Soderby-Karl No. 2 / Söderby-Karl

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CR01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

now much damaged, on the upper end of the pedestal base
Scene Description: now much damaged, on the upper end of the pedestal base

INFORMATION

FontID: 05843SOD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (base only)
Church/Chapel: Söderby-Karls kyrka [originally from Karl kyrkoruin]
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: By the south doorway of the nave
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
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: [hemispherical (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