Farentuna No. 2 / Färentuna
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LB01: design element - architectural - column - clustered columns
Scene Description: forming the base, with capitals and bases
INFORMATION
FontID: 05847FAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Färentuna kyrka [originally from Hilleshög 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. 1250-1300?
Century and Period: 13th century (late), Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: The base of this font is similar to the one at Malsta, in the same area
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. VI, hft. 1: 134, 136, 256 and fig. 127 on p. 138) as a limestone baptismal font formerly from the church at nearby Hilleshög, dating probably from the second half of the 13th century; the basin is rather shallow and bucket-shaped; the base is a cluster of four columns with capitals and bases, similar to the one found at nearby Malsta. [Västra Vingåker (Södermanland) and Gudmundrå (Ångermanland) are suggested as related fonts in the Swedish mainland]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: four?
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 70 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 95 cm
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. VI, hft. 1: 138)
REFERENCES
Brandel, Sven, Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland, Stockholm: Svenska Bokhandelscentralen, 1921-1984