Farentuna No. 1 / Färentuna

Results: 3 records

CR01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: at the top of the pedestal base

LBH01: human figure - male - head

Scene Description: on one of the sides of the base, right below the centre ring

LBH02: animal - head

Scene Description: two or three

INFORMATION

FontID: 05846FAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Färentuna 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
Century and Period: 12th century (late), Romanesque
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. VI, hft. 1: 134 and fig. 126 on p. 137) as a sandstone cylindrical mounted baptismal font probably of the late 12th century, of a type usually associated with the Gotland font production. The basin is cylindrical and its sides are totally plain; the chamfer is equally plain; pronounced centre ring with four heads right below it (of the three visible heads in the source (ibid., fig. 126), the front is human, while the ones on either side are animal and quite similar to the ones found in the Gotland fonts of the period; the rest of the conical base is plain.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (grey)
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 62 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 75 cm
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. VI, hft. 1: 134)

REFERENCES

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