Munso / Munsö

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CR01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: around the top end of the pedestal base

INFORMATION

FontID: 05845MUN
Church/Chapel: Munsö kyrka
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Stockholm, Stockholms län
Directions to Site: Located in the south of Uppland, west of Stockholm
Historical Region: Färentuna härad, Stockholms län, Uppland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 13th century (early?), Romanesque
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. VI, hft. 1: 81) as a sandstone hemispheric mounted baptismal font probably of ca. 1200; the basin is totally plain and appears in a 1950 photograph (ibid., fig. 69) cemented to the short round base; the latter has a protruding moulding on the upper part [NB: it is probably missing the lower part of the base, which is often a separate stone in the fonts of this area]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (grey)
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 75 cm
Basin Depth: 20 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 80 cm
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. VI, hft. 1: 81)

REFERENCES

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