Listlena

INFORMATION

Font ID: 06057LIS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late), Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Bro, Järfälla and Sånga in Uppland. Ytterselö in Södermanland
Church / Chapel Name: Listlena kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Site Location: Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 10-12 km E of Enköping, 25-30 km W of Sigtuna
Historical Region: Trögds härad, Uppsala län, Uppland
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. IX, hft. 2: 141-144, 156) as a cylindrical mounted baptismal font from the late 12th century. "The bowl of the sandstone font is decorated with figures in arcades, and the foot has four heads [...]. It was made in a workshop in the Mälar Valley, and is reminiscent of fonts made on Gotland towards the end of the twelfth century. It belongs to the same group as the fonts st Bro, Järfälla and Sånga.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin & base
Font Height (less Plinth): 83 cm
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. IX, hft. 2: 144)

REFERENCES

  • Brandel, Sven, Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland, Stockholm: Svenska Bokhandelscentralen, 1921-1984, Bd. IX, hft. 2: 141-144, 156