Tillinge

INFORMATION

FontID: 06062TIL
Church/Chapel: Tillinge kyrka
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Uppsala, Uppsala län
Directions to Site: Located 5 km W of Enköping
Historical Region: Åsunda härad, Uppsala län, Uppland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Mälardalstype?
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. XI, hft. 2: 253-254 and fig. 230 on p. 255) as the hemispherical basin of a baptismal font made of reddish sandstone and dated from ca. 1200: "The font bowl, which bears traces of obliterated ornament, belongs to the older Mälar-valley type [mälardalstype] from about 1200. The foot was added later".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (reddish) (basin only)
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 74 cm
Basin Total Height: 50 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 92 cm
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. XI, hft. 2: 253)

REFERENCES

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