Listlena

INFORMATION

FontID: 06057LIS
Church/Chapel: Listlena kyrka
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Uppsala, Uppsala län
Directions to Site: Located 10-12 km E of Enköping, 25-30 km W of Sigtuna
Historical Region: Trögds härad, Uppsala län, Uppland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century (late), Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Bro, Järfälla and Sånga in Uppland. Ytterselö in Södermanland
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
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