Yttergran

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 06038YTT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, base only
Font Date: ca. 1200? [base only]
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Yttergrans kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Site Location: Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located about 12 km W of Sigtuna
Historical Region: Håbo härad, Uppsala län, Uppland
Additional Comments: missing basin: the original basin has been lost
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. VII, hft. 3: 491-492) as the base of a baptismal font remaining in this church; the circular base consists of two blocks with central drainage channel: the upper one narrower, the lower one with a thick roll moulding; it is made of Gotland limestone and dated from ca. 1200. The 1713 church inventory listed a stone font, but this baset now supports a wooden basin (pine) dated from the 18th or 19th century. This same source (ibid.) mentions the bases of the fonts at Almby and Täby (Närke) and Skalunda (Västergötland) as cognates.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (from Gotland) (base only)
Number of Pieces: two [base only]]
Basin Interior Shape: [original basin missing]
Basin Exterior Shape: original basin missing
Drainage System: centre hole in base
Height of Base: 40 cm
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. VII, hft. 3: 492)

REFERENCES

  • Brandel, Sven, Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland, Stockholm: Svenska Bokhandelscentralen, 1921-1984, Bd. VII, hft. 3: 491-492