: 836, 896 and fig. 699 on p. 791